Posted on April 27, 2022
“Think of this as a scaled-down MAPS project of Arcadia Lake and East Edmond,” said Alex Allen, Arcadia Lake Dream Team member.
The city of Edmond plans to use ARPA funds to improve and grow the lake’s infrastructure.
“This isn’t just how to monetize the lake, but anyone that’s been out there — we’re at maximum capacity. If you go somewhere to enjoy yourself with your family, you can’t find a campsite. You can’t even get into the park,” Allen said.
Wanting to know what to improve, the city created a task force of people who use the lake regularly.
“We came up with different things like dredging out the lake to not commercializing because it’s a hidden gem,” Allen said.
Landplan Consultants was hired for the job.
“Our job is to master plan the lake to take all the dreams and hopes that the task force helped out with,” said Julie Graff, president of Landplan Consultants.
They said master plans will be finalized in a year but only after hearing from the public.
“We may be able to go out for public input a little earlier than that and then complete the master plan within one year. It’s different from other commercialized locations, we don’t want to overdevelop or overbuild. We do want people to come out and enjoy what’s there,” Graff said.
