Kemmerich, Ryan TJohnson, Christopher MCanty, Matthew JGreen, Benjamin A2024-04-262024-04-262011-03-01https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/31940<p> <p>LA 497C: Greenway Planning Studio  - Undergraduate Program</p> <p>Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning</p> <p>University of Massachusetts Amherst</p> <p>Senior Students guided by: Professors Robert L. Ryan, Peter A. Kumble and Teaching Assistant: Kate Tooke</p> </p>This is one of five reports submitted for the LA497C Spring 2011 Senior Studio project. Hatfield is located on the Connecticut River with interstate 91 cutting through the center of the town. Hatfield has an abundance of wetlands and floodplains, and the town’s relatively old-fashioned culture. As a community they have worked together to buffer the town from some of the more excessive development pressures other Pioneer Valley towns have been facing in the last ten years. At the same time, the town’s fertile soil and agricultural industry, along with easy commute distances to many large regional employers, including the University of Massachusetts, have left Hatfield with functioning farmland and a relatively well-educated and well-employed population. The local government has been successful at balancing revenue with expenditures. The town government has also been successful in attracting a healthy commercial and industrial base. An analysis done in the Hatfield Master Plan of community-specific trends in residential and commercial/industrial development offers a view of a possible future for the town. Projecting possible results of existing growth and development trends reveals a conflict between the vision of Hatfield articulated by community residents in 1999 and the development path the community is currently taking.Regional planningLand UseMill RiverConnecticut RiverOpen SpaceRecreationGreenwayAssessmentConservationHatfieldArchitectureEnvironmental DesignGeographic Information SciencesLandscape ArchitectureSocial and Behavioral SciencesUrban, Community and Regional PlanningUrban Studies and Planningarticle