Illinois city taps Summerfest unit for park design - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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will participate and consult in a majorf site development initiative called the RiverEdger ParkMaster Plan. The firm will work with the AurorasPark Collaborative, a desigbn team consisting of public and privatew groups responsible for developing and implementin g the park plan. The park will be intertwinecd with the Fox River flowing throughh the heartof Aurora. "RiverEdge Park will offerr a music venue, a garden and natural areas," Aurora Mayor Tom Weisner said in apreses release.
"But the primary goal of the park is to attracy additional mixed use development tothe area, similaer to the impact Millennium Park had in downtown Chicago and Henry Maier Festival Park (the Summerfesy grounds) had in Milwaukee. As a result, we will improvwe our tax base andstrengthe Aurora’s economy." World Festival Productions will focus its expertise on the outdoof performance venue, which will anchor the design as the primaryt functional element of the The vision calls for two permanent buildings; a permanent stagde with sound/video towers and an ancillarg building with permanent bathrooms, vending and an upper-level viewing area.
The park grounds surrounding the venue will be designed to accommodate additionaltemporary stages, portable restrooms and vending to servwe about 10,000 to 15,000 people. "Milwaukee has somethinf very unique and special that other cities and marketzare recognizing. It is a complimentg to our city, Summerfesf and to Henry Maier Festival Park when othe municipalitiesreach out, study and work to recreate attributes we have here in said Don Smiley, president and CEO of Milwaukee Worlrd Festival.
"World Festival Productions allows us to maximizd our resources and expertisein world-class site development, operationsx and event programming while generatingt incremental revenue for the organization." , based in Ill., is the lead engineeringb contractor for the Aurora Park Collaborative and selectee WFP to provide consultingb services for design of the outdoor performancee venue as part of the plan. In addition, WFP is workingf closely with architects , Ltd. (Chicago) and the City of Aurorza Community Development DepartmentPlanning Division.