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no insurmountable transportation impediments to downtown growth. And <br />downtown's basic urban design structure and existing attractions provide much <br />on which to build. <br />The plan's primary direction is to transform Everett's downtown from the center of <br />a primarily industrial mill town into a more active, diverse, and vibrant <br />metropolitan center. The plan identifies actions to add regional attractions, <br />residential neighborhoods, and commercial services that will support downtown's <br />evolution to meet the public vision and comprehensive planning goals. <br />Central Waterfront <br />Open Space Connections <br />Government Access & Parking <br />Campus Strategies (transit, <br />gateway corridors) <br />Focus Retail <br />REGIONAL in Central Spine <br />ATTRACTIONS")hk <br />® • ROPOLITAN <br />CENTER <br />•WVater istoric character <br />•Vsetting-High • • e •High iotenrlty <br />-Solid surrounding .variety <br />n*ighborhood€ -Multi,-modal transportation <br />Working family •u+-tay, living <br />orientation •watedranurNwkont <br />-Easy access comwellons <br />Predictable Inueased Support •Regional destinations <br />Development for Retail <br />Pattem <br />Streetscapes Integrated & Stable <br />8 Amenities Surrounding Neighborhoods <br />(height & design standards) <br />Figure 1. Strategy to transform downtown Everett. <br />The concept plan on the following page summarizes many of the recommended <br />actions to add the identified attractions, neighborhoods, and services, and the <br />bulk of this plan describes those measures in greater detail. Of specific note is <br />the zoning, height and bulk, and design standards described in the body of the <br />plan and Appendix A. <br />2 MAKERS architecture and urban design <br />0509_rpt_draft.doc - 6/29/06 <br />