Capstone Project

Recommendations

• Improved Programming

  • First Fridays

  • Sip ‘N Stroll

• Street Improvements

  • Road diet

  • Reinstate the Simple Sidewalks Program

  • Pedestrianize key intersections

  • Parklet program

  • Set goal to reduce downtown parking from 50% to 30% of land cover

• Structural Changes

  • One neighborhood association to represent downtown residents

• Downtown Parking Strategy Advisory Committee

  • Change membership to include 1 business owner, 1 transit user, 1 downtown resident, 1 member of the downtown neighborhood association, 1 person with an experience of being unhoused, 1 minority community member

  • Give priority to those who live and/or work downtown

• Public Plaza Program

  • Identify and renovate sites to add public plazas around downtown

• Enhanced Small Business Outreach

  • Small Business Liaison position

  • Welcome packet for new businesses