Kent + Frost to Design Mansfield Town Square

K+F has been selected to design the Storrs Center Town Square in Mansfield,CT. The Square has been envisioned as a focal point for the community including Mansfield and UConn at the center of the newly emerging downtown.

Preliminary Creative Placemaking Plans for Riverside Park to be Revealed!

New London Landmarks will be hosting a workshop to present preliminary design plans for the transformation of Riverside Park in New London, CT. Brian Kent of  Kent + Frost will be presenting Creative Placemaking design concepts for the park. Other presenters will include Landscape Architect Peter Miniutti of The University of Connecticut and his graduate assistant, Madeline Schad.

All are welcome to come and discuss the plans and bring your own insights, questions, and ideas.

The Riverside Park Workshop will be held on Wednesday, February 13 from 6:30 – 9:00 p.m. at the Winthrop Magnet School Auditorium in New London.

We hope to see you there!

Article in the New London Patch

Riverside Park Workshop

New London Landmarks Website

Riverside Park

Kent + Frost Has Begun To Design Universally Accessible Trail in Groton

The first site walk on the Copp Family Park in Groton, CT was today with surveyor and wetland scientist. Objective: scope out a potential 2 mile long universally accessible loop trail and identify wetlands along the way. The soil is typically frozen this time of year and wetland scientists fly south to play golf. We got lucky.

Kent + Frost to Design Trail in Mansfield

K+F has been selected by the town of Mansfield, CT to design a universal access trail in Schoolhouse Brook Park. We are very excited to work for the first time in this progressive community. Two members of the K+F team are landscape architecture Alums from the University of Connecticut campus in Mansfield.

Office Trip To Northampton, MA

The Kent + Frost team ventured up North last Friday to meet with representatives from the town of Northampton, MA to study the successes they have had with bicycle and pedestrian improvements. Our group visited with NoHo’s Planning Director, Wayne Feiden, the MASS Bike regional chapter president, James Lowenthal, and local businessman Craig Della Penna. The visit included a two-hour bike tour of the Manhan Rail Trail by real estate agent and rail trail enthusiast Craig Della Penna.

The following day included a visit to The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute and the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art.

Landmarks Group Seeks To Improve Riverside Park

This project brings local talent – artists, preservation organizations, planners, stakeholders and residents – together to solve local problems from the ground up.

http://www.theday.com/article/20121001/NWS01/310019964

New London Seeks Downtown Improvements

Our one day charette produced this plan. It’s a challenging site with many issues. Stay tuned!

See the article and a link to the plan here:

http://www.theday.com/article/20120930/NWS01/309309908

Griswold Moving Towards Next Phase of Main Street Improvements

Kent + Frost has begun design for the next phase of Jewett City’s Streetscape Improvements.  Our team has begun design of  a  network of decorative streetlights and a re-configuration of the Town Hall, where parking will move to the back of the building to make way for a public park fronting Main Street. Kent + Frost is very excited to begin implementing the improvements outlined in our Master Plan document from 2011.

http://www.norwichbulletin.com/news/x670728880/Griswold-hopes-for-grant-for-next-phase-of-Main-Street-work?img=2#

Gales Ferry Seeks Redesign of Route 12 Corridor

Kent + Frost produced a plan for Ledyard with improvements to the Gales Ferry stretch of Route 12. The intent was to divert the focus of the area from the car towards the pedestrian.  Ledyard intends to use the plan to acquire a Main Street Investment Fund grant from the State of CT.

http://www.theday.com/article/20120924/NWS01/309249971/0/SEARCH

Creative Placemaking in New London

New London Riverside ART! K+F and the UConn Center for Community Research & Design will collaborate as project planners along with a multifaceted team of artists and community organizers on this inspiring project.

Great articles about the project:

http://www.newlondonlandmarks.org/creativePlace.htm

http://theday.com/article/20120726/ENT02/307269719/1044