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April 3, 2017

Future Plans—Dream Team
In late 2016, we invited members of the Friends of Skyland, GSSGC’s Board of Directors, the Properties Committee and the GSSGC Regional Chairs to come to one of three “Dream Team” gatherings at Camp Skyland Ranch. We also invited a select group of GSSGC supporters and friends that possessed special expertise or capacity for funding. The group broadly represented highly talented and passionate thought partners dedicated to creating a world class environmental and leadership center. The purpose of these teams was for GSSGC management and staff to listen and learn, and to capture ideas for improvements to the Camp Skyland Ranch property.
One facet this initiative was to consider options for placement of certain activity areas and proposed buildings on the Camp Skyland Ranch site. A site map with the tentative and existing placement of existing structures and planned activities can be found here.
Hundreds of comments and observations were captured during the three Dream Team meetings. A few of those comments and observations are provided here.
Bringing the Team Up to Date
Full resident camp for summer 2016 served over 250 girls; overwhelming response that girls would love to return
Weekend camps are planned for both spring and fall
Equipment for activities is being updated for crafts, archery, fencing, horses, etc.
Mobile kitchen is functioning well; mobile restrooms waiting for County permits
Permit process includes County request for Hwy 243 easement
New kitchen goal to serve 400 meals at a time; 200 per seating
Duncan Lodge will retain its look and character; entrance will be relocated, asphalt roof to be replaced with concrete shingles or metal roof; overhead heating to be installed
Solar power not included in first phase of renovations
Tour and Activity Placement on Site Map
Participants toured the entire property, with staff members as guides and Ken Mortensen, Property Director, offering observations. Following are the detailed notes from that tour. These notes are extensive and not edited for style. Numbers that appear next to notes correspond to the numbers on the site map.
November 8 Walkabout:
Stop 1: Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) Center & Nature Garden (cont.)
Stake 21: VPA Center
VPA Center will be indoor? Outdoor?
Shell structure to provide sound barrier with rolling/sliding doors with moveable walls to utilize outside environment and shade
Stake 23: Farm House
Building of farm house will proceed in such a way that roots are not negatively impacted
Through a grant, a local arborist is assisting with the promotion of healthier trees, better water flow, and removal of dead trees
Stake 20: Music Garden
“Art in woods”
Pause: Wishhaven Cabins (Purple Icon on Map)
Wishhaven:
Currently sleeps 40 - with installation of the new bunks, capacity will increase to 60
Wishhaven Cabins will have new bunk beds in three weeks
The maintenance area located at the old barn will move to lower camp and the barn will be converted for programmatic use
Archery and catapult range will be located behind Wishhaven
One of two archery ranges will be located near Wishhaven
Two to three groups will be able to stay at camp at one time and be involved in separate/different programs
Stake 28: Housing Unit 3
Potential future housing site that will relate to Wishhaven Lodge and the cabins and will increase capacity
Before the fire, the barn was called “Silver Barn”
The last fire that came onto the property was in 1974 – the original farmhouse and the barn were lost in the fire
The Kiwanis Club of Long Beach was very involved in the development of camp in the 1950s and outlined the trail to Timber Peak
It is unclear if Timber Peak is on Skyland property or forest land
The view overlooking the Sand to Snow Monument and many cities, including Hemet and Banning – spectacular
Stop 2: Potential Site of the Lake: Indicated on map as “A?” (cont.):
Suggestion to switch the proposed location of the lake with that of the Nature Center, Music Garden, and Native Garden:
The challenge with switching the location is that it would increase the distance from Duncan Lodge to these program areas (the current proposed location of the Music Garden, Native Garden, and Nature
Center is much closer to Duncan Lodge than the proposed lake’s location)
Greater travel time = less time for program
Hiking is program, no distance is too far between sites because the transition time gives an opportunity to breath, clear your mind, reflect
Additionally, the area where the Nature Center/Music Garden/Native Garden is currently located is blue-lined as natural drainage with California Water, therefore a lake cannot be placed at such a location due to the potential for pollution
The current proposed location of the lake is peaceful, safe from wandering children
The location of the lake will ultimately depend on regulations and approval from the appropriate agencies
Is the site a natural bowl?
