LAKE WALES NINE PARKS MASTER PLANNING

Catalyst provided landscape architectural design services for nine existing active and passive recreational parks in the City of Lake Wales. The parks’ design emphasizes the natural features of each site and incorporates the Olmsted Brothers’ original vision of a “City in a Garden.” Catalyst led the public involvement and site plan development phases based on public input and City direction from the recently completed “Lake Wales Envisioned” greenspace and trail planning effort. Totaling over 246 acres, the parks collectively feature multipurpose and ball fields, a running track stadium, community centers, splash pads, aquatics center expansion, destination and neighborhood playgrounds, event lawns and amphitheaters, festival streets, complete street interventions, trails, tennis courts, basketball courts, pickleball courts, sailing, fishing, and dog parks.