“Reinvesting In Our Downtown”Smart Growth America ­ May 10, 2016 – Workshop Report  - APPENDIX

APPENDIX – Downtown Ownership – GIS Map MOA Public Works

Downtown Parking Lots – GIS Map MOA Public Works

Downtown Districts - Downtown Comprehensive Plan

Downtown Strategy Plan – Downtown Comprehensive Plan

Overarching Goals – Downtown Comprehensive Plan

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t 20

year

s th

ey w

illac

coun

t for

85

perc

ento

f the

dem

and

shar

e.•

Mar

ket r

esea

rch

show

s th

is s

egm

ent p

refe

rs s

mal

ler

hom

es o

n sm

alle

r lot

sor

atta

ched

opt

ions

.

40

Sour

ce: N

elso

n.

Boom

ers

and

hous

ing

Asid

e:

They

’re n

ot th

at in

tere

sted

in m

ovin

g to

“ret

irem

ent c

omm

uniti

es.”

Aver

age

age

ente

ring

seni

or h

ousin

g us

ed to

be

70 –

now

it’s

86.

Boom

ers

and

trans

porta

tion

Turn

ing

in th

eir k

eys

–U

sing

loca

l bus

es a

nd tr

ains

mor

e (s

ourc

e: N

atio

nal

Hou

seho

ld T

rave

l Sur

vey)

–Bi

ke tr

ips

incr

ease

d 64

per

cent

bet

wee

n 20

01

and

2009

. (AA

RP)

“Am

eric

ans

Pref

er to

Liv

e in

Mix

ed-

Use

, Wal

kabl

e C

omm

uniti

es”

--N

atio

nal A

ssoc

iatio

n of

Rea

ltors

(O

ctob

er 2

013)

:

•78

per

cent

say

nei

ghbo

rhoo

d is

mor

e im

porta

nt th

an

the

size

of t

he h

ouse

•Fi

fty-s

even

per

cent

wou

ld fo

rego

a h

ome

with

a la

rger

yard

if it

mea

nt a

sho

rter c

omm

ute

to w

ork

Sour

ce: O

ct. 2

013

Con

sum

er s

urve

y co

nduc

ted

for t

he

Nat

iona

l Ass

ocia

tion

of R

ealto

rs

Occ

upie

d H

ousi

ng D

eman

d-Su

pply

Mis

mat

ch 2

011

Sour

ce: A

dapt

ed fr

om A

mer

ican

Hou

sing

Sur

vey

2011

by

Arth

ur C

. Nel

son,

Uni

vers

ity o

f Ariz

ona.

44

Why

this

is p

roba

bly

not

a sh

ort-t

erm

fash

ion,

but a

stru

ctur

al c

hang

e(W

e’re

get

ting

stea

dily

old

er –

not j

ust i

ndiv

idua

lly,

but a

s a

who

le)

Cha

ngin

g ho

useh

old

com

posi

tion

52%

67%

72%

0%10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

1960

2000

2025

hous

ehol

ds w

ithch

ildre

n

hous

ehol

ds w

ithou

tch

ildre

n

Hou

seho

lds

with

and

with

out c

hild

ren,

196

0-20

25

46

4748

4950

5152

5354

55

Econ

omic

gro

wth

20th

cent

ury

vs. 2

1stce

ntur

y

•M

anuf

actu

ring

econ

omy

vs.K

now

ledg

e ec

onom

y

•C

hasi

ng s

mok

esta

cks

vs. C

hasi

ng ta

lent

The

21st

Cen

tury

Eco

nom

y

•C

reat

ivity

, kno

wle

dge,

inno

vatio

n

•Im

porta

nce

of n

etw

orki

ng, i

nter

actio

n

•D

eman

d fo

r ski

lled

wor

kers

“A re

gion

’s m

ost i

mpo

rtan

t sou

rce

of co

mpe

titiv

e ad

vant

age

is its

wor

kfor

ce. .

. it’

s the

poo

l of t

alen

t th

at a

ttrac

t firm

s, pa

rticu

larly

in th

e kn

owle

dge

econ

omy.”

--

Ania

Ania

Wie

ckow

ski,

Harv

ard

Busin

ess R

evie

w, M

ay 2

010

For

bes

.com

*

58

“One

of t

he m

ain

fact

ors

busi

ness

es c

onsi

der

whe

n de

cidi

ng

on w

here

to r

eloc

ate

or e

xpan

d is

the

avai

labl

e po

ol o

f

colle

ge-e

duca

ted

wor

kers

. A

nd th

at h

as c

itie

s co

mpe

ting

for

colle

ge-e

duca

ted

youn

g ad

ults

.”

