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“Lumberjack Plaid” at Lake Bemidji intersections Pavers Crosswalks

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Speed Boats event overflow Pontoon Boats Canoes/Kayaks Sailboats B1 Trucks/Cars Mix of boulders, shrubs Lake Uses Snowmobiles and grasses A2 A1 Vegetation New “Lumberjack Plaid” Lake Bemidji Vegetation currently on site is found Courtyard primarily near the waters edge in groupings of trees or along the streets

Paul Bunyan Dr. in single width rows. In the past eight New Pavilion/Stage Paul and Babe years the Minnesota DNR has been working to stabilize the shoreline of Paul and Babe Lake Bemidji through the use of native 1 plantings. Seasonal Perspective Not to Scale Waterfront Park The statues of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox are Bemidji’s most recognizable landmark. Many of the events help in Bemidji use Paul and Babe as a Paul Bunyan and gathering point , or as in the Night We Light Celebration, the location for the event. This is one place where no matter what the season, there are people Babe the Blue Ox walking around Paul and Babe with their cameras. By keeping the paved courtyard in front of Paul and Babe this year-round tourism can continue. “Ice House” Sanford Center Food Booths Ice Fishing Communities Topography Lines Standing Water Natural Shoreline Plants Existing Vegetation B2 Raised bike trails at Hockey Rink Broomball Rink intersections Curling Rink Roads and Trails Carnegie Library Lake Bemidji Bemidji’s main road is Paul Bunyan Dr., Hockey Rink A 4-lane road that runs parallel to the shoreline of Lake Bemidji. The Paul D1 D2 Paul Bunyan Dr. Paul and Babe Bunyan Bike Trail enters the site from the east by the Sanford Center and continues to the Mississippi River New dock Bridge. There is currently a missing connection between the Mississippi Mississippi River River and the northern section of the bike trail.

2 Sanford Center Large boulders Primary Traffic Roads Secondary Traffic Roads Little to no Traffic Roads Alleyways Bike Trail

Science Center/ C2 Snowball Park Movement on Site

C1 Lake Bemidji The areas with the site where people gather in large groups are location primarily by the waterfront. The Paul Bunyan Dr. Paul and Babe intersection crossing to enter these River Fishing Pier gathering spaces are not used as 1 often as the majority of the intersection crossings located in the Mississippi River Bridge downtown. Mississippi River Underpass

Sanford Center

Gathering Areas

Pedestrian Crossing Bike Trails Water level Boardwalk 4 Areas of Interest

Lake Bemidji Bemidji has a strong arts culture in the downtown area. The sculpture walk stretching across the downtown is Paul Bunyan Dr. Paul and Babe unique to the city due to the art pieces being changed on a regular basis. There are two buildings that are making current event news: the Carnegie Library and the old Pamida Master Plan Mississippi River Store. 3 Master PlanNot to Scale Perspective

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Landmarks in Bemidji

Sculpture Walk

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Special Events

Lake Bemidji Bemidji has many different special events through out the year ranging from a Fourth of July Parade and

Paul Bunyan Dr. fireworks to the Brrrrmidji Polar Daze. Paul and Babe Many of these events are held by the waterfront and have no permenent structures to support the event.

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Festivals: Sanford Center Festivals: Festivals: Night We Light Ice Out! Brrrrrmidji’s Polar Daze Art in the Park Special Events Locations 1st Day of May 4th of July Carnival Season-long Broomball Tourna- Boat Show Downtown Days ment Plant Bemidji Beautiful Dragon Boat Races Festivals: Mini-Finlandia Beltrami Humane Society Dog walk Rubber Ducks Race Lumberjack Days Take a Kid Ice Fishing Fishing Opener Countdown Take a Kid Fishing Wild Game Feed Snow Sculpture Garden Earth Day Auto Club Car Show “Deer Camp” Back-to-School Bar-b-que In addition to the Paul and Babe Water- Winter Activities By keeping a portion of the Paul and front Park being used for winter In the summer months one or two of Winter activities that take place on site Babe Waterfront Park open, people activities the lake directly out from the Lake Bemidji the food booths could be run by groups Not to Scale The fall season provides an opportunity include: sledding, ice skating, hockey, have the opportunity to create their own Not to Scale park can have temporary hockey, boot such as the boy scouts and sell food for festivals and informal gatherings of Not to Scale boot hockey, broom ball, cross-country activities such as having a picnic or a Not to Scale hockey, broomball, and curling rinks even when there isn’t a special event people to celebrate the north woods Paul Bunyan Dr. skiing, snowmobiling, ice fishing and frisbee or soccer game. through the winter season. Paul and Babe happening culture. the Brrrrmidji Polar Daze . 2 2 2 2 Waterfront Park: Spring Waterfront Park: Summer Waterfront Park: Fall Waterfront Park: Winter Mississippi River

