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What did we hear? <br />Through online and in-person engagement, we heard from many residents <br />about their vision for the site! See the events held below, and the results from <br />what we heard! <br />Results: <br />Online Activities <br />In-Person Activities <br />Online map to add ideas <br />and insights about the <br />existing site and future <br />designs. <br />Social Map <br />visitors <br />* closed August 31st * closed August 31st <br />* closed August 31st <br />contributions <br />288 <br />6 <br />Elk Riverfest Pop-up <br />July 26th, 2025 <br />Farmers Market Pop-up <br />August 31st, 2025 <br />attendees100+ <br />Online survey to <br />capture preferences <br />and ideas about the <br />future site. <br />What excites you <br />most about the <br />future site? <br />Survey Quick Pollresponses responses2715 <br />What needs to <br />be here? <br />• Play <br />• Pathways <br />• History & <br />Storytelling <br />What do you want this place to be? <br />A place to celebrate and preserve Elk <br />River’s historic water tower as a symbol <br />of community pride—sharing stories of <br />Elk River’s history, as well as educational <br />information about the water tower. <br />How should <br />history be told? <br />• Live programs or <br />events <br />• Interpretive <br />signage and <br />panels <br />• Public art & <br />Sculpture <br />• Space for small <br />gatherings and <br />learning sessions <br />• History <br />interpretation and <br />education <br />• Plantings <br />• Pathways <br />• Public art <br />Main programmatic <br />elements: <br />Walking paths <br />Play features <br />Picnic spaces <br />History storytelling <br />What needs to be here? <br />Place a dot on the amenities you’d like to see at the Water Tower Historic Site: <br />Water <br />Food <br />Lighting <br />Others <br />Landscaping <br />Shade <br />Seating <br />Accessibility for all <br />write in! <br />What needs to be here? <br />play features <br />walking paths <br />history storytelling <br />water <br />shade <br />picnic tables <br />seating <br />food <br />landscaping <br />What do you want this place to be? <br />The future Elk River Water Tower Historic Site is a place where I... <br />What history do you want told at this site? <br />I want the history of “........” to be told at this site....... <br />find time <br />by myself <br />outdoors <br />1800’s trading <br />along the <br />river corridor <br />bring people <br />visiting Elk <br />River <br />why this <br />water tower <br />is here <br />How should history be told? <br />live programs or events <br />interpretive signage and panels <br />public art & sculpture <br />interactive installations, themed <br />trails or story walks <br />augmented reality or mobile tours <br />What is in a name?Do you feel the “Elk River Water Tower Historic Site” doesn’t quite roll off the tongue? Help us find a name for this special place that is truly Elk River. <br />Use a sticky note to give us a name or word that..... <br />reflects Elk River’s shared history: <br />welcomes everyone: <br />captures the collective future of Elk River: <br />Give us a name or word that... <br />reflects Elk River’s shared history: <br />• Jackson Street Water Tower <br />• Water Tower Park <br />• Water Tower Fun Park! <br />• The Imagination Park <br />• Water Tower Welcome Plaza <br />• The Best Park <br />• Exploration Park <br />• Watershed Tower Park <br />• School Park <br />welcomes everyone: <br />captures the collective future of Elk River: <br />Design-a-site! <br />Draw what you’d like to see on the water tower site. <br />DESIGN-A-SITE! <br />Elk River Water Tower Historic Site <br />Page 8 of 11