BUILDING A BETTER MIAMI-DADE COUNTYParks and Open Space System Master PlanParks and Open Space System Master Plan

www.miamidade.gov/parks/

Creating a 50 Year, Unifying Vision for a Livable, Sustainable Miami-Dade County “through the Parks Window”

Public Realm Components:

1. Great Parks2. Great Public Spaces3. Great Natural and Cultural

Areas 4. Great Greenways and

Blueways5. Great Streets

Parks and Open Space System Master Parks and Open Space System Master PlanPlan

EquityEquity AccessibilityAccessibility

SeamlessnessSeamlessness SustainabilitySustainability

BeautyBeauty Multiple BenefitsMultiple Benefits

Guiding Principles to Create a Model Park System:

Where Residents Want to Where Residents Want to LiveLive

Employers Want to Do Employers Want to Do BusinessBusiness

Tourist Want to VisitTourist Want to Visit

Miami-Dade CountyMiami-Dade County

MAJOR METROPOLITAN CHALLENGES

Diminished Quality of LifeIncreasing Congestion

Declining Recreation and Open SpaceVisual Blight

Limited Transportation OptionsSocial Inequities

Population Growth and Diversity

                

  

20602005

17.9 Million

35.8 Million

State of Florida Population Forecast

Biggest ChallengesBiggest Challenges

Population GrowthPopulation Growth

Existing Developed Land and Permanent Conservation Lands

Developed Land

Conservation LandsPermanently Protected

2060 Developed Lands and Permanent Conservation Lands

Developed Land

Conservation LandsPermanently Protected

Meeting the ChallengeMeeting the Challenge

Great Parks

1. Great Parks1. Great Parks2. Great Public Spaces

3. Great Natural and Cultural Areas 4. Great Greenways and Blueways

5. Great Streets

Park System Window

Great ParksGreat Parks Are Accessible to Everyone, Regardless of Age or Ability…

providing a diverse and balanced system of passive and active recreational opportunities

Walk for recreation Exercise Walk the dog Ride a bike, skate Sit outside, read, contemplate Play on a playground Play a game of catch, frisbee Picnic, sun bathe Play pick-up sports Fish without a boat Attend a local arts festival,

concert or other special event

Locally, every resident should be able to:

Play organized indoor and outdoor competition sports

Exercise, attend classes/ lectures/ social functions

Swim recreationally or competitively in a pool

Paddle a canoe or kayak

Go boating

Go to the beach

Every resident should also be able to:

and Greenwaysand Greenways

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Through the Park System WindowThrough the Park System Window

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Through the Park System WindowThrough the Park System Window

New Affordable Housing Sites Stabilized Neighborhood Defined Edges of Park Space Additional “Eyes on the Park” for Security

Through the Park System WindowThrough the Park System Window

Great Public Spaces

1. Great Parks2. Great Public Spaces2. Great Public Spaces

3. Great Natural and Cultural Areas 4. Great Greenways and Blueways

5. Great Streets

Park System WindowPark System Window

Great Public SpacesGreat Public Spaces are Designed to Engage Residents…

providing diverse social, recreation and economic

development opportunities

Transit Transit StationsStations

TRANSIT ORIENTED PARKSTRANSIT ORIENTED PARKS

Natural and Cultural Areas

1. Great Parks2. Great Public Spaces

3. Great Natural and Cultural 3. Great Natural and Cultural Areas Areas

4. Great Greenways and Blueways

5. Great Streets

Park System WindowPark System Window

Great Natural and Cultural Great Natural and Cultural AreasAreas are Planned and Managed to Balance Access and Resource Protection…

protecting and enhancing the natural and cultural heritage of the

region, as well as restoring biological diversity and ecological

function.

Trinity Pine Rockland

FP&L Mitigation Bank

Balance Access, Conservation and Education Outreach Programs, Marketing, Neighborhood Involvement, Water Conservation

Greenways and Blueways

1. Great Parks2. Great Public Spaces

3. Great Natural and Cultural Areas

4. Great Greenways and 4. Great Greenways and BluewaysBlueways

5. Great Streets

Park System WindowPark System Window

Great Greenways and Great Greenways and BluewaysBlueways Connect Every Resident to Parks, Schools, Work and Shopping…

provide wildlife habitat, scenic vistas, recreation

and transportation opportunities and provide

urban form

Biscayne-Everglades Greenway

Biscayne-Everglades Greenway

Western Greenway:

Enhances the Rural Character of the Area

Helps Transition to Farmland and the Everglades

Provides New Recreation Opportunities for all County Residents

GREAT STREETS

1. Great Parks2. Great Public Spaces

3. Great Natural and Cultural Areas 4. Great Greenways and Blueways

5. Great Streets5. Great Streets

Park System WindowPark System Window

Great StreetsGreat Streets Are Designed as Linear Parks…

connecting parks and neighborhoods through tree lined

boulevards, parkways, and neighborhood streets that

encourage people to walk, bicycle and live healthier lifestyles

Green Infrastructure

SW 22nd Terrace

Olive Avenue – West Palm Beach

Master Plan VisionMaster Plan Vision

This is Not an Impossible Dream… This is Not an Impossible Dream…

Next Steps:

Shape Public Policy and Practices

Institutionalize Master Plan

South Florida Park Coalition

Parks Foundation www.parksfoundationofmiami-dade.com/

What Can You DoWhat Can You DoBecome Champions of Parks

Join the Parks Foundation

Plant a Tree…Adopt a Tree

Organize Your Neighbors

Adopt a Park

Become Stakeholders

Bike to Shop

Walk to A Park

www.miamidade.gov/greatparksummit/

Thank YouThank You

http://www.miamidade.gov/parks/

www.miamidade.gov/greatparksummit/

www.parksfoundationofmiami-dade.com/

Additional Examples

NORTH MIAMI BEACH: SNAKE CREEK CANAL GREENWAY

CONNECTS STADIUM TO BEACHES

ADDITIONAL SPECIFIC EXAMPLES:

Green InfrastructureTamiami Trail

Green Infrastructure

SW 137 Ave

DOWNTOWN ORLANDODOWNTOWN ORLANDO