Building a Wayfinding System to Navigate and Connect our Parks
At the end of last year, Orange Village was awarded a Planning Grant by the Cuyahoga County Planning Commission. The grant described the connection of all the Metroparks around Northeast Ohio as an invaluable asset and enhancement to the quality of life in our regional community. The proposed project provides for a means to expand those connections by creating direct links between park spaces in Orange Village and the Metroparks areas in adjacent communities. The project will consist of the development of a wayfinding system of graphics and the placement of signage and icons to guide people to the park connections thereby promoting the Orange green spaces as a component of the larger Metroparks system. The result will enable residents throughout the region to recognize and more easily access park and green space within our region. Goals for the project include the following tasks:
- Enlisting community support and authorization to pursue the project (present to council)
- Developing the map (similar to that depicted here)
- Creating a graphic system to deploy
- Identifying strategic locations for the placement of signage
- Obtaining funding to produce the system
- Enlisting a provider to produce the graphic system
- Local approval and permitting process
- Contracting a team to install the wayfinding elements
The first step on this path is to gain insight into residents’ knowledge, use, and experience with the trails that link the trails to the parks and public facilities. In that regard, the County Planning Commission has created an on-line survey to gain insight that will help us shape the development of the program. We would greatly appreciate input from residents and non-residents to guide the creation of this system.
The survey is being distributed via social media and posted on the village website. Click here to access the survey.