Landscape architecture students present
plans to Madisonville officials, residents

After listening to suggestions from residents and performing a site inventory and analysis, a group of Texas A&M landscape architecture graduate students presented a series of design concepts aimed at improving Madisonville’s downtown square and its environs July 30.

Writing in the Aug. 5 issue of the Madisonville Meteor, Roxanne McKnight said the students suggested more unity of design and decoration around the square, opening a dialogue to address Madisonville’s three separate clusters of businesses, and the perception of travelers’ lack of a sense of arrival in the town, which is located 42 miles northeast of College Station.

The students, led by Bruce Dvorak, assistant professor of landscape architecture, created the concepts in the Summer II Principles and Techniques of Land Development class. They made their presentation to Madisonville’s city council, city and Madison County staff, business leaders and interested citizens.

Other recommendations from the students, wrote McKnight, included more green space and better sidewalks around the square, more places to sit around the Madison County Courthouse, businesses around the square that involve recreation, the addition of a water feature, and the removal of a v-shaped portico in front of the courthouse.

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