LaBelle Park
This project stabilized the LaBelle Pond shoreline and added two bioretention basins to capture and treat stormwater runoff.
Project Details
City: Columbia Heights
Type: MWMO Capital Project
Status: Completed
Timeline: 2015
MWMO Funding: $256,046
Partners: City of Columbia Heights
Nancy Stowe
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Stormwater runoff from a 100-acre area in Columbia Heights drains into LaBelle Pond, the centerpiece of LaBelle Park. Until recently, the runoff flowed into the pond untreated, carrying a variety of pollution with it. As part of a larger park improvement project, the MWMO provided funding to stabilize the shoreline of LaBelle Pond, planting it with native vegetation that will filter some of the stormwater before it enters the pond and provide habitat for area wildlife.
The MWMO also funded the design and installation of two bioretention basins (i.e., rain gardens), which capture and treat runoff from the park’s parking lots and a nearby street before it enters the pond. Initial estimates project that the basins will remove 66 percent of the total phosphorus and 90 percent of the total suspended solids (i.e. sediment) from the runoff they capture.
See more photos of this project on Flickr.
