Aerial view of Morgan Creek Park prairie, trails and pavilion

Aerial view of Morgan Creek Park playground and restored creek

Aerial site plan view of Morgan Creek Park trails and prairie

Pedestrian bridge over Morgan Creek from above

Visitors walking the Morgan Creek trail bridge

Weathering steel trail bridge at Morgan Creek Park

Linn County Conservation – Morgan Creek Implementation

Located in Cedar Rapids, IA

Shive-Hattery authored the master plan for Linn County Conservation’s Morgan Creek Park in 2016. Our team then partnered with Linn County Conservation to refine that plan and turn a key portion of it into bid documents, moving the vision from paper to a park the community can use every day.

The implementation design covered the full framework of the park: roadways, parking, utilities, accessible routes and trails, and sites for future shelters and lodges. Water quality was built into the landscape through bioswales, wetlands and detention basins, and a wetland delineation study was completed for an existing wetland on the site.

To help the Board, staff and the public see the proposed improvements before construction, the team developed a 3D visualization model. Cost opinions and funding sources were explored alongside the design, giving Linn County Conservation a clear path to build out the park in phases.