re: 20 Acre Park proposed along river in Baton Rouge

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Parks all along the bayous throughout Houston and people use the shite out of them. The key is security and parking, along with maintenance if it floods. I wouldn't bother making the investment unless they were prepared to take on these costs each year. They do okay with the BREC park system but I'd love to see more investment in BR parks.

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There is a similar trail along Mud Island in Memphis. I remember it having very nice views of the river and the bridge.

The trail head and parking area flooded once when I was there.

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Didn't Kip try this and got shur down? Waste of money. No one uses these parks but I'm sure it'll become quite the haven for bums, drug users and NBR shenanigans.

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The idea was too big and is Kip's one indisputable black-eye of his administration. Everyone agreed he bombed it. Was called Downtown/Audubon Alive. He tried to lump in massive park/aquarium project with a much-needed parish tax that would have synced lights on every major artery Plank/Perkins/Airline/Florida/Sherwood/etc around the city. It failed miserably.

Anyhoots. The studies have been done. The park will work and will be a good idea. Arsenal Park and the Capitol Gardens are not dangerous for kids/pets walking around. Won't be any different over there except a mo wider and mo opener green space on the river.

hope it happens

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Sounds mo betta

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Fa sho. The park idea was floated around before Kip too. There were plans ~05-07 to develop that same space into a MUD like a Perkins Rowe. Forget that project name but it went bye-bye with market bust of 08 and never got off the ground. Then Downtown/Audubon Alive failed shortly after.

This more realistic park design will be a great addition to downtown if built/managed efficiently by BREC. I can see it being incorporated into most downtown events/parades/races

Bring on the bucket brigade

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I wonder who owns that property?

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I think it's a barge company.