Concepts Offered for Art to Be Installed at Waukee Trail Head

Waukee residents had a first glimpse last week at proposed designs for a public art project to be installed at the city’s Raccoon River Valley Trail head, the Des Moines Register reports.

David Dahlquist, a senior partner with RDG Planning & Design, and other members of the Dahlquist Art Studio, have been working with the Public Art Committee on plans for artwork to become a focal point of the 89-mile trail that runs through parts of Greene, Guthrie and Dallas Counties, the newspaper said.

Dahlquist showed three concepts to the group and said all the ideas help tell the story of Waukee’s past, present and future, the Register said. The audience liked two of the designs, Concept A and Concept C, which combine lighting and beam-like structures to convey the image of the railroad. Concept A called for using wind turbines to help generate electricity for lighting.

Concept B featured a series of rock-like sculptures around the trail head, a reference to the early 1900s when Waukee was a coal-mining town, the newspaper said.