Yahoo Movies Veggie garden, playground, trails proposed for mid-island Hilton Head. Here are the plans
Proposed plans for a 103-acre community park situated in the heart of Hilton Head Island were unveiled to Town Council members on Tuesday evening.
The land — known as the Mid-Island Tract and located in Mid-Island Initiative Area — is the town-owned portion of the former Planters Row Golf Course. Now, under new plans, the community park bordered by William Hilton Parkway, Dillion Road and Union Cemetery Road would bring an open-air market, multi-use trails and an eco-center.
Mayor John McCann called the project a “visionary plan” that will “transform” the island’s center.
Last year, the town hired MKSK, a national consulting firm, to draw up plans for the Mid-Island Initiative Area and sprawling community park. Over a hundred stakeholders, more than 200 community members and thousands of survey-takers poured their input into the plans, according to a Tuesday Town Council presentation.
The top need? A park.
People called for green space, trails, connections to other trails, and safety to make it easier to cross William Hilton Parkway. They nixed a spread out and single-use vision.
According to a Wednesday news release, a 138-page preliminary park plan includes the following:
Open-air market and vegetable garden that reflects island heritage.
Cultivated gardens, natural gardens and multi-use trails.
Interactive water feature, open play areas and a community playground.
Eco-center, nature preserve, observation decks, boardwalk and a canopy walk.
Space for gatherings and a multi-use community facility.
Relocation of the St. James Baptist Church to the tract off Union Cemetery Road.
An 18-hole disc golf course, picnic pavilions and restroom facilities are planned for the Ashmore Tract, which is adjacent to this area, across William Hilton Parkway, according to the release.
Town Council will consider approving the Mid-Island Initiative Area District Plan and the master plan for the 103-acre community park later this summer.
