Land Planning
Landscape Architecture
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2011 Envision Award Winner
Spring Run at Willow Valley

West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, PA


RGS worked with Willow Valley, the nation's second largest non-profit Continuing Care Retirement Community to design this expansion. The project involved extensive public hearings and neighborhood meetings to secure approvals for the 37-acre campus. The site design involved the protection and crossing of existing wetlands, preservation and adaptive re-use of an existing historic farmstead, the siting of 210 independent living apartments with underground parking, an 82,000 square-foot cultural center with pools, auditorium and recreation facilities, a 4-story health center with 126 skilled care/nursing beds and site amenities design including two centralized water features. The project also incorporates a central green space and the reservation of a 8.3 acre private open space for campus residents.

RGS Associates provided the following services:
  • Performed analysis, conceptual design and master planning
  • Facilitated resident focus groups for design feedback
  • Prepared land development and site construction drawings
  • Coordinated surveying, Phase I archaeological study, wetland delineation and mitigation design, structural engineering, traffic studies and permitting
  • Administered local and state agency approvals including conditional use, zoning variances and special exception approvals
  • Coordinated Maximum Price Management Program with site contractor
  • Developed marketing plan and PowerPoint presentations
  • 3D visualization of proposed campus elements
  • Land development/site engineering