Future planting in this area must take account of the need to plant large shade trees that will insure a quality landscape for future generations. The new Alpha Drive will be the main entrance into the campus for visitors. The drive will be a positive visual image where one who enters the College at this point will receive a strong and positive visual understanding of Elizabethtown College. The entrance will also be enhanced by the proposed improvements to College Avenue. The drive will be enhanced with a new College gateway, planting, and signage.
Parking is provided for visitors and handicapped in the turn around area.
A gathering space between the entrance drive and Alpha Hall would serve as a strong and attractive entry point into the campus. With the addition of a new business building, a new entrance to Alumni Theater, and a new science complex, there is a great opportunity to create an academic quadrangle that will serve as a new focal point for the campus. This quadrangle can serve as a great entrance to these new facilities and add new easy access to the Leffler Chapel and Performance Center to the east. A new plaza would be located at the north of Thompson Gymnasium. With improvements of the Myer Dining area, there is an opportunity for an outdoor gathering space.