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The American Planning Association (APA) has selected the Orange County Great Park Comprehensive Master Plan to receive the National Excellence Award for Innovation in Regional Planning. This award recognizes innovative plans, programs, tools, or related efforts that promote and strengthen support for regional planning.
The California park?EUR??,,????'?????<????????????EUR??,,??s plan was designed in such a way to knit together the communities of Southern California while restoring the region?EUR??,,????'?????<????????????EUR??,,??s natural heritage. The 1,347-acre park, being built on the site of the former El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, will serve Orange County?EUR??,,????'?????<????????????EUR??,,??s 3.2 million residents offering numerous recreational opportunities and vast open spaces.
?EUR??,,????'?????<????????The Comprehensive Master Plan for the Orange County Great Park outlines an astonishing vision for a new kind of park,?EUR??,,????'?????<???????? Carol Rhea, AICP, 2009 National Planning Awards Jury Chair. ?EUR??,,????'?????<????????The park plan is innovative, bringing a number of different uses and elements to the region as well as becoming a very visible example of sustainability.?EUR??,,????'?????<????????
In order to ensure the park can sustain itself and produce real environmental benefits, sustainability efforts will be tracked in five fully outlined categories: energy, water, materials, nature and people.
Park features, such as the agricultural fields, the contemplative memorial, and the Cultural Terrace and its museums, will link the park to communities far beyond park borders. The agricultural plantings and educational programs will honor the people who have lived and worked on Orange County?EUR??,,????'?????<????????????EUR??,,??s land. And the El Toro military airbase will be commemorated with historic museum exhibits and a memorial.
?EUR??,,????'?????<????????The plan for the Great Park achieves a new precedent for the transformation of community and landscape at a regional scale,?EUR??,,????'?????<???????? said Mark Johnson, president of Civitas, a firm specializing in landscape architecture and urban design.
Project lead designer Ken Smith notes, ?EUR??,,????'?????<????????The Great Park sets new standards for 21st Century metropolitan parks in terms of history, place making, and environmental stewardship.?EUR??,,????'?????<????????
Francisco Uviña, University of New Mexico
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