URBAN Living
Courtesy Taylor group Architects
Recommendations Incentivize good development.
• Provide density bonuses to developers building in the city’s core.
• Ensure that good downtown design reflects quality, but allow for creativity above and beyond the standard.
• Fast track the permitting process for downtown housing.
• Create incentives for downtown infill housing.
• Investigate other incentives to build and restore downtown. Streamline processes
• Assist developers with stalled projects (e.g. Baseball Lofts, Security Bank Building.)
• Create one ‘go-to’ person or liaison at City Hall for each project, so developers don’t waste time fighting red tape.
• Continue to promote mixed-use projects and relax prohibitive zoning restrictions.
• Remove 1960’s facades covering historic storefronts on older buildings, especially within the Fulton Mall area. Not only does this restore historic buildings, but it also re-opens second stories for loft spaces.
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