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Environmental design firm Ervin Lovett Miller has completed the Nocatee Splash Water Park in the master-planned Nocatee community in Ponte Vedra.
The firm was the architect and landscape architect for the aquatics facility, which is scheduled to open Saturday.
“The developer of Nocatee, The PARC Group, requested an aquatics and recreational facility that was consistent with the quality and feel of the Nocatee community,” said partner Russ Ervin.
“Our goal was to design an aquatics center commensurate with the size of the community, while also considering Nocatee’s future growth. As a result, we have designed the aquatics park, both in materials and architecture, to grow with the community while maintaining its lasting quality and value,” he said.
The Nocatee Splash Water Park includes interactive water features that include: a 53-foot slide tower with dual high-speed slides that will be known as the Rip Tide Slides; a 450-foot Lazy Tides River; a 9,500-square-foot lagoon pool; and Splash Cove, an interactive “sprayground” with a shallow-access pool for children. The aquatics facility has been designed for expan-sion.
Designed within the Nocatee Splash Water Park are additional recreational amenities designed by Ervin Lovett Miller, including cabanas for concessions and restrooms, sand volleyball courts, a formal event lawn, three activity lawns and a children’s playground. The Nocatee 75-acre Community Park includes multipurpose playfields, a concession building, a dog park, recreational trails, tennis courts and community parking, all of which are complete.
When finished, Nocatee will have more than 300 acres of parks as well as neighborhoods that will be connected by a network of trails. The Nocatee Town Center, which is under construction, will be a pedestrian-friendly urban village with retail, dining, banks and grocers, including a newly opened Publix Supermarket.