City of Asheville Downtown Master Plan eNewsletter #8

Welcome

Strategies for a Vibrant Downtown Asheville
Public Meeting
Tuesday, July 29
6:00-8:30 pm
Asheville Civic Center

After meeting with folks in the community, the consultants will report back on what different draft implementation strategies they have developed, and what folks have said during the input sessions on Monday, July 28  & Tuesday, July 29.  Attendees will have opportunity to comment further on different strategies.  See below for additional sessions that lead up to this event.

YOUR INPUT IS CRITICAL!

The Meetings Below Will Be Held at the Public Works Bldg.  
161 S. Charlotte Street 
EVERYONE WELCOME

MONDAY, JULY 28

Strategy Workshop 1:  
Experiencing Downtown Asheville
1:00 - 3:00 pm
Please join us to discuss strategies focused on improving how people experience downtown - how to preserve and enhance our downtown's historic and cultural resources, downtown circulation and downtown parking convenience.

Community Open House  
6:00 - 8:30 pm
Join us for a special conversation to discuss the needs of the African-American community. What needs to be in place to make downtown work - and work better - for you?  Come meet with the planning team and tell us what you think.  We need your input!

TUESDAY, JULY 29

Downtown Business Owners Meeting
8:00 am - 10:00 am
The downtown business community is invited to meet and exchange ideas with the planning team.   This session will focus on the needs of the business community and business improvement strategies being developed for the master plan. 

Strategy Workshop 2: 
Shaping Downtown Asheville
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Join us for a discussion on strategies related to how our downtown develops in the future - an urban design framework; new ideas for the development review process; an updated design review procedure; sustainable building standards, etc.  We need your input. 

Strategy Workshop 3:  Enriching & Managing Downtown Asheville
1:00-3:00pm
In this session, we focus on strategies related to nurturing a sustainable and resilient downtown economy, including many redevelopment possibilities and options as well as a management structure for downtown.

Upcoming Events

Draft Plan Presentation
Thursday, September 18 
6:00-8:30 pm
Asheville Civic Center 

The consultant team will present the draft plan to the community at this meeting and receive feedback from the community.

 The final plan is expected to be brought to the Asheville City Council in October 2008. 

Recently Held Meetings

Consultant Team Presents Vision and Principles for Downtown Asheville

On Thursday, June 12, 2008, approximately 160 people attended the Downtown Master Plan Draft Vision and Feedback session held from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm at the Asheville Civic Center.  At the meeting, the consultant team presented a draft vision and principles for the Downtown Master Plan.  The vision and principles will form the foundation for the master plan document.

On the Master Plan website, you can find links to the principles, presentations and urban design framework maps presented on June 12.    Click here to get to the documents from the June 12 public meeting.

Please forward this email!

Please consider forwarding this email to your friends, collegues, groups that you belong to - the more folks that can come to the individual topic meetings, the better.  If you would like a plain email with the meeting schedule to forward to others, send an email to Sasha Vrtunski at svrtunski@ashevillenc.gov.

Everyone has a place in Downtown,
Downtown is a place for Everyone!

In This Issue:
Welcome
YOUR INPUT IS CRITICAL!
Upcoming Events
Recently Held Meetings
Please forward this email!
The Master Plan in Pictures
Links
Contact Info


The Master Plan in Pictures

If you haven't been able to make it to a meeting, you can still get an idea of what happened - in addition to the notes from the meeting (see article above), we are taking pictures of all the meetings.  Stay tuned for potential video documentation as well.
  
Visit the picture gallery at the Asheville Downtown Master Plan Flickr page. 


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Links
Asheville Downtown Master Plan
Downtown Master Plan MySpace page
DTMP Flickr Page
Goody Clancy - Lead Consultant
Asheville Downtown Commission
City of Asheville
Contact Us
More Information available on the Downtown Master Plan Website

Questions? 
Contact Sasha Vrtunski, Project Manager, svrtunski@ashevillenc.gov or (828) 232-4599.
City of Asheville • PO Box 7148 • Asheville • NC • 28802

        
 
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