NEWS RELEASE
August 14, 2000
MEDIA ADVISORY
WHAT:	Celebrate CanalWay - Architects and landscape architects for the master planning, architectural design and landscape architecture for the Cleveland Metroparks Ohio & Erie Canal Reservation towpath and trail and Leonard Krieger CanalWay Center celebrate the parks first year of success and thank all of those involved in the planning, design and completion of the project.
WHEN:	Tuesday, August 15, 2000 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
WHERE:	Ohio & Erie Canal Reservation Leonard Krieger CanalWay Center Grant Avenue and E. 49th Street Cuyahoga Heights, OH
WHO:	Gregory A. Copeland, ASLA, Principal of Landscape Architecture, Schmidt Copeland Parker Stevens, master planning and landscape design. Patricia J. Stevens, ASLA, Principal of Environmental Planning and Design, Schmidt Copeland Parker Stevens, initial planning committee, master planning, park and facility conceptual planning. Richard T. Parker, AIA, Principal of Architecture, Schmidt Copeland Parker Stevens, architectural design and construction documentation for the Visitor's Center.
Over 100 guests, including local community government and planning officials, Cleveland Metroparks Staff, National Park Service Staff, architects, engineers, landscape architects and contractors.
BACKGROUND
Schmidt Copeland Parker Stevens has been involved with the Cleveland Metroparks' Ohio & Erie Canal Reservation and CanalWay Center project since its inception in 1994. Serving as the lead master planning consultant, Schmidt Copeland Parker Stevens initiated the project by assembling a multi-disciplined team of scientists, designers and planners to collaborate throughout a responsive process structured around community and stakeholder participation. In collaboration with DLZ Inc., formerly Dodson-Stilson, our firm served as architectural consultant for all park structures on the Reservation, including the CanalWay Center. Architects will be on hand to discuss how this project evolved from the beginning stages of site planning, facility design, construction and the final completion of the project.
FIRM HISTORY
Schmidt Copeland Parker Stevens is a national firm composed of architects, landscape architects and planners. Based in Cleveland Ohio, the majority of the firm's projects are in the areas of large scale recreation planning and design. Although 75 percent of the firm's clients are based outside of Ohio, Schmidt Copeland Parker Stevens is dedicated to the preservation and development of projects throughout Northeastern Ohio. Additional local park and recreation projects completed by the firm include: Cleveland Metroparks Ohio & Erie Canal Reservation Towpath and CanalWay Center, Cuyahoga Valley Association November Lodge, Shaker Lakes Nature Center, Lake County School House and Nature Park, Case Barlow Farm Park in Hudson, and several projects in association with Environmental Design Group (EDG) of Akron, Ohio. County wide Trail and Greenway Plans for Summit and Stark counties, Valleyview Bicycle & Pedestrian Trail, Barberton Canal Corridor Master Plan, and Stark County Canal Corridor Master Plan.