By Daniel Ashworth, Design Associate, Alta Planning + Design The current Wolf River Greenway project will provide an additional 21 miles of trail in Memphis, Tennessee. It will connect the existing greenway, which ends at Walnut Grove Road, to the Mud Island Greenbelt Park. The client for the project is the Wolf River Conservancy, and […]
The Railyard is a multi-skill level skills course in downtown Rogers, AR. The course uses an old railroad cart as a technical feature and features one of the largest jumps west of the Mississippi River. By Kent Laughlin, Designer, Alta Planning + Design It’s not often a two-county region sets out to blaze hundreds of […]
By Britt Storck, PLA, ASLA, with contributions from Kyle James, Chris Saleeba, and Derek Abe Trails and greenways provide significant and tangible economic, health, and quality‐of‐life benefits in communities across the country. Investments in trail infrastructure produce remarkable returns and have transformative effects in cities and towns. In a fiscally-challenging climate, quantifying these factors and […]
by Britt Storck, Associate at Alta Planning + Design Our Southeast and Midsouth offices recently completed a few design-build projects. In most cases, the contract type was initiated by the Owner. While very demanding of our staff’s time, the projects were completed in an astonishingly short turnaround. The result? Happy client team, happy builder, happy […]
The Cities of Easley and Pickens, SC, purchased the Pickens “Doodle-line” Railway with the intent of exploring the creation of an eight-mile-long rail trail in this corridor. The rail trail will serve as transportation and a recreation amenity for residents and visitors, and enhance connectivity between the two cities. Alta was selected by the Cities […]
by Joe Gilpin, Principal, and David Foster, Senior Designer What if it were possible to travel by bike through nearly 180 miles of the most scenic terrain in the Rocky Mountains on a completely separated trail with the vast majority at easy railroad grades? What if this trail provided a diversity of experiences through three […]
