Belle Plaine Downtown Streetscape Improvements
Belle Plaine, IA
Client: City of Belle Plaine, IA
Project Completion: 2012
Project Role: Jessica Fernandez, Ph.D, PLA, ASLA, LEED AP ND- Project Landscape Architect
Awards: Signature Project of the Year, Main Street Iowa; All Star Community, Iowa League of Cities; Excellence in Construction, American Builders & Iowa Contractors; Preservation at its Best, Preservation Iowa; Excellence in Concrete, Iowa Ready Mized Concrete Association
The Belle Plaine Downtown Revitalization project rehabilitated a three block length of deteriorating downtown facades and streetscape. The district now celebrates cultural resources, energy efficiency and sustainable principles. The project outcome also economically and historically benefits the City of Belle Plaine and neighboring communities. A 2008 Main Street Iowa community, the effort now serves as an example in the Midwest for an innovative, comprehensive, and replicable approach to sustainable historic downtowns.
*Jessica Fernandez contributed to the Belle Plaine Downtown Streetscape Improvements while employed by RDG Planning & Design.
Project Completion: 2012
Project Role: Jessica Fernandez, Ph.D, PLA, ASLA, LEED AP ND- Project Landscape Architect
Awards: Signature Project of the Year, Main Street Iowa; All Star Community, Iowa League of Cities; Excellence in Construction, American Builders & Iowa Contractors; Preservation at its Best, Preservation Iowa; Excellence in Concrete, Iowa Ready Mized Concrete Association
The Belle Plaine Downtown Revitalization project rehabilitated a three block length of deteriorating downtown facades and streetscape. The district now celebrates cultural resources, energy efficiency and sustainable principles. The project outcome also economically and historically benefits the City of Belle Plaine and neighboring communities. A 2008 Main Street Iowa community, the effort now serves as an example in the Midwest for an innovative, comprehensive, and replicable approach to sustainable historic downtowns.
*Jessica Fernandez contributed to the Belle Plaine Downtown Streetscape Improvements while employed by RDG Planning & Design.