The lake appears to be one of the most important projects of camp: provides emergency water
Skyland Ranch is very fortunate to have a natural spring and plentiful water supply
Stop 3: Amphitheater (Stake 6):
Amphitheater will be used for performances
Proposed location provides a great view – prior to the fire, however, this view did not exist
Utilize slope of the hill for a natural amphitheater/stargazing area
Suggestion to move the VPA Center to the amphitheater area
Suggestion: Don’t have anything near the highway, it is too noisy
(Move Stakes 18-20 near Amphitheater as well)
Stop 4: Low/High Ropes Course, Grass Field, Creative Center (Stakes 2, 3, 4, 5):
Open Grassy Area, Artificial Turf
Makers Space – STEAM, crafts
Stake 14 – Archery Range 2
Location ideal because girls will be shooting downhill
Hills/elevation drops off, not useable for any other program
Skyloft rocks – leads to another viewpoint, see Morongo, Hemet, etc.
Grinding acorn location
Stop 5: Horses
Keep horses in this area near Archery Range 2
A barn, arena, and “lay-up” stall will be located nearby to allow easy exit for horses in case of emergency
Options for an easy trail and a more advanced trail will be provided
Nearby Sugar Bowl is a rock formation
Opportunity for campfire location
Also resembles a honey pot
Stop 6: Jr. Leadership Center (Stake 15):
Junior Leadership Center will double as an Adult Leadership Center until a separate Adult Leadership Center is built
Suggestion to call the “Junior Leadership Center” simply “Leadership Center”
Secluded, operate autonomously
Trail loops around to Amphitheater
Program wise – Jr. Leadership Center
Cook? Provides housing, self sufficient
Satellite areas, meeting spaces, outdoor activity spaces
Jr. Leadership Center and the Makers Space will be the only location with Wi-Fi - will be a hub for older girls
Girls vs. Adult Leadership Center
Potential exit – Caltrans
Embraced by landscape
Area previously used as primitive landscape
Side Notes and Suggestions:
Suggestion: Easement – put in an underground tunnel, so that golf carts and girls can travel through
Nothing is planned for the open space adjacent to the highway, northwest of Duncan Lodge
November 19 Walkabout
Leslee A. Temple, landscape architect, was present to share her expertise and knowledge to help create the overall master plan of Skyland Ranch. Leslee also shared some of Skyland Ranch’s history.
Leslee was the Property Manager of the Girl Scouts of Greater Long Beach Council and therefore oversaw the development and improvement of Skyland Ranch
She, along with a landscape architect, designed the second lot at Skyland Ranch
Skyland Ranch is what inspired Leslee to become a landscape architect; originally wanted to be a camp designer and plan camps for the National Park Service
Her senior project to receiver her baccalaureate as a landscape architect was done in Skyland Ranch – nature nook, nature program, and environs of Skyland Ranch
The original designers of Skyland Ranch were Irene Holton and Florence Johnson
Irene Holton was the first commissioner of the Long Beach Area Council and served as the camp development chairman at Girl Scouts of Greater Long Beach Council.
