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<br /> Hastings brought their own insights of Places like Pine Bend Bluffs and Spring awareness of the river and to support land
<br /> cherished viewsheds and open spaces near lake Reserve have names that are gen- conservation. The Friends chose Dakota
<br /> their homes. "It was interesting to see," erations old,attesting to the deep con- County as their first target for open-space
<br /> Chamberlain notes,"how people from Rose- nection between people and place. protection
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<br /> The public process led to a broader consensus that Hastings land in the watershed. Both an ecologist and public policy spe-
<br /> was part of a larger visual and ecological region—one that new cialist,Lewanski can speak the language of public funding while
<br /> patches of strip development and large lot housing from the Twin building enthusiasm for species diversity and conservation.
<br /> Cities clearly threaten. "Many people were very articulate about Originally, HKGi worked with Hastings on a greenway plan
<br /> rural character," Chamberlain observes."They feel a sense of loss only for the city itself. But ultimately, by allying with the
<br /> about the agriculture being lost to development." Friends of the Mississippi, the team encouraged Hastings to
<br /> During the public workshops, HKGI tried to raise awareness think more broadly about its open-space planning and to in-
<br /> that greenways are more than manicured pathways and can sup- dude neighboring communities that ultimately comprised
<br /> port species migration, diversity, aquifer recharge, wetlands, 55,000 acres of land spreading over six townships.
<br /> and steep slopes, among other factors. HKGi developed a site- The resulting plan locates new greenways along corridors and
<br /> sensitivity map that located these ecological qualities in Hast- ridges.They are designed for a minimum of 150 feet in width to
<br /> ings and in townships to the north and south. When overlaid accommodate species migration.On the southern edge of Hast-
<br /> with the map of residents' cherished places,there emerged a re- ings,a wide swath called the"Hastings Traverse"is the one piece
<br /> markable similarity of human perception and ecological value. of the system not located for ecological diversity. Rather, rest-
<br /> To address potential concerns about the imposition of greenways dents wanted to create a defined edge, a kind of greenbelt for
<br /> onto private lands,HKGi also developed six bird's-eye views that Hastings to preserve the sense of the rural character that they
<br /> show how ecological corridors can coexist with varying land uses, clearly value.Linking several greenways set in stream valleys,the
<br /> including housing,industrial,and agricultural.The drawings il- Traverse will become an important recreational connector with-
<br /> lustrate how greenways can link woodlots,streambeds,and parks in the area's web of hydrology.
<br /> with minimal dismption of development. .-.-..,R.,a- N z - r--,.."--....,_" ,�,,,5 !�
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<br /> and with hypothetical greenways added. .
<br /> Landreape Architecture 142 FEiRU A RY 2003
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