With this project, the City of Annapolis transformed a dangerous eyesore into an attractive amenity through the application of effective urban BMPs. Permeable pavement and bioretention were used in combination to redevelop the Little Gotts Court Parking Facility into an appealing entrance for the City of Annapolis Visitor Center. This project successfully met all of the jury’s criteria for the Ultra-Urban category: it achieved a high runoff reduction rate for the site, with 10,000 square feet of permeable pavers and 6 rain gardens, combined the practices in series to improve function, created a beautiful neighborhood amenity that some have referred to as a “parking garden”, and it did all this while facing the urban challenges of working in a historic district (including coordinating with archaeological excavations to preserve artifacts found on the site).
To learn more about this year’s winning projects, visit the project folder on our google drive here.