* Do

wnt

owns

: Wha

t's B

ehin

d Am

erica

's M

ost S

urpr

ising

Rea

l Est

ate

Boom

–M

arch

25,

201

3

“And

ther

e’s

one

plac

e th

is d

esir

ed d

emog

raph

ic, c

olle

ge-e

duca

ted

prof

essi

onal

s be

twee

n th

e ag

es o

f 25

and

34, t

ends

to w

ant t

o liv

e:

tigh

t-kn

it

g5

34,

it u

rban

nei

ghbo

rhoo

ds th

at a

re c

lose

to w

ork

and

have

lots

of

gg

ente

rtai

nmen

t and

sho

ppin

g op

tion

s w

ithi

n an

eas

y w

alk.

”

Busin

ess m

oves

bac

k do

wnt

own

Res

pond

ing

to th

e m

arke

t

“Sur

ging

City

Cen

ter J

ob G

row

th,”

Joe

Cor

trigh

t, Fe

b. 2

015 “D

urin

g th

e ec

onom

ic

expa

nsio

n fro

m 2

002

to

2007

, the

his

toric

tren

d of

job

dece

ntra

lizat

ion

was

ver

y m

uch

pres

ent.

. . .

But s

ince

200

7 . .

. th

e pi

ctur

e ch

ange

d dr

amat

ical

ly. W

hile

onl

y 7

city

cen

ters

ou

tper

form

ed th

eir

surro

undi

ng m

etro

s in

th

e 20

02-0

7 pe

riod,

21

outp

erfo

rmed

the

perip

hery

in 2

007-

11.”

60

61

Busi

ness

es re

spon

d to

ch

angi

ng p

refe

renc

es

“Loc

atio

ns d

eem

ed w

alka

ble

appr

ecia

te

mor

e th

an th

ose

that

are

car

-dep

ende

nt”

Busi

ness

es re

spon

d to

ch

angi

ng p

refe

renc

es

•Ac

ross

the

coun

try c

orpo

ratio

ns a

re

resp

ondi

ng to

em

ploy

ee p

refe

renc

es a

nd

mov

ing

to th

e ta

lent

. •

They

are

cho

osin

g to

relo

cate

from

driv

e-on

ly o

ffice

par

ks to

wal

kabl

e lo

catio

ns.

66Th

e O

ther

Wal

kabl

e Ur

ban

Tren

d

It’s n

ot ju

st b

ig m

etro

polit

an a

reas

, but

smal

l to

wns

too

“The

sam

e de

mog

raph

ic an

d m

arke

t tre

nds

that

are

driv

ing

a re

turn

to b

ig ci

ties c

an

also

boo

st th

e pr

ospe

cts o

f sm

alle

r citi

es

and

tow

ns su

rrou

nded

by

subu

rbs a

nd

coun

trys

ide.

”

--Ro

bert

Ste

utev

ille,

Sm

all c

ities

and

tow

ns a

re u

rban

pl

aces

, too

-Bet

ter!

Citi

es &

Tow

ns

67

Wha

t the

mar

ket w

ants

The

dem

and

for w

alka

ble,

dow

ntow

n de

velo

pmen

t

68

6970

71

Ther

e is

a p

rice/

valu

e pr

emiu

m

Ther

e is

a p

rice/

valu

efo

r wal

kabl

e pl

aces

Mou

ntin

g ev

iden

ce fr

om a

ll ar

ound

th

e U

S

Ther

e is

a p

rice/

valu

e pr

emiu

m

for w

alka

ble

plac

es

72

Appl

ies

to re

side

ntia

l rea

l est

ate

-

•Sou

rces

: “W

alki

ng th

e W

alk”

by

Jose

ph C

ortw

right

, CEO

s for

Citi

es a

nd

“The

Wal

kabi

lity

Prem

ium

in C

omm

ercia

l Rea

l Est

ate

Inve

stm

ents

” by

Gar

y Pi

voan

d Je

ffrey

Fish

er

Abov

e-av

erag

e w

alka

bilit

y:

$4,0

00 to

$3

4,00

0 m

ore

in h

ome

sale

s pr

ice

Ther

e is

a p

rice/

valu

e pr

emiu

m

for w

alka

ble

plac

es (r

esid

entia

l)

