The first public workshop for the Bexley Land Use Strategy will be this upcoming Tuesday, August 4th, at 6:30 pm at the new home of Torat Emet Synagogue (“The Main Street Synagogue”), at 2375 East Main Street in Bexley. The workshop is an open, public workshop, and is intended to solicit feedback from residents of Bexley regarding current and desired land uses and land use policy in the city.
The Bexley Land Use Strategy Commission was formed in order to provide a strategic vision for development throughout all of Bexley. By identifying both strategic goals for development in the city as well as ways to achieve those goals, the commission hopes to be able to foster a perpetual culture of proactive planning and appropriate redevelopment in the city. In particular, the commission hopes to address those areas on the “fringes” of Bexley – namely the Livingston Avenue and North Cassady corridors – areas which have received less planning attention and development efforts.
We’ve heard from residents who wish there was a true neighborhood grocery store in the city, or envision a hotel in the area to refer visitors to, or thought it would be nice to have a creekside boardwalk along Alum Creek. In a city like Bexley, with limited available land and often many logistical obstacles in the way of redevelopment, local government needs to be proactive in identifying community needs and desires and identifying ways to help facilitate appropriate redevelopment.
The commission has defined four primary study areas – Livingston Avenue, Main Street, North Cassady Avenue, and the Alum Creek natural corridor (see Bill Heyer's post below for some aerials of these study areas). These four areas are already largely defined by existing businesses and users, and as such a strategy for land use in these areas must consider existing uses and potential future uses.
At the Land Use Strategy Commission’s initial public workshop, residents of the city are going to be asked to identify land uses that they like, critique things that they don’t like, and envision improvements that could be made to the city in terms of land use and land use policy. Land use is a wide-ranging term that encompasses the types of businesses and users that exist, and in doing so also addresses zoning and planning policy, as well as architectural and aesthetic considerations.
The Land Use Strategy Commission will use the public feedback it receives at the August 4th meeting to help inform the creation of a strategic plan. Once the commission has produced a proposed strategy, follow-up public workshops will be held to provide additional feedback.
The Bexley Land Use Strategy initial public workshop will be held on August 4th, 2009, at Torat Emet Synagogue, 2375 East Main Street, Bexley. Doors will open at 6:30 pm and participants will have an opportunity to view the new synagogue facility, followed by the workshop itself, which will commence at 7:00 pm.
The Bexley Land Use Strategy Commission was formed in order to provide a strategic vision for development throughout all of Bexley. By identifying both strategic goals for development in the city as well as ways to achieve those goals, the commission hopes to be able to foster a perpetual culture of proactive planning and appropriate redevelopment in the city. In particular, the commission hopes to address those areas on the “fringes” of Bexley – namely the Livingston Avenue and North Cassady corridors – areas which have received less planning attention and development efforts.
We’ve heard from residents who wish there was a true neighborhood grocery store in the city, or envision a hotel in the area to refer visitors to, or thought it would be nice to have a creekside boardwalk along Alum Creek. In a city like Bexley, with limited available land and often many logistical obstacles in the way of redevelopment, local government needs to be proactive in identifying community needs and desires and identifying ways to help facilitate appropriate redevelopment.
The commission has defined four primary study areas – Livingston Avenue, Main Street, North Cassady Avenue, and the Alum Creek natural corridor (see Bill Heyer's post below for some aerials of these study areas). These four areas are already largely defined by existing businesses and users, and as such a strategy for land use in these areas must consider existing uses and potential future uses.
At the Land Use Strategy Commission’s initial public workshop, residents of the city are going to be asked to identify land uses that they like, critique things that they don’t like, and envision improvements that could be made to the city in terms of land use and land use policy. Land use is a wide-ranging term that encompasses the types of businesses and users that exist, and in doing so also addresses zoning and planning policy, as well as architectural and aesthetic considerations.
The Land Use Strategy Commission will use the public feedback it receives at the August 4th meeting to help inform the creation of a strategic plan. Once the commission has produced a proposed strategy, follow-up public workshops will be held to provide additional feedback.
The Bexley Land Use Strategy initial public workshop will be held on August 4th, 2009, at Torat Emet Synagogue, 2375 East Main Street, Bexley. Doors will open at 6:30 pm and participants will have an opportunity to view the new synagogue facility, followed by the workshop itself, which will commence at 7:00 pm.
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