CIRCLE HO is named in part (HO for Holton) for Mrs. Holton
A plaque honoring Irene Holton was present at Skyland Ranch
Florence Johnson served as executive director of Girl Scouts of Greater Long Beach as well
Many of the original units were “canned” designs taken from GSUSA
Skyloft and Pioneer
Kiwanis helped design Hideaway and Sleepy Hollow
Hope for Skyland
Preserve rustic beauty of Skyland Ranch – not a craftsman version of “glamping”
Make it beautiful to show respect to the girls and everyone who flourishes here
The Visual and Performing Arts Center and Creative Center will provide an opportunity around creative flow and human potential
An opportunity around 200 acres – split with 40 acres across the road
The different environs at Skyland, upper and lower camp, lend themselves naturally to the different things that can be built or created there
Vision:
Leadership Center will be located in a more secluded meadow
Eventually a Macy’s Center of the West
Linking more traditional facilities with green space and breathing space
Museum and shop as destination for people going up to Idyllwild
Pieces from the original farm house
Planning Process
Would like to include young people in planning
Planning is fluid, sketch in as we go, “plop design”
Use drone to map layout of proposed locations
Put sheets down with name of potential sites and see how it maps
Rev Air Program – Cal State San Bernardino drones
Planning is fluid, moving around - Plop art/plop design
Use a drone to coordinate during winter when there is low obstruction from trees, place a sheet at proposed location of stake sites
Wishhaven
Would like it to be embracive, beautiful, not so bare-bones
History of Wishhaven
Originally, Wishhaven and Lofty Pines units – piney and cooking stove
Place for younger campers from Woodlands and Sleepy Hollow to walk up the hill for an overnight
Wishhaven and Lofty Pines were unprotected during the fire and not revitalized after fire
The vision for the future upper camp sites is outdoor primitive tent sites
Duncan Lodge was the base camp during the 1974 fire
Want to build a relationship with fire agencies
Stop 1: Bathrooms
Currently have a temporary bathroom
Intent is to build permanent piney to serve Duncan Lodge and general public use
Plan to add restrooms to back of Fairfield
Model most used is attached bathroom – this is safer option
Add restrooms to existing options
Primitive Bathrooms
Add primitive bathroom areas to provide experience for kids so there is a balance
Areas identified as future tent sites will include cooking stove/cooking area, piney, and spigot
Can be short-term or long-term depending on desired use
Sewage
Tied into septic field of Willowdale, which explains placement of the bathroom
Tank size is fine for usage, but will replace leech lines
Meeting with a soils engineer soon to evaluate soil conditions and possibility of trench system
Girls want to be outdoors - with access to flush toilets
Need to teach girls how to be in primitive environments, not pristine bathroom environments
Resources/Suggestions/Models
Cal Poly Pomona Architecture Group
Architecture department was contacted by state park and recreation to participate in a huge design competition project for portable cabins along rivers in the state park system
Mobile cabins vs. permanent cabins equals completely different set of codes
Annual DOE Solar Decathlon
Collegiate competition that challenges student teams to design and build full-size, solar-powered houses
All departments collaborate to win/compete
Tap into resource to decathlon, state park association
Level of architecture design mobile, tiny cabins
UCR
Best resource to connect with for development of Native Garden and Apple Orchard
UCR is Southern California AG Cooperative Extension program
Can also have a troop competition to design Native Garden and Apple Orchard
Land Canoes
History of land canoes – Land could be obtained at half the price if it could be rowed around. Therefore, pioneers in the Midwest put wheels on canoes and created land canoes
Use old canoes from Tautona and add wheels to create land canoes
YouTube videos of land canoe races
Old Town Canoe Co.
Review for design, great resource - they have the wheels for portage
Tires
Larger tires – wheelbarrow size, narrow, all-terrain
Track
No track – smoothing the land canoe area for flat terrain
Steering
First generation will be non-steering, progress to steering canoes
Suggestion to include ruddering
Barriers
Rope barrier to define the “lake”
Winter
Option for ice sailing
Stake 24 - Access Gate
Gate to control traffic around camp
Use the National Forest design
Gate will appear rustic – not new
National Parks Service resources – automatic designs with the “right feel”
Stake 23 – Farm House
Farm House - 1500 sq. ft. footprint
Multi-purpose – troop location, gathering point
Larger kitchen than Wishhaven: Cooking projects, jam making
Location
The original Sanders’ Farm House was near Wishhaven
Adopt similar white clapboard architecture and wrap-around porch for new Farm House
Locating the new Farm House at Stake 23 is for separation from Wishhaven – good, better, and different
