MSI Principal Rick Espe and urban planner Andrew Overbeck recently joined colleagues from Miamisburg and Springfield to deliver a presentation to the 24th annual Miami Valley Planning and Zoning Workshop on the value of greenspace in downtown revitalization efforts. Showcasing park projects in three different Ohio cities, the presentation demonstrated the different approaches that each [...]

Last week, the City of Columbus tested the fountains at Bicentennial Park on the Scioto Mile. The metal halo fountains have fog making capabilities as well as over 1,000 jets for spraying water. MSI founding Principals Keith Myers and Tim Schmalenberger, together with Columbus Downtown Development Corporation and the Department of Recreation and Parks, watched [...]

MSI Design was recently awarded three Honor Awards by the Ohio Chapter of the American Association of Landscape Architects. At OCASLA’s annual event, MSI won Honor Awards in three different categories. The Scotts Miracle Gro Company Community Garden Campus at the Franklin Park Conservatory won in the “Design Constructed” category, the 2010 Downtown Columbus Strategic [...]

Opened in 2005, North Bank Park marked the beginning of Columbus’ riverfront renaissance. With the MSI-designed Scioto Mile under construction and the recently opened Grange Audubon Center on the Whittier Peninsula, downtown’s riverfront park system has nearly been completely rebuilt over the last decade.
North Bank Park reconnected the Arena District to the Scioto River by [...]

The Scioto Mile’s Bicentennial Fountain is starting to take shape as the installation of the first of five “halo” fountain features began last week. As a part of the interactive fountain, these spiral halos will both spray water and release fog. Each halo is supported by four pairs of five-inch diameter stainless steel curved posts [...]