Gre

ater

wal

kabi

lity:

1% to

9%

in

crea

se in

co

mm

erci

al

prop

erty

val

ue

depe

ndin

g on

type

; al

so h

ighe

r in

com

es a

nd lo

wer

ca

pita

lizat

ion

rate

s•S

ourc

es: “

Wal

king

the

Wal

k” b

y Jo

seph

Cor

twrig

ht, C

EOs f

or C

ities

and

“T

he W

alka

bilit

y Pr

emiu

m in

Com

mer

cial R

eal E

stat

e In

vest

men

ts”

by G

ary

Pivo

and

Jeffr

ey F

isher

Appl

ies

to c

omm

erci

al re

al e

stat

e -

Ther

e is

a p

rice/

valu

e pr

emiu

m

for w

alka

ble

plac

es (c

omm

erci

al)

75

2014

stu

dy ra

nks

the

top

30 U

S 20

14 s

tudy

rank

s th

e to

p 30

US

met

ropo

litan

are

as in

wal

kabi

lity

Maj

or fi

ndin

gs:

•Th

e to

p ra

nkin

g m

etro

s hav

e an

av

erag

e of

38%

hig

her G

DP p

er ca

pita

as

com

pare

d to

the

low

rank

ing

met

ros.

•O

ffice

rent

in u

rban

Wal

kUPs

rent

at a

74

% h

ighe

r pre

miu

m p

er sq

uare

foot

ov

er d

rivab

le su

b-ur

ban

area

s.

Ther

e is

a p

rice/

valu

e Th

ere

is a

pric

prem

ium

for

prem

ium

for

wal

kabl

e pl

aces

76

Wal

kabl

e U

rban

Pla

ces

“. . .

wal

kabl

e ur

ban

plac

es a

nd p

roje

cts

will

driv

e to

mor

row

’s

real

est

ate

indu

stry

and

the

econ

omy”

77

Wal

kabl

e U

rban

Pla

ces s

--Atla

nta

Rep

ort f

indi

ng:

From

199

2-20

00, r

ough

ly 1

3 pe

rcen

t of r

eal e

stat

e in

vest

men

t in

the

regi

on w

ent

into

Cur

rent

and

Em

ergi

ng

‘Wal

kUPs

.’

From

200

1-20

08, t

hat n

umbe

r do

uble

dto

26

perc

ent.

Sinc

e 20

09, i

t mor

e th

an

doub

led

agai

n, re

achi

ng

60 p

erce

nt.

78

Cha

nge

in A

vera

ge R

ents

per

Squ

are

Foot

Si

nce

2008

:W

eigh

ted

Ave

rage

Acr

oss

All

Mic

higa

n M

etro

s

Off

ice

&

Ret

ail i

n W

alkU

PsO

utpe

rfor

ms

Edg

e C

itie

s•

Aver

age

Edge

City

Offi

ce a

nd

Ret

ail r

ents

are

stil

l low

er n

ow

than

in 2

008.

•B

ut W

alkU

Pre

nts

have

rise

n,

indi

catin

g m

arke

t pre

fere

nce.

-20%

-15%

-10%-5%0%5%

WA

LKU

PSED

GE

CIT

IES

RET

AIL

OFF

ICE

Ave

rage

Hom

e Pr

ices

per

Squ

are

Foot

in th

e M

ichi

gan

Met

ros

For-

Sale

R

esid

enti

al

Pric

es A

re

Ris

ing

Fast

est

in W

alkU

PS•

The

Wal

kUP

pric

e pr

emiu

m

has

incr

ease

d si

nce

2010

•A

slig

ht p

rem

ium

has

als

o em

erge

d fo

r Wal

kabl

eN

eigh

borh

oods

$0$25

$50

$75

$100

$125

$150

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

36%

56%

WAL

KUP

WAL

KABL

EN

EIG

HBO

RH

OO

DD

RIV

ABLE

EDG

E C

ITY

DR

IVAB

LESU

B-D

IVIS

ION

81

How

com

mun

ities

de

velo

paf

fect

s go

vern

men

t exp

endi

ture

san

dre

venu

es.

Expe

nditu

res

for i

nfra

stru

ctur

e an

d se

rvic

es a

re m

ore

effic

ient

in d

ense

r, be

tter c

onne

cted

are

as.

