South Side Settlement Heritage Park Creating Sustainable Neighborhood Wet Weather Solutions in Columbus, OH

摘要

Providing sustainable wet weather solutions while enhancing local neighborhoods is Blueprint Columbus' innovative approach to "Clean Streams, Strong Neighborhoods". The pioneer project for Blueprint Columbus is the South Side Settlement Heritage Park (SSSHP). In addition to addressing local nuisance flooding, providing tangible social benefit to the neighborhood, the SSSHP provides lessons learned for design, construction, and maintenance for other Blueprint projects. The SSSHP provides water quality for 6 acres and manages approximately 10 MG of runoff annually while reducing local flooding. The park has stormwater bio-retention basins, pervious pavement basketball court, picnic shelter area, playground, and a walking path. The city started park construction in 2015 and completed it in 2016. Regular inspection has occurred for the past 2 years to evaluate the bio-retention vegetation, performance, and O&M requirements.