The idea is to create spaces for multiple smaller groups or larger groups spread out and occupy
Suggests locating Farm House within circle of pines
Vision is to fit structures within existing clearings
Opening and exposure better for farmhouse
Orient building so telephone pole not as exposed/noticeable
Access road to the Farm House is far enough away and winds down, not a straight path to the Farm House
Experience a transition, exploratory journey to discover Farm House - want to come across the Farm House as you wind down the path, curving road
Find through the trees a clearing with a red barn
Move Farm House north, above Stake 19 on the map, close to the boulders and almost directly across from new location of Music Garden – Stake 20) in the clearing by the 10-year old sapling pine
Have the porch of the Farm House face the tall pine trees and Apple Orchard
Back part of farm house will be untouched, aside from Apple Orchard
Stake 22 - Apple Orchard
Located near the Farm House
Formerly by Circle Ho/Sherwood Forest (Stakes 2,3,4 on map)
Reconsider clearing trees for the apple orchard at this location
Will clear 20 trees or less
Locate orchard up north of Farm House so that it faces the Farm House
Orchard trees along the pine line north of the Farm House
Create orchard from pathway to pine trees in the east
Buy trees to get heirloom apples
Stake 19 - Nature Center
Skyloft was the old Nature Center
Currently, Stake 19’s location is not a good location for the Nature Center
Stake 20 - Music Garden
Close to old Lofty Pines
Concern the current location of Stake 20 is too close to the road – noise interference
Girls will be generating their own music at the site
Move Stake 20 to the location in center of pines, a more cathedral atmosphere surrounded by pine trees, alongside old riverbed and bridge
Move music garden to allow concert area more open audience
Harmony Park Outdoor Musical Instruments for Children
Lily pad music instruments make music when it rains
Nature creating music
Tune drums
Interplay of centers
Ready-to-go bridges by National Park Service
Functional piece
Stake 18 - Native Garden
Too close to road?
Use as a teaching/introductory start point
Will plants grow there?
Don’t start with drip irrigation
True native garden needs to be planted seasonally, when appropriate (October – May)
Drip irrigate the Apple Orchard, not the Native Garden
Like rain, pour bucket for deep watering
Rain during winter
Need right soil
Trenches
Located between the Nature Center and the Farmhouse
Move the native garden below the farmhouse in between two cedars
Native Garden will be the backyard of the Farmhouse and front yard of the Nature Center
Layout
Farmhouse (23)
Facing toward Apple Orchard (22) along pine line
Native Garden (18)
Backyard to the Farm House
Nature Center (19)
Stake 19 - Nature Center
Exhibit
Pelts, bones of local animals
Signs, posters of native plants/animals and can locate them in natural environment – educational tool
Bring together a group of individuals who are passionate about nature centers to help with the design concept
The idea is one large room with space enough so that it can be versatile with walls that are semi-permanent
Opportunity for seasonal exhibits
Utilize Native American inspiration/information
Visit museum at Pechanga
Involve Native Americans with intellectual development at Skyland with focus on botany and use when creating the Nature Center to represent the history of Skyland
Native American talk to own lore, deeply integrate
Migration of tribes during seasons
Hands on and interactive partnership
Structure
Four 4-sided building vs. Four-closed sided buildings vs. Screened/Temporary Walls/Rolling Doors
Typical peak?
Every side will be different, exposed
Acrylic garage doors, acrylic glass, closed but not to environment
Ronald McDonald House roll up doors
Storm door/screening
Nature Center needs to be more organic, not log cabins, not this area,
Out of the box
Open, four-sided building relate to Farm House
Ramada style
Created Pond/Lake
Army Corp of Engineers 404 permit
Along blue line (drainage)
Work with CA state water regarding quality
Old Farmhouse was located near Wishhaven against the hill
1920’s white clapboard, 2 stories and loft
Included a wrap-around porch
Farm House
Copy of letter sent to Jennie by old owner
Fate of all apple trees that are not maintained – died from competition from pine trees
Original trees are 100 years’ old
Planted near Sherwood, trees in memorial
20-30 acres of original orchard
Counterpart to Oak Glen
Silver Barn Map
Conceptual plans
Done by survey
w/o trees
List with plan contents kept by Pam Verhaegen
Original Survey includes SR-431
Kiwanis Club
1975-1976 built
Wishhaven Area with sliding door and chimney
Recreate? Arms that come with it
Integral? Not necessarily
Arms do not need to be there
Metal roof
No transition zone
Remove old corral
Barn will be programmatic, maintenance building going in
Wishhaven Lodge
Design to have more program space, potential to be more, original design
Split in half, panel room to split space allow two groups at one time
Proposed Housing Unit
Set of cabins on either side of Wishhaven Lodge
Three cabins? Size not determined
Treehouses?
