The New Deal- Virginia Lake Park by Courtney Swatsenbarg https://padlet.com/CourtneySwatsenbarg/ivffwi9smsgr Building Nevada en-us 2019-02-01 05:25:42 UTC 2025-09-02 17:02:40 UTC hello@padlet.com What was the project? CourtneySwatsenbarg https://padlet.com/CourtneySwatsenbarg/ivffwi9smsgr/wish/326570105 Virginia Lake Park, Reno, NV.
 Created by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1938-1939]]> 2019-02-01 05:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/CourtneySwatsenbarg/ivffwi9smsgr/wish/326570105 1980 Lakeside Dr. Reno, NV 89509 CourtneySwatsenbarg https://padlet.com/CourtneySwatsenbarg/ivffwi9smsgr/wish/326570359 2019-02-01 05:33:26 UTC https://padlet.com/CourtneySwatsenbarg/ivffwi9smsgr/wish/326570359 Goals, Purpose, & Outcomes. CourtneySwatsenbarg https://padlet.com/CourtneySwatsenbarg/ivffwi9smsgr/wish/326570516 Because Nevada is a desert state, many projects of the new deal focused on water retention. Virginia Lake Park was constructed as “both a recreational site and serves as a detention reservoir for flood control and irrigation” (Living New Deal, n.d.). "Thanks in part to night work crews, the WPA quickly created what became known as Virginia Lake Park south of Reno" (Myers, 2008). The lake was created for swimming and is on average 5.5’. Currently the lake includes pedestrian/bicycle paths, park and recreation facilities and typically is stocked with fish. ]]> 2019-02-01 05:35:38 UTC https://padlet.com/CourtneySwatsenbarg/ivffwi9smsgr/wish/326570516 Effects on the community CourtneySwatsenbarg https://padlet.com/CourtneySwatsenbarg/ivffwi9smsgr/wish/326570629 The site provided the community with a recreational outlet for enjoyment and family time. Furthermore it improved the visual appeal of the area, as Nevada was historically barren at the beginning of the new deal. 

]]> 2019-02-01 05:37:06 UTC https://padlet.com/CourtneySwatsenbarg/ivffwi9smsgr/wish/326570629 References CourtneySwatsenbarg https://padlet.com/CourtneySwatsenbarg/ivffwi9smsgr/wish/326570744 Living New Deal. (n.d.). Virginia lake park. Retrieved from https://livingnewdeal.org/projects/virginia-lake-park-reno-nv/

Myers, D. (2008, May 15). How the new deal built nevada. Retrieved from https://www.newsreview.com/reno/how-the-new-deal-built/content?oid=664643

]]> 2019-02-01 05:38:49 UTC https://padlet.com/CourtneySwatsenbarg/ivffwi9smsgr/wish/326570744