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Omaha Riverfront Trail - Construction of the third phase of the Omaha Riverfront Trail is underway, from Ida Street and Crown Point Avenue to Locust Street. When completed, the trail will run 7.5 miles from NP Dodge Park to Kiwanis Park. Right-of-way negotiations are underway for phase four, extending the trail south to Miller's Landing Park.
Haworth Park North Environmental and History Trail - The final tile mosaic murals are being installed at Haworth Park North’s Environmental and History Trail and the trail is being repaired. The trail experienced significant flooding in May 2007, downing trees and washing away segments of the trail. The City of Bellevue is repairing the damaged sections of trail. Santa Fe, New Mexico - The Workshop completed a master plan for an existing nature center located in historic Santa Fe, on the scenic Santa Fe River. It was once home to a member of the Santa Fe artists' colony. It includes significant cultural resources spanning several centuries and a variety of ecologic zones. Our planning included a comprehensive examination of the visitor experience, market position and visibility, and evaluation of the Center's current educational programs.
Tim, our Kansas State University intern, developed this perspective using Sketch-up software.CSP Forestry Management Trail - Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, Nebraska Forest Service and US Forest Service dignitaries were on hand for the ribbon cutting for the Chadron State Park Forestry Management Trail. Big Muddy developed 12 wayside exhibits for the trail, highlighting ’the parks forest management activities and describing how it has improved wildlife habitat an
d the visitor experience while reducing the risk of wildfire.
National Award For Lewis & Clark Interpretive Trail - The Lewis & Clark Interpretive Trail was recognized by American Trails, a national non-profit trails organization. The Trails and The Arts Award is awarded biannually to a project that incorporates outstanding public art, interpretive signs or other creative structures into trail related improvements. John and Katie of Big Muddy represented all of the partners when they accepted the award at the 2006 National Trails Symposium accepted the award on behalf of the project partners and hundreds of citizens who participated in the project.
Public Open House for Hidden Valley Park - The public was invited to share their ideas and opinions for improvements to the trails and recreation areas at Hidden Valley Park in Kansas City Missouri. John and Brian facilitated discussion and conducted short presentations while soliciting ideas from the public.
"Much Ado About Nothing"
NAI News - Katie earned the designation of Certified Interpretive Planner (CIP) from the National Association for Interpretation.
NSA News - John has been selected to serve on the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum Executive Board and is heading the membership committee.
NTC News - John has been selected to serve as President of the Nebraska Trails Council Board of Directors.
Employment Our firm does what most landscape architects wish they could do. Established 18 years ago, the Workshop is an acknowledged leader in environmental planning, progressive landscape architecture and sustainable design. We have a diverse range of project types and clients which creates an interesting mix of work. We encourage co-workers to grow professionally and personally by sharing responsibility and undertaking community service.
Our firm of landscape architects and interpretive planners is located in thriving Omaha, Nebraska. Omaha is surprisingly a great city with about 800,000 people in the metro area, a diverse arts and cultural scene, and easy access to bike trails, natural areas and "the boonies". Omaha's riverfront was recently redeveloped, the Qwest Center completed (17,000 seats for sports and national music acts) and the Old Market entertainment area expanded making downtown the place to hang. Suburbanites will find lots of shopping and subdivision choices. Good public schools make Omaha a great place if you have kids. To find out more about Omaha go to Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce , Slam Omaha , Omaha World Herald , Omaha By Design, or Google "Omaha" to find more sites.
Our office is located in Basswood Lodge, an Arts and Crafts inspired office building in historic and colorfully ethnic South Omaha. Preserving the mature trees around the Lodge resulted in BMW receiving a national award for tree preservation. Our offices are filled with light, have windows that open and are a good place to spend part of the day. We are landscape architects and exhibit designers who actually work in a garden setting.
If you have a desire to become a team player in a good design firm and want to grow professionally, please email a letter of interest, resume, work examples and general salary expectations to kblesener@bigmuddyworkshop.com .
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