27th Avenue To Do List
Draft: 5/21/2019
VISION:
An active, safe, and welcoming community with vibrant retail and sustainable housing
Goal 1: Increase curb appeal along 27th Avenue through corridor beautification
- Strategy 1: Encourage well-lit pedestrian connections to business entryways throughout the 27th Avenue Corridor.
- Strategy 2: Encourage high quality landscape and streetscape treatments along 27th Avenue, such as signage, facade improvements, and landscaping to create a safe and welcoming pedestrian environment.
Goal 2: Create a vibrant and connected commercial corridor that serves nearby neighborhoods
- Strategy 1: Encourage safe, frequent, and shaded pedestrian crossings between neighborhoods, commercial retail, and restaurant land uses.
- Strategy 2: Encourage the development of gathering spaces throughout the 27th Avenue corridor.
- Strategy 3: Partner with 19North on projects, programs, and initiatives to build synergies amongst the two commercial corridors and with the planned redevelopment of Metrocenter.
- Strategy 4: Facilitate coordination between businesses through the North Ocotillo Business Alliance and the D27 Business Alliance for their respective target areas and encourage collaboration amongst the two groups.
Goal 3: Communicate and advocate for high quality development and reinvestment
- Strategy 1: Develop a Neighborhood Identity that includes the Canyon Corridor as an International District.
- Strategy 2: Establish a marketing plan and strategy to engage partner organizations on meaningful projects.
- Strategy 3: Promote and leverage available tools, programs, and incentives to advance the vision for a vibrant 27th Avenue.
- Strategy 4: Continue implementing the recommendations contained in the VIP Coalition Action Plan assembled by the Neighborhood Services Department.
