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I MPLEMENTAT I ON THE OR I G I NAL 1 6

Objectives GOAL 1 - Cost of Housing Locations for denser housing Redevelopment of underdeveloped parcels Sites for student housing Sites for non-student housing GOAL 2 - Town Identity Connections to existing parks Park infrastructure and programming Access and visibility to historic buildings Celebration and rehab of historic buildings Complementary/transitional development Development complementary to VT CID Investments in Start-up economy Employee attraction and retention Capacity for economic development GOAL 3 - Economy & Employment

Streetscaping and street enhancements

 Update zoning to allow for dense, mixed- use buildings of up to five stories on Main Street, three stories on Progress Street  Explore bike/pedestrian facility options on Progress Street; provide for funding in capital improvements plan  Allow Townhome infill east of Progress Street  Create design guidelines to ensure quality architecture and urban form on Main and Progress Streets  Use incentives, where necessary, to ensure quality development  Take appropriate steps to ensure housing and retail targets non-students  Create Old Turner Street/Pedestrian Extension to break up superblock between Turner and Giles  Recruit distinctive ground floor tenant mix that promotes entrepreneurs and crafters  Seek opportunities for Town-Developer partnerships that ensure the greatest quality in development; consider a formal developer RFP process  Cat logue building conditions; identify appropriate ites for de lopm nt, infill, and rehabilitation  Allow for d ns development at appropriate sites near Church Stre t and Clay Street  Allow for mixed-use development flexibility along Church Street  Create design guidelines to ensure quality archit cture and urba form with a historic feel—or complementarity  Queue capital improvements funds/seek additional funding sourc s for public realm improvements  Explore land trust and a historic preservation fund as means of inve ting in and ensuring the quality of existing contributing structures in th r a  Expand efforts to brand/market/celebrate the Original 16  Create a compreh nsive hi toric pres rvation plan to inform a pro-active and thorough preservation strategy  Work with local artist group and developers to identify opportunitie for public art in the public realm and open spaces

Medium-density mixed use

GOAL 4 - Downtown Development of mix of uses Local businesses Multi-modal access

Six-unit walkups

Investments in walkability and vibrancy Economically-feasible, human scale development Downtown districting Expansion of Downtown boundaries

Chapter 4 - 7 Strategies for Downtown

MEETS OBJECTIVE • SUPPORTS OBJECTIVE

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