PARKS
The old Peacock Lodge will be moved to the park using grant money from
the state. The building will be restored and most likely be used as a museum.
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PROJECT TIMELINE
(Subject to change)
Design and permitting: 2016-17
PROVIDED
Construction of the boardwalk extension: 2017-2018
Historical building relocation to Westmoreland Park:
by 2018
Conservation tract improvements such as trails:
2018-2019
Historical, recreational, food and entertainment section
development: 2019-2020
floor pavilions covered with interwoven palm fronds), docks,
plus connections to Bridge Plaza (on Port St. Lucie Boulevard)
and a conservation area with trails.”
The natural conservation area connects to the developed
section of the park via trails from the parking lots and from
the waterfront boardwalk.
PRESERVING THE VIEW
When the plan comes back to the City Council sitting as the
Community Redevelopment Agency on March 27, Oravec
said he isn’t going to be looking for major changes. He simply
wants to ensure accessibility and that “the view is right.”
That comment reflects a discussion the CRA board held
during a two-part meeting on Nov. 28 and Dec. 5 about making
sure that waste receptacles, bathrooms, delivery trucks
and the like don’t get in the way of the public’s view of the
park and its waterfront and that structures don’t block the
view. One change that was made from the original conceptual
plan was the replacement of a single large restaurant with
three smaller ones that have open space between them.
The park’s original design was created by nearly 100 community
members who brainstormed ideas at a March 27,
2015, public meeting. Members of the American Institute of
Architects Treasure Coast Chapter collected the suggestions
and drew up a conceptual plan that was presented to the
council in October 2015.
A $250,000 state grant in 2016 for design and permitting of
the project paved the way to hiring Culpepper and Terpening,
a local engineering firm. The result, a modified plan with
less density and more open green space that still incorporated
many of the features agreed upon at the March 2015 public >>
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