In 2001, the newly adopted management plan for UMORE PARK , “Cultivating a Landscape for Knowledge: Management Plan for the University of Minnesota Outreach , Research, and Education Park ”, identified the need to interpret the diverse physical, social, and cultural features within the PARK for the citizens of Minnesota . These features include the artifacts of natural systems and prior human occupation of the land as well as the University’s extensive engagement of the site as a platform for a wide range of land-based research programs. The Management Plan introduced the concept of an interpretive center linked to the broader landscape by a series of interpretive, recreational trails serving the varied needs of the greater metropolitan region.

The concept of an interpretive center was explored further by the Precision Agricultural Center , Retail Food Industry Center , and Center for Rural Design as a conceptual framework for AgTech-21: Food, Land, and Agricultural Technologies Interpretive Center . AgTech-21 was envisioned as a state-of the-art facility for interpreting modern agriculture and food production technologies for a predominantly urban audience and as a training center for agriculturists in modern farming and information management methodologies. In 2003, the UMORE PARK Management Team issued a Strategic Plan for UMORE PARK that identified an interpretive center as one of three projects submitted as part of the PARK’S Six-Year Capital Request.

 

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U-MORE Park Interpretive Center: Planning and Design    Paper - 3.6 mB 

 

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