Parks, Trails & Recreation Master Plan

EXISTING PARK CONDITIONS (AND CONTEXT) 1 MARINA, CURRENTLY OUT OF USE 2 FLOODPLAIN OPEN LAWN 3 MIX OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL NODES 4 COMMERCIAL NODE 5 BITUMINOUS SURFACE PARKING 6 PLAYGROUND 7 OPEN-AIR PARK PAVILION 10 STORMWATER PONDS 11 LOWER REGIONAL TRAIL 12 PICNIC TABLES 13 HIGHWAY 101 BRIDGE 14 BOAT LAUNCH 15 ARCHERY RANGE 16 RECENTLY RESTORED HISTORIC HOLMES STREET BRIDGE 17 PEDESTRIAN TUNNEL AND ADA RAMP TO NAVIGATE 101 CROSSING 18 BEDROCK PARK 19 NORTHRIDGE COURT SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY 20 DOWNTOWN SHAKOPEE CORE 21 MAIN DOWNTOWN PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION TO PARK EXISTING PARK CHARACTER AND HISTORY As the grand introduction to Shakopee for visitors and travelers heading south on Highway 101, the 24 acre Huber Park has the potential to frame the entrance into the Downtown area and be a true showcase amenity space for the City. During the time where contact- era settlers and traders lived in and passed through this area, Thomas A. Holmes, a man who made a living founding and establishing new cities, landed on the banks of what is present-day Huber Park and built a trading store in 1851. He is credited with being the founder of the City, and in the quick following years of the mid-19th century, a great 8 RESTROOM AND STORAGE/MAINTENANCE BUILDING 9 HUBER PARK AMPHITHEATER WITH TIERED SEATING

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TOP LEFT: A SKETCH PORTRAITWILLIAM“BILL”QUINN, COURTESY OF THE SHAKOPEE HERITAGE SOCIETY. TOP RIGHT: A SKETCH PORTRAIT OFTHOMAS A. HOLMES, COURTESY OFTHE SHAKOPEE HERITAGE SOCIETY. ABOVE BOT TOM: THE STEAMBOATS IN THE BELOW 1869 DRAWING OF SHAKOPEEPORTRAYSTEAMBOATSDOCKEDONTHEBANKSOFTHEMINNESOTA RIVER AT THE EXACT PRESENT LOCATION OF HUBER PARK.

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