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Attachment G <br />Outdoor activities for the residents will be encouraged which will enhance <br />the sense of community within the Edison development. Site amenities are <br />explicitly designed to serve all the residents from pre-school up to adults. A tot lot <br />area will serve younger children, a picnic/recreation area with benches and grills <br />will serve families as they enjoy the outdoors, a large open green space will serve <br />older children and adults to throw balls and enjoy lawn games and a pool area and <br />sundeck will serve all residents including adults. <br /> <br />Walking trails can make connections and also provide a sense of place and <br />promote livable communities. They also provide affordable and safe exercise <br />opportunities along with encouraging engagement and neighbor interaction. <br />Edison will incorporate a 1,730 lineal foot gravel walking trail around the perimeter of the site that will be <br />open to the public. Access to the trail for Edison residents will be at various locations throughout the <br />development while trail access for the public will be from two locations along Old Highway 8. <br /> <br />#®­­¤¢³¨µ¨³¸ ,#$! &´­£¨­¦ <br /> <br />e development projects that efficiently link housing, jobs, <br />services and transit in an effort to create inspiring and lasting livable communities. LCDA will assist the <br />project in making a number of community connections and place making features: <br /> <br /> <br />Linkage to Sandcastle Park Creating a link from <br />Sandcastle Park with a pedestrian crossing at Old <br />Highway 8 to a newly constructed public sidewalk <br />which will take pedestrians north to the Edison <br />walking trail. <br /> <br /> <br />Linkage to Transit Creaking a link and connecting <br />Edison via a new public sidewalk along Old Highway <br />8 to the Metro transit stop on County Road D. <br /> <br /> <br />Place Making Creating place making features along Old Highway 8 at the <br />two entrance points of the walking trail at Edison. These place making <br />features, such as message boards or kiosks, will invite the public to access <br />the trail, learn about the community and also an opportunity to post local <br />messages. There will also be exercise and resting nodes at various <br />locations along the walking trail to encourage the full use of the trail <br />system by the public. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />The location of Edison will also have great connectivity to local jobs with the many nearby <br />manufacturing facilities and also connections to other locations including a quick commute to Downtown <br />Minneapolis via Highway 88. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Β Ȟ Page <br /> <br /> <br />