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University students present concepts for Penetanguishene waterfront
Photo : Nikki Million-Cole
University of Guelph students Emily Kitamura, 19, and Jonathan Behnke, 22, explain their vision for the proposed Champlain Park to Penetanguishene Mayor Gerry Marshall.
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18 hours ago University of Guelph students Emily Kitamura, 19, and Jonathan Behnke, 22, explain their vision for the proposed Champlain Park to Penetanguishene Mayor Gerry Marshall.
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Midland Mirror
by Nikki Million-Cole
PENETANGUISHENE – A permanent structure focusing on town history and bringing together land and water was one of 11 plans for the proposed Champlain Park presented last week in Penetanguishene.
Fifty-five students from the University of Guelph’s architectural landscaping program spent the last few months working on designs for a new waterfront park to commemorate the 400th anniversary of French explorer Samuel de Champlain’s landing in the area. The students were on hand April 4 at Brian Orser Hall to explain their visions.
“They’ve given us a lot of food for thought,” Dave Dupuis, a member of the Penetanguishene Champlain 2015 committee, told The Mirror. “A lot of them have amazing uses for different sections of the park.”
Mayor Gerry Marshall said he was awed by what the students managed to put together in a few months.
“A lot of the new concepts the students came up with were never thought of before and were pretty impressive,” he said. “They (also) thought how to mask some of the eyesores … and I like how they thought their way through the history.”
Dupuis said he saw good parts in many of the presentations that the committee will consider incorporating: “We definitely intend on using some of the ideas. It’s going to take a while to take it all in. There’s so much information.”
Marshall added the students’ work will be displayed for citizens to view, in the hopes of generating some feedback.
“Council needs to look at Rotary Park and decide which one of these concepts best matches the vision for moving forward, then take elements of other designs that fit into it,” he said.
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