Fanshawe students take home $75k prize for their design in the future of the greenbelt

Fanshawe College students Bryar Pace, Jessi McLellan, Stuart MacGregor, Josh Barber, and Hannah Glinz (Source: Vive Social)

A team of Fanshawe College students took home the top prize of $75,000 at a competition that hopes to shape the future of Ontario’s greenbelt.

The Melville Park Design Competition hosted by Longridge Partners asked students to submit landscape designs and business development plans for a site in Caledon, with the ideal submission creating an accessible, welcoming and economically viable use for the site, integrating the use of green space.

The winning team from Fanshawe proposed a project they titled “Echo Valley,” which envisioned a site integrating eco-lodges, wellness spas, sustainable trails and a 12-hole environmentally sensitive golf course.

The design by students Bryar Pace, Jessi McLellan, Stuart MacGregor, Josh Barber, and Hannah Glinz could be implemented by the developer, but they also take home the top prize.