Dev

elop

men

t affe

cts

cost

sD

evel

opm

ent a

ffect

s co

sts

Com

pact

dev

elop

men

t offe

rs e

ffici

enci

es in

de

liver

ing

serv

ices

.–

Polic

e an

d fir

e de

partm

ents

hav

e le

ss a

rea

to

cove

r.–

Few

er m

iles

of ro

ad to

co

ver f

or tr

ash

pick

up,

scho

ol b

uses

.–

Few

er m

iles

of w

ater

and

se

wer

pip

es to

mai

ntai

n.

8586

A sc

enar

io a

naly

sis to

ol

A fis

cal i

mpa

ct m

odel

focu

sed

on th

e re

lativ

e ef

fect

s of

spra

wl v

ersu

s com

pact

de

velo

pmen

t

Sour

ce: U

S EP

A, O

SC. P

rote

ctin

g W

ater

Res

ourc

es w

ith H

ighe

r Den

sity D

evel

opm

ent.

2006

.

$0$20

$40

$60

$80

$100

$120

$140

$160

Low

Den

sity

Aver

age

Dens

ityHi

gh D

ensit

y

Oth

er C

osts

per

Cap

itaPi

pe M

aint

enan

ce C

osts

per

Cap

ita

Reve

nue

per C

apita

LOW

DEN

SITY

DEV

ELO

PMEN

T RE

QUI

RES

MO

RE P

IPE

–M

EANI

NG H

IGHE

R M

AINT

ENAN

CE C

OST

SW

ater

and

San

itary

Cos

ts p

er C

apita

(Illu

stra

tive

Onl

y)

CASE

STU

DIES

•M

adiso

n, W

iscon

sin

•W

est D

es M

oine

s, Io

wa

•Do

ña A

na C

ount

y, Ne

w M

exico

•M

acon

, Geo

rgia

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dian

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is, In

dian

a

SUM

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Low

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sity

Gree

nfie

ldHi

gh D

ensit

yGr

eenf

ield

Dow

ntow

n In

fill

Dow

ntow

n In

fill

Prem

ium

Tota

l Ann

ual B

udge

tary

Impa

ctM

acon

-Bib

b Co

unty

and

Sch

ools

Com

bine

d

MAC

ON

MO

DEL P

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THAT

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ING

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M 1

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r Acr

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r Acr

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per A

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er A

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cre

Hypo

thet

ical R

esid

entia

l Pro

gram

s in

Mac

on-B

ibb

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ads

Fire

Wat

erSe

wer

NOTE

: Doe

s not

inclu

de p

oten

tial d

ensit

y-re

late

d sa

ving

s ass

ocia

ted

with

so

lid w

aste

or u

se o

f exi

stin

g in

frast

ruct

ure21.8

un

its

per

acre

s 0.

9 un

its

per

acre

)

11.7

uni

ts

per

acre

MAC

ON

MO

DEL P

ROJE

CTS

THAT

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ING

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M 1

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00

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r Acr

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er A

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Hypo

thet

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esid

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l Pro

gram

s in

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on-B

ibb

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Wat

erSe

wer

NOTE

: Doe

s not

inclu

de p

oten

tial d

ensit

y-re

late

d sa

ving

s ass

ocia

ted

with

so

lid w

aste

or u

se o

f exi

stin

g in

frast

ruct

ure21.8

un

its

per

acre

0.9

unit

s pe

r ac

re11

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nits

pe

r ac

re

)

s

Dev

elop

men

t affe

cts

reve

nue

–Lo

w-d

ensi

ty s

ubur

ban

deve

lopm

ent g

ener

ates

muc

h le

ss p

er a

cre

reve

nue.

–“M

ain

stre

ets”

and

den

se m

ixed

-use

are

ascr

eate

syn

ergi

es th

at p

rodu

ce s

ubst

antia

llyhi

gher

reve

nues

than

com

mer

cial

spr

awl.

DO

WN

TOW

N M

AC

ON

HA

S H

IGH

EST

AVER

AG

E PR

OPE

RTY

VA

LUES

PER

AC

RE

IN B

IBB

CO

UN

TY

94

•Do

wnt

own

Avg.

As

sess

ed V

alue

pe

r Acr

e: $

1.3

mill

ion

•Sh

oppe

s at R

iver

Cr

ossin

g:

$967

,000

per

Ac

re

•Co

unty

Avg

: $7

7,00

0

Impl

icat

ions

for p

olic

yW

hat d

oes

this

mea

n?

