Agenda - Planning Commission - 02/02/2017 - Special

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New Haven, Connecticut. ied three Part of ULI's mission is to examine cutting -edge issues and propose creative solutions for improv- ing the quality of Land use and development. To that end, ULI sponsored a charrette on smart growth solutions to devise strategies to realisti- cally restore the vitality of neighborhood shopping streets to create more livable environments and sustainable communities. In June 2003, during three days of intensive study of three neighbor- hood shopping streets in the greater Washington, D.C., area, teams of planning and development experts from around the country toured and stud - very different types of neighborhood streets. The teams were made up of leading commercial developers, public planners, nonprofit developers, archi- tects, economic consultants, and property advisers. The three streets were chosen as representative of different types of urban neighborhood environments. H Street N.E., at the edge of a gentrifying neigh- borhood, is an elongated and dilapidated commercial arterial that until the 1960s was one of Washington's major shopping streets; upper Wisconsin Avenue N.W. is a discontinuous, poorly merchandised, and unsightly commercial street in the midst of one of Washington's wealthiest uptown neighborhoods; and the devastated commercial district surrounding the intersection of Charles Street and North Avenue in Baltimore is in one of the poorest and most crime -ridden neigh- borhoods in the city. ULI teams were assigned to each strip and given the following tasks: to deter- mine the critical issues and challenges that neighborhood streets face; to deter- mine the most effective ways to rebuild neighborhood streets to ensure their long-term competitive position; and to set strategic principles to guide commu- nity residents, public planners, and developers in this effort. These principles were consolidated and refined by the three teams so that they could be applied universally to all types of neighborhood streets around the world. ULI had the support and participation of the two cities —Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Maryland —in whose jurisdictions the streets are located. Each provided detailed background information, briefings, and tours for the ULI teams. After much deliberation, the teams adopted the following ten strategic principles to guide communities, developers, retailers, and residents in rebuilding their neighbor- hood retail streets.