Independence Heights-Northline Values Workshop

Independence Heights-Northline Values
Workshop and Visioning Charrette
Bryant Design Group
PURPOSE
PURPOSE
The purpose of these meetings is to bring vision and
projects closer to implementation.
GOALS
R E V I E W O F E X I S T I N G I N F O R M AT I O N
• H-GAC Livable Centers Plan
• Independence
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Quality
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Life Agreement
• Northside Quality of Life
Agreement
• Independence Heights Human
Services Plan
INDEPENDENCE HEIGHTS - NORTHLINE GOALS
• Establish financial services and promote financial
literacy
• Address hunger and nutrition/improve access to
fresh foods
• Plan for streetscape improvements
• Encourage healthy lifestyles
• Establish a middle school and family/community
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support
• Establish a library
• Identify opportunities for affordable, energyefficient housing
• Develop Burgess Hall into a commemorative site
• Develop a thriving business community
• Work with METRO to enhance light rail line with
public art
• Create pocket parks and plazas along the light rail
line utilizing METRO remnant properties
• Improve and expand the hike and bike trails along
White Oak Bayou
40%
1.
33%
2.
47%
3.
40%
4.
60%
5.
33%
6.
13%
7.
7%
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Financial Services
Hunger and Food
Streetscape Improvements
Community Services – library, middle school, etc
Economic Development
Historic Preservation
Light Rail
Parks and Open Space
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H-GAC GOALS
• Create quality, walkable, mixeduse places
• Identify multi-modal travel choices
• Improve environmental quality
• Promote
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• Outline where the potential for
private investment lies, to be
leveraged from public
improvements
44%
1.
50%
2.
38%
3.
94%
4.
50%
5.
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Walkability
Multi-modal Transit
Environmental Quality
Economic Development
Return on Investment
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C R I T I C A L S U C C E S S FA C T O R S
• Identify opportunities to leverage
the mall into the Crosstimbers
area
• Identify projects and their
implementation opportunities
• Develop a signage/branding plan
• Build consensus on the project
name
• Determine appropriate pedestrian
connectivity under I-45
• Create proforma and
implementation strategy for a
catalyst project (preferably a
historic building project)
INDEPENDENCE HEIGHTS – NORTHLINE GOALS AND VISIONS
V I S I O N C AT E G O R I E S
• Circulation and Connectivity
• Public Space
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• Environment and Sustainability
• Community Development Pattern
• Economic Development
• Placemaking and Branding
C I R C U L AT I O N A N D C O N N E C T I V I T Y
• Increase connectivity between the Independence
Heights neighborhood and the Northline Mall and
transit stop.
• Road Network
• Streetscape Improvement Plan
• Pedestrian-friendly Routes
• I-45 Connection
• Public
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• Transit Oriented Development
• Transit Education and Marketing
P U B L I C S PA C E
• Encourage healthy living and safety.
• Public Open Space
• Neighborhood Parks
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• Food Security
• Trails and Bike Route
• White Oak Bayou Trail
E N V I R O N M E N T A N D S U S TA I N A B I L I T Y
• Improve environmental air quality and establish a
strategy for flood management by working with
Harris county Flood Control District (HCFCD).
• Air Quality
• Tree Planting and Canopy
• Transit Education and Marketing
• Flooding
• Low
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• Floodplain Engineering Projects
C O M M U N I T Y D E V E L O P M E N T PAT T E R N
• Craft a long-term implementation strategy to
capitalize on the study area’s capacity. Establish
community facilities to support the local
neighborhood’s service needs while encouraging
a mix of housing types and maintaining housing
affordability.
affordability
• Land Use and Opportunity Sites
• Floodplain Parcel HCFCD Buyout
Program Demolition
• Floodplain Design Guidelines
• Community Service
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• Library
• Middle School
• Community Support Services
• Housing
• Affordable and Diverse Housing
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
• Promote an economic development strategy for
strategic investment along key corridors. Ensure
that public investment in infrastructure proves to
have a positive return on investment for the
community. Incorporate financial literacy and
small business development within economic
strategies.
• Land Use and Economic Development
• Catalyst Project at Main and
Crosstimbers
• Financial Literacy
• Financial Literacy Education
PLACEMAKING AND BRANDING
• Encourage celebration and preservation of
historic places and incorporate art and culture into
local projects.
• Historic and Culturally Significant Places
• Burgess Hall
• Historic Building Strategy
• Signage and Branding
• Gateway
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Art
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d Branding
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• Historic and Long-term Signage
79%
1.
7%
2.
29%
3.
64%
4.
71%
5.
29%
6.
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Circulation and Connectivity
Public Space
Environmental/ Sustainable
Community Development Pattern
Economic Development
Placemaking and Branding
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$30 000 - $60,000
$30,000
$60 000
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28
29
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32
33
34
35
36
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38
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46
PRIORITY PROJECTS
67%
1.
8%
2.
0%
3.
25%
4.
y Area
Entire Study
Sub-District of the Study Area
Corridor
Site Specific Place
48
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2.
3.
4.
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Entire Study
Sub-District of the Study Area
Corridor
Site Specific Place
49
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2.
0%
3.
0%
4.
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Entire Study
Sub-District of the Study Area
Corridor
Site Specific Place
50
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4.
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Entire Study
Sub-District of the Study Area
Corridor
Site Specific Place
51
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Entire Study
Sub-District of the Study Area
Corridor
Site Specific Place
52
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Entire Study
Sub-District of the Study Area
Corridor
Site Specific Place
53
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Entire Study
Sub-District of the Study Area
Corridor
Site Specific Place
54
NEXT STEPS
NEXT STEPS
• Charrette Focus Group Meetings
• Discussion about Implementation of
Projects
• Vision Open House:
• Thursday, October 27, 2011, 6-8:00p
North Main Church of God in Christ
7206 N. Main Street
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• Series of Alternatives for Priority
• Cost Estimates of Alternatives
• Open House for Public Comment and
Prioritization of Alternatives.