Different housing types around camp
Timber Peak looking up and out over land
Experience scenery at heights
Playful
Creative
Old containers convert to equipment/centers
Treehouses
Treehouse Masters are experts
County tolerance to tree-based structures
Girl Scouts with TV crews
Stake 10 – Tent Site
Spigots available
Include a bathroom
2-single use pineys with cooking space
Flush toilets to septic system
Most importantly, camp site
Trees clearing
Area for lake, housing structure
Stake 9 – 1-acre lake: canoeing, wind surfing
Housing or lake at this location
Uphill topography is wrong
Would appear forced
Treehouses should be located where proposed lake is currently on map
Downhill looks more natural, organic for lake placement
“Plop Program”
History
Sherwood Forest/Castle
Lake below piney
Sherwood Castle was CIT
Treehouses with observation decks
Tanks fed lake
Tent site Stake 8 (Old Amphitheater)
Could be more housing
Stake 7
Real housing
Weird area, not for housing
“Dramatic housing”
Tent site more ideal at this location
Swap stake 8 with stake 7 locations
Switch stake 8 for real housing and 7 will be a tent site
Stake 8
Housing will be nestled between trees
Stake 21 – VPA Center
Ronald McDonald – Model
Building with program storage, restrooms, roll up garage doors
Have two indoor spaces with connected roof
Roof more like a shed
Piney could be part of the structure or not
*Suggestion: have an open view out toward Morongo, view Northwest toward Moreno Valley
Platform near new trees continue left and sculpt and plane
Enough to seat 300
Concern you will see the lights from casino to the north
Leave storage at the VPA Center
4x4 post log seating around in semi-circle around view our west
Right (stage) next to two trees (small pines)
Locating VPA Center at concrete pad by orange fencing
Move stake 21 behind amphitheater seating
Can locate housing here as well
Building needs to be shed-like
Painting platforms - paint in treehouses
The layout would be:
Housing
VPA Center
Amphitheater Seating
Amphitheater Stage (with the view toward the west)
The stage is now the previous stake 21 site
High Ropes Course/Low Ropes Course/Activity Center/Grassy Center
Stake 3 (Near Hideaway)
High Platforms – great location at high ropes course
Adventure playground
Artificial turf
Call Leslee Temple to confer on:
Heat rating
Dust rating
Irrigation
Coarseness of turf = bleeding, injury
Subbase cannot be asphalt
Circle Ho
Housing Unit, open sides
Make sure it is safe, don’t want screening
Stake 5
Housing – multiple units to sleep 8 each
Need to keep tight and separate
Outside of each grouping it should be unique
Shingled, log cabin, recognition of space
More linear at stake 11
More communal on the other side
Stake 5 – Makers Space
Open all year long – snow activities
Concern: 4-sided buildings
Makers Corner – utilitarian and seasonal
Next to Wishhaven trail
Stake 4 – Grassy field
Artificial turf
Artificial turf is too out of place, juxtaposed
Lower camp would be a more ideal location with a cleared area
Can play quidditch
Final opinion on artificial turf: No
Makers Space
Tucked back in past the staked area
Off the road, past the pine trees and bushes
Housing would be permanent, but buildings need to be open spaces and flexible
Clear trees for safety and health of trees
Archery Range #2
More developed at the Silver Barn location
Skyloft Rocks – use as shade shelter made of steel posts with faux-reengineered wood
Horse Housing Unit
Architecturally the tack room opens at the front and locks down at night
Horse housing unit would be situated uphill
Have the horses located near the covered wagons/chuck wagons
Wagons would be situated in the hills on the slope near the corral
Sugar Bowl would provide a program area to be determined
Music here would be too close to the horses and road
Space Adjacent to the Road
Area exposed to the road can be used for planting
Can be used as the parking lot for the Leadership Center
Leadership Center
Leadership Center will be designated for:
Adult training
Girls leadership training program
Conference program
CIT, LIT
Corporate sessions
College lab studies
Layout/Design
Dormitories on the second floor
Tiered building
Educational opportunities outside
Future as an award-winning center
Semi-contemporary
Leadership Center (cont.)
