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Overview In the spring of 2016, the city engaged Leland Consulting Group (LCG) to conduct a market evaluation of Metro Everett. A key question that Leland Consulting Group brought up was "How will Metro Everett attract the investment, activity, and revitalization that the community has envisioned?" The market evaluation included: • A 10- and 20-year forecast of residential and commercial development; • Identification of metrics that suggest which properties and areas are likely to redevelop; • A preliminary review of the city's zoning code within Metro Everett, and recommended zoning modifications that could encourage development; and • "Big ideas" that could assist with the ongoing success of Metro Everett. Please see Chapter 3, Market Analysis, for details regarding the housing and employment market analysis. Consultant's "Big Ideas" for Metro Everett Leland Consulting Group's "big ideas" for Metro Everett are shown below. • Continue to implement the 2006 Downtown Plan—make Everett's west side world class. Continue to focus housing, office, and retail development in this area, along with complementary public realm improvements. • Strengthen multi-modal connections between key destinations: Downtown and Everett Station; River and Sound; Metro Everett and Providence Medical Center/Community College Campus. • Enhance Metro Everett's existing plaza/event spaces (e.g., at the County Campus, Library, or elsewhere), or create a new one. Activate this gathering space with festivals, events, food, and other activities, consistent with the concept of placemaking (www.pps.org/reference/what_is_placemaking/). • Grow and attract companies to Metro Everett that build on Snohomish County's key industry clusters and economic identity—aeronautics, manufacturing, healthcare, and professional and technical sectors. Capitalize on Everett's identity as a manufacturing center to attract a new generation of"makers" to Metro Everett. Adaptive reuse projects may appeal to these makers Downtown; craft industrial projects near Everett Station should also be encouraged. • Capture the employees who work in Metro Everett and Market Area. Employees who work here are a natural market of potential Metro Everett residents. • Work to secure commercial air passenger service at Paine Field—this would have a very positive effect on Metro Everett office and housing markets. Chapter 9,Economic Opportunities 1 August 29,2018