[Durham INC] July 11 Workshop: Downtown Durham Master Plan

[Matt Gladdek]

Just a reminder our next workshop is a little more than 1 week away! It's a drop-in event from 10am-3pm. Hope to see you there, your opinion is invaluable.


What: Second Downtown Durham Master Plan Workshop
When: Saturday, July 11th from 10am – 3pm (drop-in!)
Where: Human Services Building, 414 E. Main St. Auditoriums A+B
https://www.facebook.com/events/1586995358226537/

This meeting will be a drop-in event. Stay for 15 minutes, or the whole time. Tables will be set up in different subject areas to capture your opinion to different topics. Go to all the tables, or just the ones you care about.

Downtown Durham is updating its 2008 Master Plan and needs your input. This second workshop will respond to input gathered from the community at the first Downtown Master Plan Workshop (May 7th) and from additional public input. Our consultants will be presenting draft strategies for addressing issues and will seek feedback on them in small group settings.

Downtown Durham’s growth has been guided by the original Master Plan in 2000, and the update in 2008. The following items were recommended by the 2008 Plan rand successfully implemented:
- Durham switching to a form based code
- Retail market study
- Downtown Open Space Study
- Building on surface parking lots to increase density and walkability

The original master plan was intended to be a living document that evolves with the changes and opportunities in Durham. Today, the Plan no longer fully accounts for the current physical landscape of downtown, current market trends, or the new constituents who have come to downtown in the last seven years. As a result, Downtown Durham, Inc., the City and the County believe it is time to assess the Master Plan objectives and to ensure that the Plan continues to be relevant to the Durham of today and tomorrow.

Free form comments can be sent to masterplan at downtowndurham.<mailto:masterplan at downtowndurham.com>com<mailto:masterplan at downtowndurham.com>

Please forward this email to anyone you think would be interested in attending. <mailto:masterplan at downtowndurham.com>



Matt Gladdek

Director of Government Affairs
Downtown Durham Inc
115 Market Street, Suite 213
Durham, NC 27701
t: 919.682.2800
fax: 919.682.1980
Matt at downtowndurham.com<mailto:matt at downtowndurham.com>
http://www.downtowndurham.com/

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