Community Meeting Input

Visions for the Our Town Planning Process

February 6, 2014
Chat Session w/Paul Andersen

What do we want to see in the downtown master plan?

• Access to the rivers
• Hotel site: Do not lose visual access to the river
• Town square: Pedestrian-only, fountain, benches
• Move Town Hall out of Triangle Park
• Vacate old Highway 82 to connect Triangle Park with the river property
• Connectivity from new Highway 82 to downtown via tunnel, overpass?
• Grocery store, drug store, hardware store
• More day care options, especially for newborns
• Live/work space: lower rents, combine space with business incubator
• Activities to keep kids in town after school, programs for teens
• Community/non-profit cultural center (similar to 3rd St. Carbondale)
• Performing arts space on river for art and music, rented out for events
• Walkway along Frying Pan River connecting swinging bridge to the Conservancy property
• Safe, continuous walkways throughout downtown
• Pedestrian mall downtown with alternate route for traffic; possible service access at Iron Horse building alleyway
• Hotel at Clark’s Market location with parking underground
• Outdoor concert space for “Shakespeare in the Park” type events
• Attractions and retail mix that supports sophisticated consumers
• Kayak park similar to the one in Salida
• Confluence Park like in downtown Denver – community gathering place, kayak park with demo equipment provided by REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.)
• Fisherman’s Park below Riverside Grill/Taylor Creek fishing shop
• Connect Riverwalk Path to Confluence Park
• Market/grocery store (the size of Roxy’s at AABC) in former Bristlecone space – visibility from Highway 82
• Parking on town property/park near the roundabout
• Mexican restaurant at former Bristlecone or Clark’s Market space
• Movie theatre like the Crystal or outdoor projection screen