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Project Profile Project Type Master Planning o livia, Minn. Client City of Olivia www.LHBcorp.com Olivia Downtown Redevelopment Master Plan An Agricultural Innovation emtel) a new activify generator in d011J11touJ1t, invigorateJ the COIIlIIlUllif)'} agricultural ecollomy and focuJes particular attmtioll on research, education and interpretation. The City of Olivia, a southern 1\1innesota agricultural community with a population of approximately 2,600 retained the HKGI/LHB team to develop a master plan that defined directions for downtown in advance of the reconstruction of Highway 212. The planning process began with a two- day on-site work session. Plan elements included the creation of an Agricultural Innovation Center, a nonprofit center for research, education and interpretation located in downtown. Streetscape in1provements focused on the most active part of downtown, two blocks of Lincoln Avenue and two blocks of Ninth Street. Landscaped boulevards reach the edge of town and cornfields beyond. Agricultural gardens mark entries to the community and downtown along Lincoln Avenue. The Downtown area has a small stock of historic buildings with little disturbance of architectural character. Design guidelines are directed toward removal of architecturally inappropriate additions and introduction of simple, but appropriate elements. AllryJ alld .rpaces behind buildingJ IJJotfld be mhanced IJJith transitional plantings reJ11lting in attractive parking areaJ ill what was prel)iouJ/)' an unde.rirable and Ileglected pmt 0/ douJ1ttouJ1t The HeinJ Building, the mOJt architectural/)' Jignificant Jt17lcture ill Dowlltowll lvould be te110vated providing nelV hONJing and commercial OpP01tullitieJ. GuidelilleJ for reIlO1Jai;ioll. 0/ dOZlJ1tt01VIl buildingJ are directed toward restoration 0/ architectural integl7ry, but not neceJJari/)' to preservation.