Winter Special Events 4 2nd St. Paul Bunyan Dr. Section Ice Houses Sanford Center 3 Paul Bunyan Dr. Ice Heaves To improve the safety of Sledding Area crossing Paul Bunyan Dr. at Snow Removal Locations Box Elder Open Water/Cleared Ice the main pedestrian entry to New 2-level Street Trucks/Cars Roads (Acer negundo) Snowmobile Roads the waterfront area, a planted Lights. median was added to the middle of the road. In addition the crosswalks will be created with pavers to give Boulevard Linden more definition to the (Tilia americana ‘Boulevard’) Site Analysis pedestrian walkway. Lake Bemidji Analysis of the inventory maps lead the designed site’s location along the Planted Crossing waterfront by the famous Paul Bunyan Median Paul Bunyan Dr. and Babe the Blue Ox Statue. Paul and Babe

A1 A2 To create a continuous bike Concrete trail through the site, where Downtown Bemidji Planting area between Planted Crossing Continued Bike Trail Waterfront Sidewalk Paver stone crosswalk Paver stone crosswalk Crosswalk Pavers the bike trail crosses an buildings and sidewalk Median using existing trail materials Mississippi River intersection the trail will 0 6ft 12ft 18ft 24ft 30ft “Lumberjack Plaid” Landmarks in Bemidji Intersection Detail Not to Scale remain raised instead of Sculpture Walk creating a curb cut. Buildings of Interest

Not to Scale Paul Bunyan and Babe Additional Street Trees Gathering Areas New Street lights with Downtown Bemidji Raised Bike Trail Information Sign the Blue Ox Pedestrian Crossing space for city/event Winter Special Events banners Ice Houses Special Events Locations Sanford Center Way finding Sign Pole Mix of Deciduous and Evergreen Ice Heaves Primary Traffic Roads Sledding Area Secondary Traffic Roads Trees for summer and winter interest Snow Removal Locations Little to no Traffic Roads Open Water/Cleared Ice List of Potential Plants Trucks/Cars Roads Alleyways Snowmobile Roads Bike Trail Box Elder Regent Service Berry Boulevard Linden Dwarf Mugo Pine Shoreline Planting Dock Section Acer negundo Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Regent’ Tilia americana ‘Boulevard’ Pinus mugo pumilio Within the site there have been two www. en.wikipedia.org www. connon.ca www. melissacmorris.blogspot.com www. hasselman.com new dock sections that serve to bring Information Sign people over the water. The benches for To provide all of Northern Red Oak Common Hackberry Paper Birch White Clover Common Chokecherry Quercus rubra Celtis occidentalis Betula papyrifera Trifolium repens (Prunus virginiana) resting and viewing the water also tie www. zoologirl.wordpress.com www. hear.org Bemidji’s www. hulsnursery.com www. johnsonmatel.com Section into the other benches on site that will Special Events have local artists create the backrest in Lake Bemidji Sugar Maple Common Chokecherry Black Spruce Tussock Sedge Hybrid Decking “Bench Walk” with a more per- Tussock Sedge Where space allows a mix of native Acer saccharum Prunus virginiana Picea mariana Carex stricta Railings a “north woods theme”. These www. deskpicture.com www. wildflowerchild.info www. cas.vanderbilt.edu www. michigannature.wordpress.com (Carex stricta) manent area shrubs and grasses will be added to the benches will become the “Bench Walk”, than what ex- Paul and Babe Green Ash Glossy Black Chokeberry Red Pine Common Milkweed large boulders being used throughout a practical continuation of the ists currently, 12 Fraxinus pennsylvanica Aronia melonocarpa Pinus resinosa Asclepias syriaca the site for shoreline stabilization. downtown sculpture walk. Paul Bunyan Dr. www. biology.missouristate.edu www. nmgrassmasters.com www. botit.botany.wisc.edu www. deercreekdam.com Paul and Babe

“Ice House” Food Paul Bunyan Dr. Booths have been Lake Bemidji added to {}. Hybrid Decking Hybrid Decking Base Boardwalk New Pavilion/Stage Paul Bunyan and “Ice House” Food “Ice House” Food Mix of shrubs and large Mix of shrubs and large Visitors Center Babe the Blue Ox Booths Booths boulders for shoreline boulders for shoreline Dock Bumpers Mississippi River stabilization stabilization Steel Wire Rope

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