Downhill area below the road will be utilized as well
Outside dining among the natural shading with the boulders
Would be able to serve alcohol?
The oaks create a separate ambience
Leslee Temple will design this area
Lectures can be held outside
Yoga platforms for yoga under the stars
Put up lights in the evening
Music teaching, yoga platforms
Obtain an alcohol permit to serve beer and wine only
Natural separation
Can market to outside groups à Adult groups only
Walking paths to Leadership Center
Create labyrinth of paths from parking lot to Leadership Center
Wind down from parking lot to create the feeling that you are leaving the real world behind for the weekend
A service road will go along the main road to transport luggage
Entry Way Signage
Experiential walk to Leadership Center
A trail will lead from the parking lot to the Leadership Center
A sign will welcome guests for their stay
An entryway arch with welcome
Canopied and covered = conversion
Provides a disconnect, transition for the stay at Skyland
ADA accessible
Gourmet cooking school – utilize bracken fern that grows naturally
Director’s Office
Located at the entrance to camp
Provides check-in office
December 3 Walkabout
NRCS Grant to remove dead/diseased trees
Portable bathrooms at Skyland but not yet connected
Inspection of the mobile kitchen by ADA officials
Bathroom will be connected March 1, 2017
County of Riverside requested easement of 15ft in addition to typical 25 feet
Working on getting the easement written correctly since September
Land canoeing will be behind Willowdale
Start with straight canoes, may progress to steering
Fairfield Cabin– utilized as staffing cabin: co-ed housing with bathrooms
Stake 24 – Access gate to slow down flow of traffic/access to camp
Proximity to highway - depends on time of year how much traffic you see and hear
Stake 18-20 (Native Garden – Nature Center – Music Garden)
Gate/Access point
Native garden will be linear, but not straight
Access to music center and nature center
Sustainable
Outdoor education
Dave Branconier did indigenous plant education at Stanley Ranch
Wishhaven Bunk Beds
Camp bunk beds, not camp cabins
Bunk beds from AT company
Will have increased capacity in March
New doors?
Permits submitted for doors, windows, siding
Exterior: replace wood stoves with heating panels in ceiling
Heating panels in ceiling, not in floor?
Fairfield Cabins
Six bunk beds = 12 girls
YMCA Camp Collins, Gresham, OR
Cubby holes and temperature controlled
Concept: utilize multiple sites/locations at the camp at one time – have multiple, different groups camping at one time
Silver Barn
Catapult and archery location
Barn will be incorporated into program
Move maintenance location down camp
Update Wishhaven Lodge
Redo siding, bring in appropriate windows
Kitchen
Three windows are not waterproof
Double window unit, flashing, double-glazed
Troop kitchen for cooking
Fireplace is functional
Willowdale – hole in flute replaced
Windows at Wishhaven Lodge
Span will be the same
Stacked panels to slide = larger spacing
Patio 6-12 feet use for eating and program
Industrial pane stacked windows
Slide and stack vs turn and stack
Metal frame = stability
Wishhaven estimated costs:
$160k
$130k doors, windows, siding
$30k for heater
Barn/Silver Barn
Name comes from the galvanized siding – original barn before fire
Metal barn with roll doors (à la Morton buildings?)
Fire Safety
NRCS grant – remove trees and create large areas, provide fire breaks
Key: breaks
Ensuring buildings are fire resistant
Keep good relationship with fire department
Ongoing relationship with Cal Fire and Forest Service
Redbox at entrance to camp: Knox Box keeps keys to building
Fire Inspector: not giving all plans openly
Knox Box contains keys, plans, tagged/coded keys with building
Double lock, update map and keys
24x24x36, not able to chain and drag away
20 bags of 90lb concrete
Original farmhouse
Behind Wishhaven against the hillside
Housing Units
Build an additional two buildings
Build capacity at Wishhaven
Housing unit #3
Currently there are too many roads
Goal: reforest roads via vertical mulching – sticks planted vertically in ground to catch seeds
We want driving access, but currently there is too much
Long term:
More housing units, nature center, music garden – native garden, orchard
Farmhouse
Multipurpose building, like Wishhaven Lodge, it should be a quasi-commercial space
Jammin’ with E parties
Camping location?
