After a six-month-long experiment in high/low-tech citizen participation, we wrapped up Re-Envisioning Slade’s Ferry at the end of June 2011. Please read about what worked and what didn’t in the final project report: Download Here Also feel free to peruse this website – note that most of the interactive features have been disabled due to [...]

This is a concept plan indicating boardwalk, fishing pier and recreational activities at water’s edge and shops and cafes in a mixed-use district, ‘like Newport’, further inland.  Click on to enlarge or view in separate window.

Based on all the community feedback, here are the final updated results of the 3D virtual world. Click on links to see videos of the avatar running and flying through the new Slade Ferry site! Somerset, MA : Slade\’s Ferry riverfront, re-envisioned Femke (the avatar) runs through the intersection of Grand Army Hwy and Riverside [...]

Here are some of results of the May 2nd workshop at Somerset Public Library. Local residents used kits we provided to re-create Slade’s Ferry Crossing. Their ideas for the future are represented by site plan models on 8.5″x11″ foam boards..