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November 19, 2012 - Part II, page 13 - <br />Strategies <br /> <br />1. Expand the Core area to the north side of Highway 10. <br />This will add additional properties for the expansion of <br />the downtown marketplace, allowing for a greater <br />complement of activities, uses, and businesses. <br /> <br />2. Develop and implement a way finding signage plan, as an <br />added connection between the core downtown area and <br />other neighborhoods in the study area. Transition <br />existing regulatory and informative signage to the theme <br />established by the signage plan. <br /> <br />3. Develop streetscape improvements (embellishments) <br />throughout the study area, but centered in the downtown <br />area that could include benches, banners, landscaping, <br />lighting, all intended to communicate visitors’ location as <br />“in the downtown area” <br /> <br />4. As suggested by the 2002 Historic Context study, <br />determine the financial feasibility of preserving the “Brick <br />and South Main blocks” as both historical and <br />economically viable assets. Efforts to achieve this result <br />should include a structural survey to determine <br />rehabilitation feasibility, agreement on façade restoration <br />design and exploring options to ensure participation by all <br />affected property owners. <br /> <br />5. Encourage maintenance and upkeep of the “Brick and <br />South Main Blocks” through incentive programs for <br />commercial building code, fire and façade restoration and <br />rehabilitation. Explore incentive programs available <br />through state and local resources (e.g. historic tax credits, <br />EDA loan program, etc.) and communicate information <br />to property owners. <br /> <br />6. Develop design standards that embody the spirit and <br />intent of the long range vision. Designs should reflect <br />historical elements of the existing downtown structures <br />maximize visual participation to the river, encourage <br />proper mass, scale, and materials that balance new <br />development with rehabilitated and preserved properties. <br /> <br /> <br /> Downtown Character Through Design Details <br /> <br />7. Develop land use regulations that supports development <br />of high density specialized commercial land uses and high <br />density residential at all price points, provide appropriate <br />density rights and/or other incentives to make projects <br />financially viable. <br />