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2. Design Concept
<br /> The City of Everett's vision for its downtown calls for streets to play important transportation and
<br /> community development roles.
<br /> . . . Downtown is a pedestrian friendly, active neighborhood where people are prioritized
<br /> over accommodating the automobile. Businesses, residents, employees, institutions and
<br /> property owners have created a clean, safe and active environment to which visitors
<br /> return often.
<br /> The city center is connected with convenient transit, pedestrian, bicycle and vehicle
<br /> access to surrounding neighborhoods, Everett Station, and the waterfront. People enjoy
<br /> tremendous views from buildings, streets and public spaces. Streetscape and public
<br /> open space improvements have dramatically transformed many parts of the city center by
<br /> stimulating private sector investment. . . .
<br /> The 2006 Everett Downtown Plan pursues the City's vision statement through a strategy of
<br /> transforming downtown from a historic mill town to a more diverse, multifaceted, and intense
<br /> metropolitan center by adding regional attractions and downtown residential neighborhoods and
<br /> by increasing commercial services. Figure 10 below identifies the plan's principal
<br /> recommendations.
<br /> 'encourage high to medium intensity Require ground-floor I Create civic open Stabilize neighborhoods " Plan for rail transit along
<br /> commercial uses throughout core. -_ "commercial space and I space in central around downtown. Retain -' Broadway and consider unique
<br /> Prohibit land consumptive and �� :pcdestrian-oriented facades core. historic character and scaler r3 redevelopment opportunities.
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<br /> Figure 10. Downtown design concept.
<br /> Everett Downtown Streetscape Plan
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