redeveloping north port st joe - workshop 1

Updating the North Port St.Joe Master Plan

July 2016

North Port St. Joe

P . A . C project area committee

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2009 Master Plan existing conditions


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The implementation process

Public meeting

No. 1

Public meeting

No. 2

Public meeting

No. 3

Laying the foundations of redevelopment

Defining the identity of the community

The illustrative master plan

PHASE TWO

Creating the redevelopment tools for North

Port St. Joe

Commence PHASE ONE


Laying the foundations of redevelopment

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Wider community

support

Project area committee

An implementatio

n arm

Other stakeholders

Local property owners


Today’s Agenda

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✦ Six opportunity zones

✦ Six points of focus

✦ Four new potential priorities

Updating the 2009 Master Plan

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

But above all….

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Martin Luther King Boulevard

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✦ Historical significance

✦ Infrastructure

✦ New mix of uses ✦ Security & affordability ✦ Linkages & access

2009 PRIORITIES & THEMES



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✦ Loss of ‘town center’ connector to Reid Avenue

but

✦ A growing number of MLK property owners want to take an active role in redevelopment

WHAT HAS CHANGED?

M I L L R E D E V E L O P M E N T



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✦ MLK Boulevard has more importance than ever as a driver of redevelopment.

✦ What is our inspiration?

WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF CHANGE?

A v e n u e A

A v e n u e D

M L K



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REMEMBERING MAIN

STREET


Gant’s Preschool

Starlight Restaurant

Eara Buie’s Beauty Shop

Mary Riley’s Beauty Shop

Adele Jackson’s Boarding House

Driesbach’s Dry Cleaners

Alma Bryant’s Beauty Shop

Ike Mincy’s Taxi Service

Mamie Gafney’s Beauty Shop

Eva Gant’s Beauty Shop

Peters’ Laundromat

Eddie Beverly’s Bait Business

Allen’s Grocery

King’s Barber Shop

Georgie Boy’s Restaurant

Portia’s Beauty Shop

Dow McNair’s Store

Gardner’s Store

Club Heatwave

Clara’s RestaurantJones’ Market

Russ’ Hair Care

Big 10 Club House

Hall’s Dentistry, Drug & Liquor Store

Williams’ Funeral Home

King’s Service Station

Bell’s Store

Harris’ Beauty Shop

Campus Corner

Dixie Jewelry

Peters’ Grocery

The Tavern

The Pool Room

Walter Duren’s Grocery

Sanders’ Grocery

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Stallworth’s Grocery

Junior Davis’ Barber Shop


THE REBIRTH OF

MAIN STREET

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Bourbon Street, New Orleans



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WHAT DO YOU THINK?


Highway 98

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✦ A network of gateways

✦ Infrastructure upgrade

✦ Retail uses


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Highway 98

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✦ A network of gateways

✦ Infrastructure upgrade

✦ Retail uses


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R e t a i l a n d o f f i c e s


Highway 98

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✦ The proposed Port’s industrial land use has replaced the mixed use waterfront that the St. Joe Company envisioned.

WHAT HAS CHANGED?

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Port Planning Area

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✦ The gateways and the Highway 98 frontage must be rethought.


Highway 98

P O R T S T U D Y A R E A

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M L K

BC AD

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B u f f e r


Highway 98

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WHAT DO YOU THINK?


George Washington High School

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✦ Preserve buildings.

✦ Add new service-based uses.

✦ Connect Robbins and Garrison Avenues.


Garrison Avenue

Robbins Avenue

Highway 98

Washington H.S. campus

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✦ The proposed Port’s rail system will be difficult to cross.

✦ Port City Trail is being promoted to the growing Tourism market

WHAT HAS CHANGED?


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✦ Nathan Peters Jnr. Park should be connected to the City Trail.

✦ The High School campus remains an underutilized citywide and regional resource



Existing PORT CITY TRAIL

system

Extended PORT CITY TRAIL

system

Washington H.S



WHAT DO YOU THINK?


Avenue A & the new town center

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✦ Ball field: a park and entertainment center

✦ Open air commercial uses ✦ Neighborhood

connectivity ✦ Government &

institutional uses

✦ Connecting MLK Boulevard to Reid Avenue


M I L L R E D E V E L O P M E N T



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✦ Ball field has been dismantled

✦ St Joe Company’s ‘armature’ concept has gone.

✦ Reid Avenue connection was a missed opportunity

WHAT HAS CHANGED?


✦ The St Joe Company remains the major stakeholder

✦ Create a new set of priorities for Avenue A

✦ Explore the potential for joint ventures with the Company as landowner



DC EA B

Avenue AMLK



WHAT DO YOU THINK?

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The railroad corridor

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✦ Provides a means of public access throughout North Port St. Joe

✦ Has a historical aspect that could be promoted




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✦ If the Port is built, the rail corridor will become much more active.

✦ This raises the need for health & safety planning for the local community

WHAT HAS CHANGED?


✦ The community should work with the railway operator to devise alternative plans for public access and buffering of the railway corridor.




WHAT DO YOU THINK?



Vacant land

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✦ Parking

✦ Green space

✦ Street vendors

✦ Music



Vacant land

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✦ An increase in vacant land

✦ The opportunity for land assemblies

WHAT HAS CHANGED?


✦ Land assemblies allow comprehensive and financially sustainable community redevelopment


Vacant land


WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Vacant land


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The master plan’s six points of focus

Mixed use development

Community identity

Smart Streetscapes

Open spaces

Jobs

Assemblies


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Assemblages

Jobs

Open space Smart streetscapes

Community identity

Mixed use


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Community identity

Assemblages

Jobs


Community identity

Mixed use


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Smart streetscapes

Assemblages

Jobs


Community identity

Mixed use


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Smart streetscapes and the watershed

Assemblages

Jobs


Community identity

Mixed use

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Open space

Assemblages

Jobs


Community identity

Mixed use



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WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Smart streetscapes

Community identity

Open spaces


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Land Assemblies

Assemblages

Jobs


Community identity

Mixed use BEFORE


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Land Assemblies

Assemblages

Jobs


Community identity

Mixed use AFTER


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Employment opportunities

Assemblages

Jobs


Community identity

Mixed use


Employment opportunities

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WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Land assemblage


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New priorities for discussion

Local tourism

Local culture

Local resources

A place for everyone


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Local tourism

Local resources


Local culture

Local tourism


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Heritage & culture

Local resources


Local culture

Local tourism

Project Row Houses, Houston, TX

Rick Lowe, artist & community organizer


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Regional natural resources

Local resources


Local culture

Local tourism


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Local resources


Local culture

Local tourism


Local tourism

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WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Local resources

Heritage & culture


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