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<br /> <br />Project <br />Profile <br /> <br />Project Type <br />Master Planning <br />Wabasha, Minn. <br /> <br />Client <br />City of Wabasha <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />www.LHBcorp.com <br /> <br />Wabasha Downtown Master Plannning <br /> <br /> <br />\XTabasha sits on the banks of the Mississippi, a town of about 2500, with a <br />downtown lined with late 19th and early 20th Century commercial buildings. <br />Two areas in and near downtown are prominent in \XTabasha's future, each with <br />its own issues, concerns and preconceived notions for change. <br /> <br />After demolition of the Big J 0 <br />Flour Mill, a site was created for <br />a new National Eagle Center, but <br />a deal for an adjacent hotel could <br />not be reached with a developer, <br />and a vacant site resulted. <br /> <br /> <br />The community was split <br />between the need for an open <br />space on the river which could <br />be provided by this site, and their <br />continuing desires for a hotel. <br />LHB's response was "BigJo Alley'-a celebration of the character of the fonner <br />mill, combined with spaces that reclairned the alley as a public way and others that <br />opened onto the river. The Athletic Field was the second area of concern, where <br />recreation facilities occupied a prime 12 acre site, but major athletic activities have <br />been relocated to another site more than a decade. Here, LHB proposed <br />redeveloprnent that would include housing, new neighborhood-based recreation <br />facilities, and features that would provide a better introduction to the community <br />as drivers enter Wabasha across the bridge from Wisconsin. <br />