Your Town Workshop, Douglas, 2010

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Notebook on Rural and Waterfront Design for Douglas, Michigan

Notebook on Rural and Waterfront Design for Douglas, Michigan

Name/Title

Your Town Workshop, Douglas, 2010

Entry/Object ID

2022.61.01

Scope and Content

"Notebook on Rural and Waterfront Design for Douglas, Michigan" Black-comb-bound, 89-page, notebook produced by the Citizens' Institute on Rural Design for a workshop that occurred on August 11-13, 2010. The workshop was presented by John Berry of Douglas Design West. Laserprints of Douglas Blue Star Highway signage prototypes, presented by Andrew Milauckas, April 26, 2011 Concept plans (2) for landscaping in front of Douglas Post Office by ecogardens Letters (3) from Douglas Community Development Director Ryan Kilpatrick about a 2010 National Endowment for the Arts award of $22,000 to sponsor a community workshop focused on small town design. Agenda for "Your Town - Douglas, Michigan" Aug. 11-13, 2010 by the Citizens' Institute for Rural Design Print out of follow up email to workshop participants from Kilpatrick List of participants Laser prints of "Organizational Process for Douglas Advisory Committee," "Proposed Public Input Process, Blue Star Corridor Plan," "Blue Star Highway Priorities," and agenda for Oct. 28, 2010 Douglas Advisory Committee meeting. Blue Star Highway Bridge improvements site plan by Fleis & Vandenbrink, July 2010, 4 pages Technical Memorandum, September 2010. Black-coil-bound booklet with letter from Ryan Kilpatrick, Douglas Community/Economic Development Director, listing the future goals as determined by the August meeting: 1. develop walkability advisory committee (lighten up parking requirements, fine tune zoning to develop compactly) 2. riverfront boardwalks (Shultz Park to Tower Marina) 3. Blue Star road diet (reduce lanes between Center St. and Lake St.) 4. Blue Star traffic calming (install landscaped center median) 5. Improve major crosswalks 6. Roundabout/gateway (at Wiley Road) 7. Path to lakeshore 8. Improve Douglas Beach 9. Urban forest program 10. Wade's Bayou (relocate structures, dingy dock)

Context

Documentation of an effort to educate community leaders about developing smart and walk-able communities. This workshop influenced efforts in Douglas to "Tame the Blue Star."

Collection

Development, land, Transporation: automobile, Development, resistance to, Transportation: bridges, Douglas, government

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2022.61

Lexicon

Search Terms

rural development, urban planning, urban design, walkable communites, smart land development, transportation, livable communities

Dimensions

Height

11 in

Width

8-1/2 in

Location

Box

081 Douglas City Records

Condition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Bridge, Blue Star Highway 1936, Post Office, current Douglas USPS

General Notes

Note

List of Participants Renee Waddell, Mayor City of Douglas Bill LeFevere, City Manager City of Douglas Max Rodgers Superintendant City of Douglas Public Works Robert Sapita City Council City of Douglas Eric Smith City Council City of Douglas Bill Schumacher Downtown Development Authority, City of Douglas Mike Hurley, Downtown Development Authority City of Douglas Steve Oakley, Saugatuck/Douglas District Library Chris Nern, Planning Commission City of Douglas Paul Marineau Planning Commission City of Douglas Bud Baty, Point Pleasant Marina City of Douglas Dick Shaw Saugatuck/Douglas District Library Bill Underdown Shoreline Realty Mike Van Loon Saugatuck Public Schools Felicia Fairchild Saugatuck/Douglas Convention & Visitor’s Bureau Janet Schmidt Saugatuck Douglas Area Business Association Jason Kaleinajen Ox-Bow Summer School of Art RJ Peterson Tower Marine Ken Carls Saugatuck/Douglas Historical Society Robin Bauer The People’s Store of Douglas Kim Kubiak Kubiak Gallery Christa Wise Saugatuck Public Schools Kendall College of Art & Design Steve Hutchins Saugatuck/Douglas Historical Society Diane Bailey Summer Grove Community Association Jim Schmiechen Saugatuck/Douglas Historical Society Nicolaas Wilkins Fenn’s Design Mill Liz Broderick Saugatuck Public Schools Darrell Hammond Transportation Planner Michigan Dept. of Transportation Robert Ford Landscape Architects & Planners Sharon Bauer The Peoples Store of Douglas Harold Thieda Planning Commission City of Saugatuck David Burdick Planning Commission City of Douglas Candace Dugan, Planning Commission City of Douglas Bill Rowe Planning Commission Saugatuck Township Martha Boetcher Saugatuck/Douglas District Library Joe Milauckas Board of Trustees Saugatuck Township Laura Grant Michigan State University Michelle Briggs Wedaman Katelyn Bekken Ferris State University

Create Date

August 2, 2022

Update Date

August 7, 2025