Prince Memorial Greenway

Santa Rosa, CA

Enlisting widespread community participation, RRM Design Group completed the Master Plan, design development plans, and construction documents for the award-winning Prince Memorial Greenway project.

As lead urban designers and landscape architects, RRM collaborated with a team of civil engineers, hydrologists, biologists, and public artists to revitalize a ¾ mile former concrete drainage channel into a lush greenway and trail system connecting Santa Rosa’s Downtown core with its historic Railroad Square area.

After an extensive public collaboration, the design of the project emerged: a parkway with urban design, restoration, and recreation elements, including pedestrian-oriented design, a multi-modal bike and pedestrian path, parks and plazas, public sculptures, extensive restoration landscaping, and a naturalized creek bottom.

Recently featured in the national Landscape Architecture magazine, the Greenway (with completion of its final phase Gateway Park pending) is a spectacular success of a lush, thriving corridor of trails, parks, and public art.

Awards:

League of California Cities, Helen Putnam Award for Excellence, Public Works, Infrastructure, Transportation, 2004

American Planning Association (APA), California Chapter, Northern Section, Planning Project Award, 2001

California Park & Recreation Society, Facility Design & Park Planning, Park Planning-Special Purpose Award, 2001