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The County of Grande Prairie acquired the Five Mile Community Hall and surrounding quarter section lands to assist in the long-term planning of school sites within the County. Seeking ways to best design and develop the land while simultaneously integrating a future school site and uses with other needs of community stakeholders, the County elected to use a charrette design process. Occurring over a four-day period, the Five Mile Design Charrette was an intensive engagement process that progressed the project from a visioning stage through to a final conceptual design. The charrette had four main objectives: to design a site plan that best utilizes County owned lands that meet the needs of a future school site(s); to integrate multiple recreation facilities that are functional and meets the needs of the community stakeholders; to create both a local amenity and a regional destination that promotes community well-being; and to identify opportunities for residential development to tie in with the overall design.
The charrette took place from September 9th to September 12th, 2019. The charrette headquarters was in Five Mile Community Hall - project teamwork spaces, stakeholder collaboration stations, information gallery, and a presentation space filled the room for the duration of the project.
The dynamic charrette process brought together varying stakeholder groups, including representatives from:
Peace Wapiti School Division
Grande Prairie & District Catholic Schools
County Council
Various region-wide recreational groups
County administration departments
Aquatera
General public
Each discussed their needs and visions for the site. The City of Grande Prairie, as an adjoining municipality, was invited as a project stakeholder; unfortunately, they were unable to participate in the process.
Taking the comments provided from feedback day, the design team went to work on the preferred design. Elements from all three design options were included in the preferred design. Ultimately, the preferred design is intended to be a combination and a reflection of all stakeholder groups’ ideas and visions. The preferred design includes:
space for two k - 8 schools, interlinked through a multi-purpose facility
a re-purposed Five Mile Hall
multi-use recreation fields - the design and type to be left for detailed design and in collaboration with the Grande Prairie Regional Recreation Committee
multi-use courts
multi-use plaza
residential land uses
commercial land uses
public works + fire hall
storm water management facility
trail network
dog park
recreational vehicle parking + camping
temporary fields/ third school site
The County of Grande Prairie acquired the Five Mile Community Hall and surrounding quarter section lands to assist in the long-term planning of school sites within the County. Seeking ways to best design and develop the land while simultaneously integrating a future school site and uses with other needs of community stakeholders, the County elected to use a charrette design process. Occurring over a four-day period, the Five Mile Design Charrette was an intensive engagement process that progressed the project from a visioning stage through to a final conceptual design. The charrette had four main objectives: to design a site plan that best utilizes County owned lands that meet the needs of a future school site(s); to integrate multiple recreation facilities that are functional and meets the needs of the community stakeholders; to create both a local amenity and a regional destination that promotes community well-being; and to identify opportunities for residential development to tie in with the overall design.
The charrette took place from September 9th to September 12th, 2019. The charrette headquarters was in Five Mile Community Hall - project teamwork spaces, stakeholder collaboration stations, information gallery, and a presentation space filled the room for the duration of the project.
The dynamic charrette process brought together varying stakeholder groups, including representatives from:
Peace Wapiti School Division
Grande Prairie & District Catholic Schools
County Council
Various region-wide recreational groups
County administration departments
Aquatera
General public
Each discussed their needs and visions for the site. The City of Grande Prairie, as an adjoining municipality, was invited as a project stakeholder; unfortunately, they were unable to participate in the process.
Taking the comments provided from feedback day, the design team went to work on the preferred design. Elements from all three design options were included in the preferred design. Ultimately, the preferred design is intended to be a combination and a reflection of all stakeholder groups’ ideas and visions. The preferred design includes:
space for two k - 8 schools, interlinked through a multi-purpose facility
a re-purposed Five Mile Hall
multi-use recreation fields - the design and type to be left for detailed design and in collaboration with the Grande Prairie Regional Recreation Committee
