Background
UW-Eau Claire and the Eau Claire Regional Arts Center have come together with Clear Vision
Eau Claire, Market & Johnson and commonwealth development as Haymarket, LLC. Haymarket,
LLC, plans to construct a new development at the confluence of the Chippewa and Eau Claire
Rivers in downtown Eau Claire. Dubbed the "Confluence Project", this site would be home to the
new Arts Center which will contain performance spaces, galleries, offices, classrooms, studios,
student housing, and a commercial retail complex. The construction of the Confluence Project is
set to begin in 2014.
Goal
Clear Vision Eau Claire is a county wide initiative to develop a collaborative vision for Eau
Claire. During an internship for Clear Vision Eau Claire, our job is to create base maps and a
basic report of all relevant information for the Confluence Project, including public land
management, administration and land use base maps.
UW-Eau Claire and the Eau Claire Regional Arts Center have come together with Clear Vision
Eau Claire, Market & Johnson and commonwealth development as Haymarket, LLC. Haymarket,
LLC, plans to construct a new development at the confluence of the Chippewa and Eau Claire
Rivers in downtown Eau Claire. Dubbed the "Confluence Project", this site would be home to the
new Arts Center which will contain performance spaces, galleries, offices, classrooms, studios,
student housing, and a commercial retail complex. The construction of the Confluence Project is
set to begin in 2014.
Goal
Clear Vision Eau Claire is a county wide initiative to develop a collaborative vision for Eau
Claire. During an internship for Clear Vision Eau Claire, our job is to create base maps and a
basic report of all relevant information for the Confluence Project, including public land
management, administration and land use base maps.
Methods
Maps were created using both ArcMap and ArcCatalog. In ArcCatalog, a new feature class was
created, digitizing the site for the proposed Confluence Project. In ArcMap, a new map was
created with this feature class imposed on a World Imagery Basemap. This new map would serve
as the basic layout for all maps that follow. The Civil Divisions map was created by
adding municipality boundaries to the basic map layout, and highlighting the different civil
divisions by color. The Census Boundaries map, adds a population density layer and census
boundaries to the basic layout, and shows population density in relation to the proposed site as
well as specific location lines for Census Boundary tracts as they run through the City of Eau
Claire. The PLSS Feature map, overlays the Public Land Survey System quarter quarter squares
over the basic layout and shows were the proposed site would lie in reference to the PLSS, the
data of the PLSS is included in the legal report to follow. The EC Parcel Data map overlays the
land parcel data for Eau Claire County on the basic layout map, showing the specific location of
the proposed site's land parcels, as well as the parcels of the surrounding area. The roads of Eau
Claire and the Eau Claire and Chippewa River are also overlaid adding the water layers and
center line layers to the basic map layout. The Zoning map added the zoning classifications to
the basic map layout and shows the proposed site in relation to zones of the City of Eau Claire.
the Voting Districts map adds, the ward information and division lines to the basic layout map,
and shows where the proposed site will lie in relation to the voting wards of the City of Eau
Claire.
Results
The Civil Divisions map was created to reference the Confluence Project in the context of the
location in relationship to City of Eau Claire and the Town of Eau Claire, as well as the Eau Claire
County line. The Census Boundaries map tells us that the site will be in an area that has a high
population density as well as being connected to areas with a high population density. In
combination with the Zoning map we can see that the proposed site lies in a commercial area
but is not far from residential neighborhoods, which are densely populated, making it easily
accessible to many in the downtown area.
Maps were created using both ArcMap and ArcCatalog. In ArcCatalog, a new feature class was
created, digitizing the site for the proposed Confluence Project. In ArcMap, a new map was
created with this feature class imposed on a World Imagery Basemap. This new map would serve
as the basic layout for all maps that follow. The Civil Divisions map was created by
adding municipality boundaries to the basic map layout, and highlighting the different civil
divisions by color. The Census Boundaries map, adds a population density layer and census
boundaries to the basic layout, and shows population density in relation to the proposed site as
well as specific location lines for Census Boundary tracts as they run through the City of Eau
Claire. The PLSS Feature map, overlays the Public Land Survey System quarter quarter squares
over the basic layout and shows were the proposed site would lie in reference to the PLSS, the
data of the PLSS is included in the legal report to follow. The EC Parcel Data map overlays the
land parcel data for Eau Claire County on the basic layout map, showing the specific location of
the proposed site's land parcels, as well as the parcels of the surrounding area. The roads of Eau
Claire and the Eau Claire and Chippewa River are also overlaid adding the water layers and
center line layers to the basic map layout. The Zoning map added the zoning classifications to
the basic map layout and shows the proposed site in relation to zones of the City of Eau Claire.
the Voting Districts map adds, the ward information and division lines to the basic layout map,
and shows where the proposed site will lie in relation to the voting wards of the City of Eau
Claire.
Results
The Civil Divisions map was created to reference the Confluence Project in the context of the
location in relationship to City of Eau Claire and the Town of Eau Claire, as well as the Eau Claire
County line. The Census Boundaries map tells us that the site will be in an area that has a high
population density as well as being connected to areas with a high population density. In
combination with the Zoning map we can see that the proposed site lies in a commercial area
but is not far from residential neighborhoods, which are densely populated, making it easily
accessible to many in the downtown area.
Sources
Data from the City and County of Eau Claire, 2013
Clumpner, Dan; Market, Dan; Richgruber, Ben; Community for the confluence organizers (2015).
Questions from the community. Retrieved from http://communityfortheconfluence.org/common-questions/
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