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Oshkosh parks board backs Quarry Park master plan, sends recommendation to Plan Commission and Common Council
Summary
The Oshkosh City Advisory Parks Board voted to recommend a preferred master plan for Quarry Park to the Plan Commission and Common Council after hearing site constraints, a neighborhood-preferred concept, cost estimates and steps needed for permitting.
The Oshkosh City Advisory Parks Board voted to recommend a preferred master plan for Quarry Park to the Plan Commission and Common Council after a presentation by the project consultant and neighborhood input.
John Kinnear, president with Rettler Corporation, told the board the plan responds to the site's history as a former quarry and landfill and is intended "as a guide for future development. It's not anything set in stone here." The consultant presented two concept alternatives and a preferred concept developed from neighborhood meetings and a National Night Out display.
The preferred concept centers on a reinforced central gathering area with stone outcroppings that reference the site's quarry history, looped walking paths, native-plant habitat zones outside the…
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