Connie Maxwell Children’s Ministries
Kinzer Hurt
LARC 2550 | Professor Powers
For Spring 2022 I had Matt Powers as professor. He was in contact with a foster care organization in Greenwood called Connie Maxwell Children's Ministries. They have almost 400 acres of property, mostly farmland and some residential spaces. They want to develop their farm area further and make it more functional for the children and the community as a whole, as well as put some effort into making their whole campus look cohesive and well-designed. One of the biggest issues that they expressed is the fact that there is a major CSX Transportation railroad line that splits their farm zone and residential area. Therefore, I designed a large park with a land bridge over the tracks. The park consists of a trail with several loops to gradually gain height until it reaches a sufficient elevation to cross over the tracks, and then goes back down to base level.