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Providing a plan to realize the
potential of Main Street
“snapshot of
the past, assessment of the present, a glimpse of the future”
February 23, 2009
AND THE SURVEY
SAYS. . .
Heidi Shannon
Mark Linenschmidt
Over the last six weeks, we have conducted a survey asking
property owners, businesses and other stakeholders to tell us how the Main Street corridor and Historic District area can be enhanced. We sent 103 e-mail
notifications regarding the surveys and 787 surveys to property owners in the
study area via mail. We received 80 survey responses for an 11% response
rate. The tabulation of the responses to the survey is below.
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Potential
Guiding Principles
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Overall
Responses (%)
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Main Street should be a source of pride for League City.
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9.4%
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Main Street should be attractive, safe and vibrant.
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8.9%
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Destinations along Main Street should be pedestrian oriented
and bicycle friendly.
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7.2%
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Main Street should include places to Live, Work, Shop, Play, and
Gather.
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6.4%
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Main Street should promote local culture and historic design.
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5.9%
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Main Street should be a “Destination Street”.
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5.3%
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Main Street should be an exciting, competitive place to open/maintain a
business.
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5.3%
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Main Street improvements should incorporate nature to the greatest
extent possible.
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5.3%
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Main Street should be one part of a bigger traffic solution.
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4.6%
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Main Street should be cohesive (similar look and feel throughout).
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4.4%
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Main Street should ensure adequate, appropriate parking.
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4.0%
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Main Street improvements should respect infrastructure constraints.
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3.6%
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Main Street should be unique by destination.
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3.6%
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Above all, Main Street should be the most efficient means of
getting in/out of our community.
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3.5%
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Main Street should be environmentally and economically sustainable.
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3.5%
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Main Street should fully accommodate today’s typical market demands.
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3.5%
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Main Street should build upon economically marketable themes.
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3.5%
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Main Street should focus upon services for local residents.
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3.3%
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Main Street should take full advantage of its natural (economic and
physical) destinations.
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3.1%
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Main Street should be transit supportive.
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3.0%
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Main Street should invite economic and social diversity.
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2.8%
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Your Guiding Principles
Your responses have helped determine the “Guiding Principles”
for the Main Street Strategic Plan. These “Guiding Principles” will establish
common ground in preserving and enhancing the target area as we develop the
Implementation Plan. In order to determine the “Guiding Principles” from your
responses, staff evaluated them for commonality and, in some cases, combined
them. Then, we took those that received the highest number of responses.
Main Street
should….
1. Foster a source
of pride for League City.
Encourage the promotion of historic design, significant
landmarks, and the local culture, better reflecting neighborhood pride and
the sense that Main Street should serve as a series of unique destinations.
2. Offer places to
Live, Work, Shop, Play, and Gather.
Build upon the existing suburban village's distinctive and
multifaceted character which includes jobs, housing, and recreation all
within a few blocks of each other. Incorporate pedestrian and bicycle
friendly amenities that will aid people to move from place to place safely.
3. Provide an
exciting, competitive place to open/maintain a business.
Expand on economically marketable themes to have its own niche
in the market that is equally exciting and regionally competitive.
4. Incorporate nature
to the greatest extent possible.
Take full advantage of the natural environment to connect with
natural spaces, initiate better vitality/livability and promote well-being.
5. Establish and
maintain sustainable services, facilities and infrastructure.
Adopt sustainable practices that ensure well designed
infrastructure and services while respecting existing limitations.
Infrastructure, services and facilities include parks, schools, power,
communications, water, wastewater, storm drainage, parking and mobility
systems, as well as police and fire protection.
Next Steps:
Staff
is in the process of organizing a set of workshops designed to solicit your
participation with themes, amenities and economic scenarios at build-out
under current zoning, existing trends and alternative development patterns.
Main Street Home
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League City Planning Department
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