Riverfront Case Studies on Other Communities

The NorthFork Riverwalk Visioning Sessions will incoporate case studies of 6 communities with features that citizens should consider for goal setting and future implementation. HDR Engineering Inc. is preparing these case studies as part of Task 2 of the Master Plan contracted effort.

Five of the six riverfront projects being introduced include the following with some referenced website links for additional background:

1. Antonio, TX; http://www.thesanantonioriverwalk.com/
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio_River_Walk
2. Naperville, IL http://www.napervilleriverwalk.com/
3. http://www.napervilleriverwalk.com/future.htm
4. Paducah, KY;  http://www.ci.paducah.ky.us/paducah/riverfront-master-plan
5. Frederick, MD;
6. Wilmington, DE      http://www.riverfrontwilm.com/
   The Wilmington Riverfront has generated nearly $67 million in fiscal revenues for the city, county and state since 1996.
   http://www.riverfrontwilm.com/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=11&cntnt01returnid=41
   http://www.riverfrontwilm.com/uploads/pdfs/riverfrontmap.pdf

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Press Release published on April 11th, 2009 at 8:26 am

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