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Date/Time
Date(s) - 14 Mar 2012
8:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Location
New Caldonia Atrium
Category(ies)
Design
The goal of the Design Committee is to encourage visual improvements through good design and preservation of historic features.
Objectives
Improve pedestrian-friendly environment
Activities:
- Alley lighting
- Alley beautification
- Trash/recycling
- Partner with PBIA (e.g. benches)
- Market availability of historic walking guides
Develop and begin implementing a plan for visual improvements
Activities:
- Repaint/update historic district signs
- Art banner project (partner with art community)
- Review existing streetscape plans
- Develop gateway markers (e.g. Placemaking Arch, Anacortes)
Encourage storefront and building renovation
Activities:
- Storefront artist project
- Partner with city on workshops
- Develop calendar of maintenance tips
Identify funding sources for design projects
Activities:
- Collect information from other communities on incentive programs (e.g. Kennewick’s façade program)
- Research use of CDBG funds in other communities
- Partner with Heritage Commission
Projects
- Market a positive image of downtown
- Historic district signs
- Free wall education
- Grants
- Artesian Well
- Alley lighting
- Partnering with PBIA
- Mural projects
- Brick pathway to Farmers Market
- Collect information from other communities on funding resources
- Historic preservation/education
- Capital Lake
- Derelict buildings
- Transit Center expansion
Goals:
- Trash/recycling promotion
- Review existing streetscape plans
- Incentive programs
- Shoreline Master Program
- Comprehensive Plan
- Historic preservation
- Emerging Storefront Project
Design Committee meets the second Wednesday of the month at 8:30 am in the New Caldonia Atrium (116 5th Ave SE). For more information contact the Design Committee Chair: Erica Cooper, Orca Construction/Cooper Realty, (360) 491-4580.
