Neighborhood Main Street Project

Updates

5/21/12: Draft Project Recommendations have been posted in the attachments section of this page. If you have feedback or questions about the recommendations, please contact Horizon Planning via email (neighborhoodmainstreets@gmail.com) or phone (971-258-1825) by Thursday, May 31st. Other upcoming project events are a presentation to City Council on June 5th and to the Planning Commission on June 12th. Links to materials for these presentations will be posted as these dates approach.

5/19/12: Thanks to everyone that stopped by the Open House on Saturday! The posters and handout that were displayed at the Open House can be downloaded from the meeting webpage.

The City of Milwaukie is launching an effort to make neighborhood commercial areas in the city more vibrant places that residents can walk and bike to. The Neighborhood Main Street Project (NMSP) will be a discussion with the community about the types of uses and development they would like to see for these areas, and will identify opportunities and constraints for achieving that vision. The project will focus on the commercial areas along 32nd Ave and along 42nd Ave near King Rd. The project area maps and links to current zoning for these areas are in links at the bottom of the page.

Project Team
Horizon Planning, a group of graduate students from Portland State University, will perform much of the public involvement for the project. Their involvement will span from February - June 2012. Their work on this project is as part of a Planning Workshop Project for PSU's Masters of Urban and Regional Planning program.

Outreach
The outreach planned for this project includes:

Interviews with stakeholders (March-April) - one-on-one discussions with residents, Neighborhood District Association members, property owners, and commercial tenants
Community Workshop (March) - a public forum to present information about the neighborhood main streets and collect input from the community about desire uses and developments
Draft Recommendations (May) - a public meeting to present the results of public input and draft recommendations
Final Report on Outreach and Recommendations (June) - presentation of the project recommendations to the City Council and Planning Commission

Outcomes
Following the public outreach for the project, city staff will begin work on implementing the recommendations. A key part of the recommendations will be adjusting the uses allowed by the zoning for these areas. Other outcomes may be adding design regulations, highlighting capital improvements for the area, or establishing programs to foster investment and redevelopment in the project areas.

This project page will be updated over the coming weeks...please check back often! If you have questions or comments about the project, please contact Ryan Marquardt, Associate Planner - 503-786-7658 or marquardtr@ci.milwaukie.or.us.