The

botto

m li

ne

96

“A re

gion

’s m

ost i

mpo

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ownt

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book

fo

r Rev

italiz

atio

n1.

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erst

and

your

com

mun

ity2.

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ate

an a

ttrac

tive,

wal

kabl

e pl

ace

3.D

iver

sify

eco

nom

ic u

ses

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lan

for e

quity

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lign

gove

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ce a

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stitu

tions

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Fina

nce

proj

ects

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age

for t

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ture

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iew

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lace

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acem

akin

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hat m

akes

for w

alka

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y?

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poin

ts:

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dway

des

ign

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ets

are

all a

bout

ped

estri

an c

omfo

rt •

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erou

s si

dew

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cor

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oppi

ng a

rea,

si

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wid

e en

ough

to a

ccom

mod

ate

outd

oor d

inin

g •

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2 la

nes

on in

tern

al s

treet

s•

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stre

et p

arki

ng•

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ide

a ne

twor

k of

sm

all b

lock

s –

divi

de u

p su

perb

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onc

e an

d w

alk

Key

poin

ts:

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tion

of b

uild

ings

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ildin

gs a

re o

rient

ed to

act

ivat

e th

e st

reet

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roun

d-le

vel s

hops

, caf

es, r

esta

uran

ts, a

nd

com

mun

ity s

ervi

ces

defin

e an

d ac

tivat

e •

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ters

are

invi

ting

to p

edes

trian

s -o

rient

ed

tow

ards

stre

ets,

pla

zas,

and

tow

n sq

uare

s•

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ic s

idew

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are

line

d by

sho

ps, b

uild

ings

w

ith la

rge

disp

lay

win

dow

s, fr

eque

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pla

ced

door

s, a

nd h

uman

-sca

led

sign

s

45

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sity

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he

ight

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anity

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rfolk

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inia

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ht a

nd d

ensit

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anti-

pede

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n sp

ace

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ht a

nd d

ensit

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ithou

t urb

anity

=

anti-

pede

stria

n sp

ace

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k no

one

real

ly

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ts to

wal

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de p

erm

eabi

lity:

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ldin

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ngag

e th

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reet

, cr

eatin

g an

invi

ting

ambi

ance

for p

edes

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wha

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to: C

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Dis

cuss

ion

Que

stio

ns1.

Why

are

n’t d

evel

oper

s co

min

g to

us

with

pro

ject

s th

at th

e co

mm

unity

wou

ld li

ke to

see

, bo

th in

term

s of

pro

ject

loca

tion

and

the

char

acte

r of t

he d

evel

opm

ent?

2. W

hat w

ill it

take

for y

ou to

dev

elop

new

hig

h de

nsity

mix

ed u

se p

roje

cts

that

the

MO

A,

and

the

com

mun

ity w

ant t

o se

e in

the

Dow

ntow

n ar

ea?

3. P

leas

e he

lp u

s id

entif

y an

d th

en c

odify

thos

e in

cent

ive

tool

s, th

at th

e co

mm

unity

can

be

willi

ng to

sup

port,

that

will

brin

g ne

w g

row

th a

nd d

evel

opm

ent i

n D

ownt

own.

4. M

any

Soci

al S

ervi

ce p

rovi

ders

are

in th

e D

ownt

own

area

. Do

the

serv

ices

that

they

pr

ovid

e ne

ed to

be

disb

urse

d ar

ound

the

Anch

orag

e Bo

wl t

o pr

ovid

e be

tter c

over

age

and

relie

ve th

e co

ncen

tratio

n th

at is

her

e? H

as th

is h

elpe

d or

hin

dere

d D

ownt

own?

5. W

hat o

ther

cod

es o

r reg

ulat

ions

are

nee

ded

to m

ake

Dow

ntow

n be

tter?

6. A

re th

ere

curre

nt b

usin

ess

prac

tices

, ord

inan

ces

or la

ck o

f, th

at a

re im

pact

ing

Dow

ntow

n?

7. H

ow s

houl

d in

frast

ruct

ure

impr

ovem

ents

sup

port

new

Dow

ntow

n de

velo

pmen

t?

8. W

ill th

e th

ings

that

we

have

talk

ed a

bout

in p

revi

ous

ques

tions

sup

port

smal

l bu

sine

sses

in D

ownt

own?

If n

ot, w

hat c

an w

e do

to s

uppo

rt sm

all b

usin

esse

s in

the

Dow

ntow

n ar

ea?

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