Recreation Area on River / No-Wake Zone

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Builder Brock

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Create a dedicated recreation zone on the river by first initiating no-wake zone between Maclellan Island and Hunter Art Museum cliff wall and then improving access to paddleboards, kayaks, pedal boats, etc. around Ross's Landing (we should have those crafts available to "check out" just like we do city bikes). Cap it off with a public beach & green space on Maclellan Island we have an truly iconic outdoor play zone.

Create a vintage WPA-era national park poster illustration of a community project in Chattanooga, Tennessee, a National Park City surrounded by mountains, rivers, and forests.

Composition: Vertical 4:5 poster layout. Bold foreground focal element representing the project. Use either a natural landscape or urban environment, depending on the subject.

Title: Recreation Area
Subtitle: National Park City

Typography: National park sans-serif, bold font. Sans serifs feel the pull of the Machine Age. Rough, worn, and perfectly imperfect. The individual letterforms do not strictly abide by all typographic rules, but this intentional imperfection adds to its charm. This typeface feels as if it was drawn by hand, just like the hand lettering in the vintage National Park posters. Just the title and subtitle, NO OTHER TEXT in the graphic.

Focus the composition on the project. "Create a dedicated recreation zone on the river by first initiating no-wake zone between Maclellan Island and Hunter Art Museum cliff wall and then improving access to paddleboards, kayaks, pedal boats, etc. around Ross's Landing (we should have those crafts available to "check out" just like we do city bikes). Cap it off with a public beach & green space on Maclellan Island we have an truly iconic outdoor play zone. ". Location: 900 N Sanctuary Rd, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37403, United States. Resources available: Vision.

Style: WPA-era screenprinted travel poster. Bold graphic composition, simplified shapes, warm earthy color palette, dramatic light and shadow, mid-century screen print texture, minimal detail but strong silhouettes, layered depth, optimistic and heroic tone, clean vector illustration, retro travel poster design, subtle paper grain texture.

Area Geography: Chattanooga is defined by a dramatic transition from flat river basins to towering plateaus. It features sheer granite and sandstone cliff faces (famous for rock climbing) and hidden subterranean wonders like Ruby Falls. Just west of the Great Smoky Mountains, sharing that iconic blue-mist horizon.

Native wildlife and flora: box turtles, white-tailed deer, red-tailed hawks, eastern bluebirds, tulip poplars, dogwoods, rhododendrons, and mountain laurel.

Activities: Pick activities relevant to the project. People here enjoy mountain biking, hiking, rock climbing, kayaking, paddleboarding, trail running, fishing, rollerblading, white water rafting, and community gardening. Weave relevant activities and local nature into the scene.

City life: Chattanooga's urban core is compact, walkable, and layered — historic brick warehouses, Art Deco civic buildings, modern glass infill, pedestrian bridges, riverfront paths, and steep green bluffs all within a small footprint.

Flora & Water: The landscape is carpeted in dense deciduous forests of oak, hickory, and tulip poplars. No pine trees. Hidden in the folds of the rolling hills are moss-covered rolling brooks, limestone swimming holes, and tiered waterfalls that spill over rocky ledges.

Typography: National park sans-serif, bold font. Sans serifs feel the pull of the Machine Age. Rough, worn, and perfectly imperfect. The individual letterforms do not strictly abide by all typographic rules, but this intentional imperfection adds to its charm. This typeface feels as if it was drawn by hand, just like the hand lettering in the vintage National Park posters. Just the title and subtitle, no other text in the graphic.

900 N Sanctuary Rd, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37403, United States

Stretch of river between Maclellan Island and Hunter Art Museum cliff wall

Gardeners

Builder Brock

Roots

Tennessee River Gorge Trust(not committed yet)
Chattanooga Audubon Society(not committed yet)
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA)(not committed yet)

Fertilizer

Vision

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Laura M.2d ago

This is Laura with Chattanooga Audubon. We own Maclellan Island. I like this idea very much. Please reach out at lmarsh@chattaudubon.org!

Drew E.5d ago

Wonder if there's an impactful way to connect the riverwalk (by UTC football fields) with Maclellan Island in some way (floating dock or walking bridge?). It could serve as the gateway to the no wake zone and allow non paddlers to access the island. Additionally, maybe there's a way to tie any grant funding to the erosion control issue recently announced at Maclellan. A man-made beach might be the answer there.

Cody A.12d ago

Would be cool to merge your idea (or maybe vice / versa) into the idea i have on here for the hunter bluff climbing dock. These ideas seem very compatible.

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