Hines, Brianna C.2023-03-102023-03-102005https://hdl.handle.net/10365/33058Outdoor activities play an important role in everyone’s lives. As a child, I was able to count on an assortment of activities provided at St. Cloud’s Lake George Park Recreation Area. Within the past decade, this area has deteriorated and the vitality and vivacity which it once had is gone. The area is located near downtown St. Cloud in an older neighborhood which is adjacent to one of St. Cloud’s two main high schools. Lake George is a partially man made lake which formed after development in the area when the city was first forming. The lake itself was used primarily for ice skating and fishing and later, paddle boating. In the area was the city’s first pool, known locally as Municipal Pool. It dates back to the 1940’s and is an Work Projects Administration style building, or W.P.A. The pool is now closed and to generations of people is only a memory. The city of St. Cloud is also in need of a new library. Because of the land available near Lake George, it would be an ideal location. This library would also house a small interpretive center about the history of the lake and surrounding buildings that once stood. The major premise of the project is to regenerate what was once a year-round destination for all ages. The need for a city pool as well as new library facilities will fuel the project, as well as my own memories as a child of this wonderful area.NDSU policy 190.6.2https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdfPublic libraries -- Minnesota -- Saint Cloud.Library buildings -- Minnesota -- Saint Cloud.Library architecture -- Minnesota -- Saint Cloud.Aquatic sports facilities -- Minnesota -- Saint Cloud.Swimming pools -- Minnesota -- Saint Cloud.Thesis