Prince Memorial Greenway, Santa Rosa Creek

The Prince Memorial Greenway project involves habitat enhancement and urban design of a one half mile stretch of channelized Santa Rosa Creek. It is an extremely high profile, visible project with enormous potential for environmental upgrade, habitat appreciation and public use located in downtown Santa Rosa. To date, this project has consisted of preliminary design based upon an active public participation process, with extensive agency involvement, and environmental documentation. The design team, retained by the City of Santa Rosa, is moving forward with construction drawings based upon input from this essential preliminary design process. This paper will review that process: the importance of building consensus, identifying opportunities and constraints for the project, and effecting a positive public perception of the Creek revitalization.