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ProjeCt exPerienCe < For full cutsheet, align sidebar to this guide Community Planning Mound, Minnesota hkGi has worked with the City of mound since the firm created mound visions, an expansive redevelopment plan to reinvent downtown mound. since that time hkGi has also led the planning process for the 2006 Comprehensive plan, has served as mound’s on-going municipal planner, written zoning ordinances, conducted environmental reviews, and has planned and designed public space, streetscape, and park improvements. the City’s land use pattern is dominated by small residential lots, narrow street rights-of-way and substantial areas of park commons characteristic of its history as a lakeshore cabin community. the Comprehensive plan seeks to maintain the City’s unique, mixed residential neighborhoods while also encouraging redevelopment to create places for people to live, shop, work, and play in the downtown and commercial corridors. With a large amount and variety of natural resources, mound continues to prioritize the protection of the numerous lakes, wetlands, rolling topography and mature tree cover that give the community its recognizable character. hkGi’s planning and design work includes realignment and streetscape improvements for County road 15, creation of the lost lake Canal and Greenway, and creation of veterans memorial park and the mound transit Center. As a developed community, Mound’s Land Use Plan encourages multi-family housing, commercial and mixed-use redevelopment in and around Downtown, as well as the maintenance of the community’s unique residential neighborhoods. The redevelopment of Downtown Mound has been guided by “Mound Visions,” a plan which focus on creating a pedestrian- oriented, mixed-use district. Public improvements to support Downtown redevelopment have included rerouting and streetscape enhancements for County Road 15 and construction of a transit center and Veterans Memorial Park. Comprehensive plan proposal29