11/1/2023 0 Comments Death at geist reservoir![]() Sandquist said the fee hasn’t been determined but will be similar to Saxony Beach, 13358 Pennington Rd., which charges $5 per person. Park admission will be free for Fishers residents. One will be nature themed, one will be beach themed and one will be Ninja Warrior themed. ![]() “In future phases, we want to provide access to those through boardwalks,” Sandquist said.įishing also will be available, as will a large-events lawn for multi-sport events or green space. Trails will be open throughout the property, as well as wetlands. Indy Surviveoars, a dragon boat racing team that consists of breast cancer survivors, might relocate to the park. When the park opens, visitors will be able to enjoy nonmotorized water activities like canoeing, kayaking and stand-up paddleboarding. There will be two more phases following Phase 1. Phase 1B also will include trail construction, an event lawn and playground construction. We will put the restroom building out there and paving for some of the trails, landscaping and lighting 9, (which are) the finishing touches.” “We are draining the cove and will start filling it in for the beach and swimming area. “Phase 1B is all the fun stuff,” Sandquist said. The $25 million park is expected to open in February 2023. Reusing material like this not only saves the owner costs and is good for the environment, but it’s a subtle way to continue the story of the land and carry a piece of its history forward.” Through careful design and construction, we were able to reuse and prominently display these stones in the entry walls and columns. We discovered several large granite boulders and hundreds of rounded river stones scattered through the site. “But if there’s one thing aggregate plants are in no shortage of, it’s rocks. With the site being an old IMI (Irving Materials Inc.) plant, which was used to store aggregate and concrete materials, at first glance there wasn’t much that could easily be reused in the design of a park,” Green said. “As landscape architects, we begin each new project by walking the site, taking inventory and looking for design opportunities. That saved us a significant portion of money because rocks are not very cheap and it’s a really cool sustainability story about the site.”īrowning Day is the project’s architect, and Associate Project Manager Tom Green said it’s important for the company to implement existing materials into a project’s design. “We sourced those all from the site and then found the right shapes and sizes to fit like a puzzle to construct those walls. Then on the other side, there’s a cobblestone wall.”īoth walls were built using boulders and rocks from the site, with the exception of the limestone veneer on the Geist Waterfront Park wall. The construction of the limestone wall (at the entrance) has Geist Waterfront Park lettering and logos on it that’ll be backlit to give it that state park-feel when the park is completed. The main features of Phase 1A were the two walls at the entrance point. ![]() We put in fence posts for exterior fencing. “We installed almost all underground utilities. “We did a ton of earth work, moving dirt around to prep the site for all of the amenities to come in Phase 1B,” Sandquist said. Phase 1A, which finalized most of the groundwork, was recently completed. Geist Waterfront Park encompasses 70 acres near Olio Road and 111th Street and will provide the only public access to Geist Reservoir in Fishers. Upcoming projects include the construction of trails, playgrounds and a beach. Construction has been under way at Geist Waterfront Park for several months, but Fishers Parks Director Sarah Sandquist said all the “fun stuff” will begin in the next 12 months.
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