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Enhancing Community Wellness: Nature and Wellness Project Agenda and Deliverables Overview

The Nature and Wellness Project focuses on revitalizing local green spaces to improve community health and engagement. This agenda outlines key deliverables, including a new sitting area, trail development, activity and wellness stations, nature stations, and open space reclamation. Each element aims to promote outdoor activities, such as dynamic stretches and mindfulness practices, while fostering community involvement in garden spaces and dog parks. The initiative invites feedback and participation to create a harmonious outdoor environment that celebrates nature and wellness.

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Enhancing Community Wellness: Nature and Wellness Project Agenda and Deliverables Overview

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  1. Nature and Wellness Project Extension March 25, 2013

  2. Agenda • Introductions • Overview of Project • Walkthrough • Deliverable 1: Sitting Area • Deliverable 2: Trail Development • Deliverable 3: Activity and Wellness Stations • Deliverable 4: Nature Stations • Deliverable 5: Open Space Reclamation • Conclusion, Questions, and Initial Feedback

  3. Deliverable 1: Sitting Area Mock-Up

  4. Deliverable 2: Trail Development • Red Trail Suggestions: • 800 feet long, 4 feet wide from point 1 to point 8 • Designate trail with additional mowing / weed eating • Easiest option to implement this year • Can use existing lawn service provider

  5. Deliverable 3: Activity and Wellness Stations • Four stations placed every 200 feet • Dynamic stretches (high knees, glute-kicks, walking lunges) • Jumping jacks • Static Stretches (quads, hamstrings, calves, neck, shoulders) • Meditation (stop, engage the 5 senses, and observe) • Snowshoes in the snowy months • Sample signage and costing on the next slide. Source: Nassau County Sports Commission

  6. Deliverable 4: Interpretive Trail Signage Recommended: • 5 natural heritage based trail signs to accompany the 4 health and wellness activity signage • Located every 200 ft. apart (in between each of the health and wellness posts along the proposed trail) • Portrait orientation (5ft x 3ft) • Screened Sign Board: Medium density overlay ($250-$350 per sign) • Topics for signs: • Species at risk • Common species found in the Ottawa Valley • Logging History of the Ottawa • Geologic History of the Ottawa Valley • Human history of Pembroke

  7. Deliverable 5: Open Space Reclamation To encourage community use: • Convert the baseball diamond to community garden space • Fence in the area (KI expense) • Recruit community volunteers to form an organizational committee and run the process • Community members would provide all gardening materials (top soil, seeds, interior fencing, etc.) • Fence in the raised area and convert to a 3-season dog park • Open April to November • Evidence from other communities that owners become lax during the winter months • Offer poop bag stations and garbage bins. • Recruit community volunteers to monitor and refill poop bag stations. • Plant deciduous trees along Olympic Drive

  8. Conclusion, Questions, and Initial Feedback • To recap, we are recommending: • An area to get outside on break and take in the natural environment (underway), • A trail above the Muskrat River, • Activity and interpretive signage along the trail, and • A dog park and community garden to promote KI and community involvement • Any other questions or initial feedback? Summary

  9. Appendix

  10. Deliverable 1: Pavilion Drawings

  11. Deliverable 1: Pavilion Lumber Cost

  12. Deliverable 2: Other Options • Blue Trail Suggestions: • When the snow melts, assess the feasibility of creating a trail closer to the river • Labor could be potentially accomplished by Algonquin College students in fall trail building course • Additional Red Trail Suggestions: • Mulch could designate the trail ~$1,000 • Gravel could also designate the trail ~$1,300 • Connect the sitting area to the trail (additional 100 ft of trail) • Encourage canoe/kayak put-in and take-out at the north end of the blue trail. • Put a small gravel parking lot in with signage. • Reduces community using the edge of the property near the shipping docks.

  13. Deliverable 3: Other Activity Signage Options Source: LifeTrail Source: Cayuga Waterfront Trail

  14. Deliverable 4: Other Heritage Signage Options

  15. Deliverable 4: Other Heritage Signage Options

  16. Deliverable 5: Other Options • More community ideas: • Extend the fitness trail idea to a circuit • Extend the trail around the reclamation area • Wildflower meadow • Butterfly garden • Restrict usage to KI: • Worm “farm” • Can occur inside or outside with some composting • Allow land to return to natural state

  17. Summary of Costing and Open Items • Summary of Costs: • Outdoor pavilion: ~$1,850 • Solar lights (4): ~$200 • Flagstone walkway: • 1st branch (200 ft2): ~$650 • 2nd branch (200 ft2): ~$650 • Signage (9): ~$3,000 • Trail: cost of additional 4,000 ft2 of mowing/detailing • Open Items: • Outdoor pavilion: • Fasteners, plywood roofing • Metal screening • Bird feeder materials • Bench materials • Garbage/recycling bins • Labor

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