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i Nuifti-ouift ogt Re�L�l t"tmil/ • City of 8c.A Newsletter Elk -� Ri �� FEBRUARY 2002 ve r Enhancing Downtown Elk River's Role rte° Asa Vital Retail,Commercial and Residential Area. Q.Why is the City planning to Neighborhoods age, and change revitalize and redevelop Elk This first edition of the will occur whether or not the City River's downtown business River eve fi t revitalizes and redevelops down- district? town. Controlling that change Revitalization newsletter through revitalization and redevelop- A. For more than 30 years, various features a Q&A of ment will ensure that the types of studies and proposals have changes that occur in downtown Elk examined the need to revitalize frequently asked questions River are the ones people want - and redevelop Elk River's about plans downtown business district. those that will keep our community Investment in downtown has for revitalization, vital and flourishing. stagnated and the riverfront is Q.What is the status of the underutilized. The purpose of the developer's proposal for down- redevelopment will be to enhance downtown Elk town that was featured on the front page of River's role as a retail, commercial and residential the newspaper in July? AK area and revitalize the investment in the downtown A. In response to the HRA's request for development business district. concepts, Best and Hempel submitted in July a Q.What are the consistent themes that concept to redevelop a portion of downtown. A occur throughout all the previous downtown sketch of that concept was featured on the front revitalization planning studies? page of the newspaper. After some discussion, the A.The studies consistently emphasize a downtown HRA determined that a more comprehensive and that would better utilize the riverfront, capitalize on coordinated look at the entire revitalization area was the traditional character of downtown, and ensure necessary before selecting a development propos- safe pedestrian and vehicle movement. al. As a result, the City has developed alternative design concepts for the revitalization area. Once Q. Can you tell me what are the HRA has generally accepted the design the boundaries of the downtown revitalization area? THE DOWNTOWN RIVERFRONT A.Yes. See the map at right. REVITALIZATION AREA The downtown revitalization area ti,\`` encompasses the downtown busi- r J �s - .---„, ness district and reaches from the , 9Y,o ,, Main Street/Highway 10 intersec- la a o °14,.- tion to Lowell Avenue. The area � � '6;;n .,�, , r extends as far north as Highway -,"s-,,,, ,,-,,,- 1 n a far has the Oad sasout ~�Mississippi River. 1 ii;(7 f Q.Why can't we just leave r kkEy"ill downtown like it is? ' 110%. Investment in downtown has stag- �, � nated and area businesses and i la residents alike are concerned ...ii about the need to revitalize down- town and attract people there. IRA RIVER