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Consider: • Tot and youth playground equipment Linear Parks/Greenways • Looped pathway system • Picnic shelters Example - Grand Avenue Park, Cascade View Park • Interpretive signage or facilities • Natural area or green space Description: • Linear parks and greenways are built connections or natural Off-street parking for trailhead. corridors that link parks together. Typically, the linear park is developed for one or more modes of recreational travel such Avoid: as walking, jogging, biking, and in-line skating, hiking, and • Areas with limited access by transit horseback riding. Linear Parks may include active play areas. • Locations next to railroad tracks The Strategic Plan identifies a goal of establishing 1 acre for • Areas with low visibility or poor access every 1,000 of population. Typical Linear and Greenway users: • Visit from throughout the City of Everett. • Commuters or recreational users. • Children looking for alternative routes to schools • Visits or more transitional through the space. Site Selection: • Site size depends on geographical area, but should be sufficient to accommodate the development of a trail, reduce impacts on critical areas, neighbors and benefit from the site's unique features or amenities. • Access to the site should be provided via a residential street, collector or arterial street. Provide: • Unique experience unifying neighborhoods • Benches every 300 feet • Directional and informational signage • Trail Head Identification signage • Walking distance markers 31