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Strategies for Community Designations <br />As discussed earlier in Thrive, the Council assigns a community designation, or planning area, <br />to each city and township. This designation indicates the overall state of development and <br />regional issues faced by that community. Strategies addressing issues specific to different types <br />of communities are grouped under the community designations, while strategies common to all <br />communities are found earlier in this section. The following sections contain more detailed <br />strategies to address in response to the opportunities and challenges unique to different groups <br />of communities. <br />Urban Center: Growing vitality in the region's core <br />Urban Center communities include the largest, most centrally located and most economically <br />diverse cities of the region. Anchored by Minneapolis and Saint Paul, the Urban Center also <br />includes adjoining cities that share similar development characteristics such as street grids <br />planned before World War Two. <br />Orderly and Efficient Land Use <br />Council Role <br />• Maintain and improve regional infrastructure to support adaptive reuse, infill development, <br />and redevelopment. <br />• Support local planning and implementation efforts to focus growth in and around regional <br />transit, as articulated in the 2040 Transportation Policy Plan. <br />• Coordinate regional infrastructure and program funding with other efforts designed to <br />address racially concentrated areas of poverty. <br />• Partner with local communities to improve land use patterns to reduce the generation of <br />carbon emissions. <br />Community Role <br />• Plan for forecasted population and household growth at average densities of at least 20 <br />units per acre, and target opportunities for more intensive development near regional <br />transit investments, at densities and in a manner articulated in the 2040 Transportation <br />Policy Plan. <br />• Identify areas for redevelopment, particularly areas that are well -served by transportation <br />options and nearby amenities, and which contribute to better proximity between jobs and <br />housing. <br />• Identify opportunities for land assembly to prepare sites that will attract future private <br />reinvestment, especially in racially concentrated areas of poverty. <br />• In collaboration with other regional partners, lead major redevelopment efforts, such as <br />the former Ford Plant site. <br />• Lead detailed land use planning efforts around regional transit stations, job and activity <br />centers, and other regional investments. <br />DRAFT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT <br />Last revised: February 21, 2014 82 <br />