This map indicates the existing Boone Creek culvert, 在黑色, 研究区域, 用红色, that are part of an initial feasibility study completed by Jennings Environmental. Click on the image for a full view of the map. Image courtesy of New River Conservancy
The daylighting of Boone Creek is one of several major construction projects being planned at Appalachian State University to enhance the App State Experience.
The project supports the 战略计划 of App State and the university’s 目标和指标 associated with the University of North Carolina System’s 战略计划. It will benefit students, academics and the community.
关于
Daylighting Boone Creek in the area of Duncan Hall and Peacock Hall aligns with the objective included in the 总体规划2025 to improve Rivers Street and expose the campus’s natural ecosystems.
It would allow this section of Boone Creek to become a place for education, contemplation and natural inspiration, while also helping mitigate flooding and stormwater runoff issues — much as Durham Park has become for a lower section of Boone Creek near the main campus entrance.
In connection with this project is the possible construction of a parking deck near Peacock Hall with 600-plus spaces and the redesign of traffic flow for buses.
An early concept drawing of what the exposed Boone Creek and redesigned parking and traffic flow near Peacock Hall might look like. Image courtesy of App State Planning, Design and Construction
状态
A feasibility study for the creek’s daylighting, which included community information and listening sessions, was conducted in 2019–20 by the university, New River Conservancy, Town of Boone and Jennings Environmental. 这份报告, which was funded by NC Clean Water Management Trust Fund, App State and the Town of Boone, 是完整的.
In March 2022, the project achieved a positive Federal Interest Determination through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the organization is performing a project feasibility study. 这项研究, which is slated for completion in November 2024, is supported by a cost-sharing agreement between App State and the Town of Boone.
The project awaits future funding decisions.
它的资金来源是什么??
Funding allocated to App State by the North Carolina General Assembly as part of the FY 2021–22 两年期预算法案, signed into law by Gov. 罗伊·库珀11月. 18, 2021, allows the university to initiate work to begin the planning for daylighting Boone Creek. The budget includes $79 million for capital projects and $43.15 million for one-time repair and renovation project support.
谁会受益??
The entire campus and local community will benefit for technical and aesthetic reasons. Stormwater control in this area is expected to improve conditions downstream, while a visible creek with natural plants along Rivers Street will enhance the beauty of this major thoroughfare. Science students whose professors use the exposed Boone Creek as a learning tool will also benefit through research and class activities.
How does it support UNC System Goals and Metrics?
An enhanced campus designed with students, 教师, staff and the public in mind supports recruitment and retention of all members of the university and local communities.
Major current projects:
Major completed projects:
- Dining Facilities Renovations — Central Dining Hall and Trivette Hall
- University Bookstore Renovation
- 学生宿舍
- Child Development Center Expansion
- Kidd Brewer Stadium — North End Zone
- Career Development Center relocation
- Sanford Hall Renovation
- 蓝岭道
- NPHC Plots and Garden
- Leon Levine Hall of Health Sciences
- 创始人广场
An aerial view of areas receiving millennial campus designation at Appalachian State University. Video by Marie Freeman