Troop camping – tents
In Farmhouse, mattresses that pull out
Porch for sleeping
An open porch
Invasive apple trees?
No, they are not easily propagated
Irrigation in apple orchard: drip irrigation
Mistletoe
Remove with the NRCS grant
Use as a money earning opportunity – holiday décor
Sherwood Castle
Former CIT area
Lakeside Housing
1-acre lake
Sit on low spot
Not on blue line streams (primary drainage), consult Army Corps of Engineers
Would the location of the lake meet with drainage lines?
Make it three times as big as Ronald McDonald’s lake
1½ acre and see how it fills in
Pathfinder – island would obstruct view
Floating deck
Swimming?
Safety
Know how deep the lake is:
Plans would include grid drawn over lake at every 3 feet
Precaution and danger – control access
Older girls only?
Expect to attract deer, wildlife
Tent Site
Storage, spigot, piney, not platforms
Amphitheater site/VPA center
House VPA staff at this location
Set the overlook/outlook of the amphitheater toward the Northwest
Rent out to high school drama club
Alongside hill side have airstream/pod cabins to sleep in but be able to open the walls to face the stage
Will not be traditional camping at this location
Great shading
Outdoor kitchen
Existing platforms – way to rework as programming/observation decks
Building a camp is building a community = smarter together
Farmhouse
Alumni contribute, legacy
Alumni bricks along walkway/road to farmhouse
Ropes Course – High, Mid, Low Courses
Low ropes course will be downhill, closer to Duncan Lodge
High Ropes Course will be directly at the fork in the road
Sherman’s course
Boots, swings, similar design
Hanging vines
Makers Space
STEAM programming
Craft space will remain as craft space
Duncan Lodge
Activity/adventure space, tetherball, zip line
No grass, mulch OK
Second Archery (Stake 14)
Space, wet, covered archery space
Better cohesive plan
Sherman
Too big, poor marketing
Arena
Horses
Eventually covered barn
Have horse staff near horses
Emergency exit for horses near road
Older campers engaged in horse care
OSS Model – Outdoor Science School
Place in cabin groups, rotate during the day, house via grade level and pick where placed
Sugar Bowl
Prominent campfire location
Sugar Bowl as backdrop
Amphitheater
Ideal campfire ring location as well
Can locate it by the stage, be able to put lid on
Location in camp = horse overnight or ride
Ride from Skyland to AT, currently no trail
In spring, can create scout pathway
House horses at AT overnight
3rd Part of Camp (Lower Camp)
Relocate maintenance building
Parking for leadership center
Park and walk through bushes/covered pathway
Disconnect at road
Leadership Center
Dug back into hillside, multi-level
Remove unhealthy trees only
Campy but modern
Pockets of decks for breakfast groups
No tents, but leadership center will sleep people
Capacity: 400 beds, not including tents
Camp in summer
Heat, flies
Director’s Cabin
Welcome building/Director office
Down and across the highway: Adult Leadership Center
Current caretakers house
Curio/road side shop
Down sight
Move caretakers home more north
Horse Unit
With Easements
Will use easement
Entrance – past with signs of what used to be there
Access Road
Long range – Macy’s West on west side of road
Flow
Consider shelter/classroom space by horses, instruction
Formerly Skyloft – footings for covered area, concrete
Duncan Lodge
Bathrooms removed
Stairs, ramp formerly covered porch, ADA pathway
Seats 200 inside, larger outside seating with covered solar panel rooves - proved model for shade
Kitchen
Fall operation, then works tilt skillet
Indoor and outdoor
The roof line will look the same
New windows and doors throughout
AC in kitchen only
Rework windows in other buildings
Galvanized heating above kitchen
Stove, fireplace, bookshelves all staying
Sliders? In porch – using doors, more durable
Large fans in summer
Adding picnic tables outside
Inside – square tables
Tables – forks, knives, table setting
Uplighting, down, dim lighting
Share an update on the walkthroughs with the board
Goals
Lake phasing 2018-2019
Conditional use process
Wishhaven Summer 2017 – funding department
June 1st Duncan Lodge and Kitchen remodel/expansion completed
Ropes Course completed by summer 2


