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The Redmond Central Connector: More than a Trail
Track: Resource Management & Park Planning

Friday, May 1st | 3:15 - 4:30pm
Speakers: Carolyn Hope, City of Redmond; Guy Michaelsen, Berger Partnership; and Todd Bronk, Berger Partnership
Room: 316


Description: As our region becomes more urbanized, our trail corridors must adapt to ever broadening influences, pressures and opportunities.  These include safely accommodating increasing users (wheeled and non-wheeled) and integration with vehicular traffic, as well as more aspirational opportunities with trails as catalysts to shape the communities through which they pass. Urban trail corridors can become critical connections in a transportation system and community destinations filled with vitality and character, shaping the commerce and development that surrounds them.  Beyond a trail, these corridors can include new infrastructure and enhanced ecology  to more fully utilize prized public land. Learn how the Redmond Central Connector, integrates trail, plazas, furnishings, landscape, and art to intuitively shape safe trail use and provide areas for gathering, events, play and interpretation, making it a model or new urban trail corridors, including the 42 mile Eastside Rail Corridor of which it is part.

Learning Objectives:

  • Participants will learn about integrating art and landscape design in park projects and design parks with art and for art (performance, events, temporary works).
  • Participants will understand the importance of collaborating with multiple agencies and infrastructure projects while creating a beautiful destination.
  • Participants will learn how to influence the private development community design quality.

Speaker Bio: Carolyn Hope, City of Redmond

Carolyn Hope is the Park Planning, Arts & Culture Manager for the City of Redmond. She  was the project manager for the Redmond Central Connector acquisition, planning and development and currently serves as a staff liaison to the Eastside Rail Corridor Regional Advisory Council.  She has also manages the arts and culture programs and is collaborating with inter-departmental teams and artists to activate downtown parks facilities to energize our evolving downtown urban center. 

Co-presenter Bios:

Guy Michaelsen, Berger Partnership:

Guy Michaelsen is a Principal at The Berger Partnership and was the lead planner and designer for the Redmond Central Connector Phase I. Guy has a passion for shaping  places that support an increasingly dense and rich urban environs, be it spaces in the heart of our cities, or the parks and natural areas that offer escape and revitalization.

Todd Bronk, Berger Partnership:

Todd Bronk is an Associate at The Berger Partnership and led the project through design and construction.  As a Sustainable Building Advisor, Todd believes in the notion that we are quickly running out of space, overly pressuring our natural environments. He strives to work with clients, developers, and communities that look inward and reuse our existing landscapes.