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Riverfront group seeking opinions from public
Tuesday, June 13, 2000
The Riverlife Task Force wants to hear from you.
The task force, a year-old, privately-funded nonprofit group looking at riverfront design standards and types of development, is taking several actions to solicit public opinion about what should be built along the city's rivers.
Starting today and continuing through Sunday, the task force will have an "interactive booth" at the Three Rivers Arts Festival in order to give residents a chance to make their ideas known.
"We feel the arts festival is the ideal place to help Riverlife launch its public involvement process," said Jeanne Pearlman, arts festival director and one of 40 members of the task force.
She said the group's goal is "to help create one of the most spectacular waterfronts in the world, one that incorporates world-class design, public art and involvement from a wide spectrum of people."
The booth will be across from the Pittsburgh Hilton and Towers, Downtown, on the walkway to Point State Park. There will be pages of a riverfront map, called "Let Your Ideas Flow," for children to color. There also will be video equipment for visitors to voice their ideas about the riverfronts.
"Public involvement is a cornerstone of our riverfront development effort," said Davitt Woodwell, task force director. "The rivers belong to all of us and we all have a stake in their future."
Another vehicle for input will be the task force's new Web site at www.pittsburghriverlife.org. The Web site is expected to go into operation this week and will include maps of the study area along the Monongahela, Ohio and Allegheny rivers. There will be updates on the task force's work so far.
Also, for three days next week the task force will hold "Riverlife brainstorm" sessions at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Downtown. The times are 6 to 9 p.m. Monday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. next Tuesday, and 6 to 9 p.m. June 21.
The goal is to "elicit public input on river-related topics including trails, transportation, public art, river commerce, boat access, design standards, event programming" and making connections to the neighborhoods along the rivers, the task force said.
Present at the brainstorming session will be officials from Chan Krieger & Associations, a Cambridge, Mass., consulting firm retained to help the group come up with plans and ideas for the rivers.
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