Georgina Bike Park Design Forum. (Ontario, Canada)

Progressive Trail Design will be designing and hopefully building the new Bike Park amenity to the Georgina Civic Centre Multi-Season Outdoor Recreation Campus,  Town of Georgina, Ontario, CAN.  The Civic Centre will be a massive outdoor recreational facility that will include a rock climbing wall, water park, ice rink, ropes course, the list goes on…. We will be working with the design firm AECOM as part of their design team to develop this one-of-a-kind facility.

The purpose of this design forum is to provide a platform for the public, specifically the citizens of Georgina and the surrounding area,  to interact directly with PTD in order to share ideas, desires, needs, concerns, questions, opinions, etc…  The #1 goal of all our parks is to meet the desires of the local riding contingent.  It is ultimately the locals who will be the stewards of this park once we are gone, so it is important that we design/build something that they will have a vested interest in.

Tentative Design Schedule;

• Sept 9 – Site Visit with Design Team

• Sept 10-Design Workshop with Design Team

• Sept 11 – Site Work; determine area, constraints, zones, possibilities, take measurements, etc… Tour local riding spots.  Possibly meet with local club for dinner to discuss Bike Park.

• Sept 12 Sat, 11:00 a.m. – Public meeting on site. Open invitation to anyone interested in the Bike Park (BMX, MTB, Anyone else). Physical Address: 26557 Civic Centre Road, Town of Georgina.  Civic Centre. Mapquest Link: http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Georgina&state=ON&address=26557+Civic+Centre+Road

Post #2: Georgina Bike Park Concept Plan 1 (9/15/09);

We just got back from a long week in the Toronto area doing a site visit for the proposed bike park, meeting with Town of Georgina personal, collaborating with the overall park design team, and doing some site seeing.  It was a very successful week and a positive experience all around.  The design team we are working with are incredible and the Town of Georgina was great to work with and very hospitable.  It felt and looked a lot like home…southern hospitality.

The site for the bike park amenity to this massive outdoor rec. campus is going to work out great!  Though the area is generally rolling farmlands, there is a man-made hill on site that can be utilized to develop an integrated 4 Cross/Slopestyle Course.  Also, there is an incredible little cypress grove at the base of the hill that will be an unreal spot for a Dirt Jump Park and Skills Area with north shore features.  Our hope is to incorporate all the main elements of a bike park into the space given.  However, we may be limited by budget, therefore we must get as much local feedback as possible to determine which elements are the most crucial for this area.

Below is our first rendition of a basic concept plan for the bike park.  Remember, this is all subject to change.  Stay updated and give us feedback through the “Georgina Bike Park Design Forum Page” on right-hand column of this blog.