Land Management and The Kittitas Valley Event Center: a Historical View
Document Type
Oral Presentation
Campus where you would like to present
SURC Ballroom C/D
Start Date
16-5-2013
End Date
16-5-2013
Abstract
The Kittitas Valley Event Center is a unique and historic feature within the city limits of Ellensburg, Washington. The largest annual event is the Ellensburg Rodeo and Fair; the rodeo is one of America's top 10 professional rodeos. Since 1923, the site has grown as different properties were purchased and/or allocated by different stakeholders. The result is a multi-use site with different owners, stakeholders, environmental regulations, and interests. A master plan was created in 1997 to develop and plan for the future. This plan is currently being updated. Unfortunately, there is a lack of complete, organized, and manageable data to use in the planning process. The primary goal of this project is to gather and organize all of the pertinent current and historic data from various sources within a GIS environment. Secondarily, this is an opportunity for the town to work with the university on an important topic through a student internship project. This poster deals with both the data collection and verification process, but also an overview of the changes in the built environment over the event center’s history.
Recommended Citation
Steele, Taylor, "Land Management and The Kittitas Valley Event Center: a Historical View" (2013). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 74.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2013/posters/74
Poster Number
30
Additional Mentoring Department
Geography
Land Management and The Kittitas Valley Event Center: a Historical View
SURC Ballroom C/D
The Kittitas Valley Event Center is a unique and historic feature within the city limits of Ellensburg, Washington. The largest annual event is the Ellensburg Rodeo and Fair; the rodeo is one of America's top 10 professional rodeos. Since 1923, the site has grown as different properties were purchased and/or allocated by different stakeholders. The result is a multi-use site with different owners, stakeholders, environmental regulations, and interests. A master plan was created in 1997 to develop and plan for the future. This plan is currently being updated. Unfortunately, there is a lack of complete, organized, and manageable data to use in the planning process. The primary goal of this project is to gather and organize all of the pertinent current and historic data from various sources within a GIS environment. Secondarily, this is an opportunity for the town to work with the university on an important topic through a student internship project. This poster deals with both the data collection and verification process, but also an overview of the changes in the built environment over the event center’s history.
Faculty Mentor(s)
Robert Hickey