TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary ...................................................... 1 Welcome to the College Hill Corridor................................1 Purpose of the Plan ........................................................... 3 Planning Process ............................................................... 3 Vision for the College Hill Corridor & Summary of Recommendations ............................................................ 5 Where do we go from here? ............................................ 15
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Introduction & Methodology..................................19 Purpose of the Plan ......................................................... 19 Project Partners .............................................................. 21 Study Boundaries ............................................................ 21 Planning Process ............................................................ 23 Public Outreach ........................................................ 24
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Yesterday & Today ................................................. 35 Today’s Context ............................................................... 35
Prior Plans ................................................................. 37
A Quick Historical Review .............................................. 38
A City is Born ............................................................ 38 The Blossoming of the College Hill Corridor ....... 38
Community Profile – a demographic overview ............. 41
Population and Race ................................................. 41 Age .............................................................................. 43
Land Use & Development
.............................................. 45 Built Form ................................................................. 45 Land Use and Zoning ................................................ 51 Building Condition ................................................... 57
Recent Investment .................................................... 59
Economic Development .................................................. 64
Retail Characteristics .............................................. 64 Jobs/Employment ..................................................... 66 Topography and Drainage ....................................... 69 Trees ........................................................................... 71 Parks and Play Space ............................................... 73
Transportation ................................................................. 78 Existing Vehicular Conditions ................................. 79 Existing Parking Conditions .................................. 85 Existing Pedestrian Conditions ............................. 87 Existing Bicycling Conditions ................................ 90 Existing Transit Conditions ..................................... 91
Quality of Life .................................................................. 93 Summary .......................................................................... 94 Key Opportunities and Challenges ........................ 94
College Hill Corridor / Mercer Village Master Plan