the businesses of langley park the impact of

The Businesses of Langley Park The impact of the sector plan, and

alternatives

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Business as the Pulse of a Neighborhood

• The TLC preliminary sector plan places due importance on the Economic development of the neighborhood.

• The Ethnic nature of the businesses.• The importance of TOD to businesses.• Place making for business.

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Predecessors The Takoma/Langley Crossroads Preliminary Sector Plan

A predecessor to the TLC Sector Plan, the 2002 ‘Prince George’s County Approved General Plan’ lists one of its goals as ‘Maintain traffic volume by encouraging alternative forms of transportation’ . This is a theme that continues in the TLC Sector Plan

But one may askWhy? And to Where?

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Predecessors….

Another predecessor, International Corridor Community Legacy Plan of 2003 makes the recommendation, ‘ Improve the physical image of the ICCLA’ ,‘Make the corridor pedestrian friendly’ and ‘Promote business and commercial interests within the area’

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Existing Conditions

• Strong Minority and immigrant presence• Densely populated• Multinational cultural ties• Incongruity of physical space to socio-

cultural reality• Dissected by arterials• Outdated Euclidian zoning• Bad reputation• Immense potential for mixed-use

development.

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Opportunities based on Existing Conditions

• Potential evolution of an already strong commercial core

• Appetite for change and development• Demand for transit alternatives• Urbanize the suburb• Reorganize and reorder traffic, both,Pass through

traffic and local traffic

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Vision of the TLC plan

VIBRANTPedestrian Friendly

International Sense of Place

Transit Oriented

•The vision for the Takoma/Langley Crossroads sector plan area is to that of a transit oriented and pedestrian-friendly community

•Acknowledge the diversity of the existing and future residents of the Neighborhood

• A neighborhood that is safe, vibrant, and has an aesthetic appeal such that it encourages residents to safely walk to their destinations

SAFE

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TLC Plan Policies & Strategies (for Business and Economic Development)

Policy-Quality Commercial Design with TOD principles Strategy- Mixed-use development Appropriate Massing Workforce Appropriate housingPolicy- Avoid Standalone commercial buildings surrounded by

parkingStrategy-Mixed-use mid-rise medium density Small Ground floor retail Locate businesses based on their orient i.e. Local and

regional

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Policies & Strategies…

Policy-Density recommendations to allow TOD and mixed-use development

Strategy- Inclusion of workforce housing Policy- Avoid Standalone commercial buildings surrounded by

parkingStrategy-Mixed-use mid-rise medium density Small Ground floor retail Locate businesses based on their orient i.e. Local and

regional

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Alternatives…

The Plan, like many of its predecessors is well intentioned, but some of the strategies are very limited and narrow.

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So what will sustain the TLC businesses?

• Place making• Affordable housing• Workforce Housing• Capital Infusion

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Langley Park Plaza Mall: The Focal point of Business

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Placemaking

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So what makes Place…?

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Its usually Architecture

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A model for Place

Pienza

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Pienza

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The Heart of TLC today

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In Summary

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The Solution

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A view of possibilities

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Other Strategies

• Affordable housing

• Workforce Housing

• Capital Infusion

For People to Rent ….AND BUY

Based on Transit Oriented Development i.e. a new Paradigm

All workforceMixed Income

Zip code finance

Incentivize Small Business

Identify Entrepreneurs

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Strategies applied to a new situation

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Need a Better Place

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Questions, Comments and Critiques

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