Update the Downtown Master Plan.
The current Downtown Master Plan focused largely on specified projects and proposed infill locations. Since its adoption, the identified projects have largely either been completed or jettisoned for one reason or another. Further, the broad focus on infill lot identification did little to provide guidance on how those properties should develop. A more refined approach to look at use and form is overdue, as is a deep dive on how infill projects will fit in and enhance their surrounding areas.
Action Item(s)
- Update the Downtown Master Plan.
Goals and Objectives
GOAL A2: Support infill and redevelopment throughout the Urban Service Area as a strategic component of growth.
Objective: A2d
Implement innovative programs, such as the public infrastructure fund and land bank programs, to facilitate sustainable development, including, but not limited to, housing, affordable at all income levels, and commercial and economic activity.
GOAL B3: Apply environmentally sustainable practices to protect, conserve and restore landscapes and natural resources.
Objective: B3c
Incorporate green infrastructure principles in new plans and policies, including, but not limited to and transportation.
GOAL C1: Support and showcase local assets to further the creation of a variety of jobs.
Objective: C1a
Strengthen efforts to develop a variety of job opportunities that lead to prosperity for all.
Objective: C1b
Strengthen regulations and policies that propel the agricultural economy, including, but not limited to, local food production and distribution, agritourism and the equine industry that showcase Lexington-Fayette County as the Horse Capital of the World.
Objective: C1c
Collaborate with institutions of higher learning to foster a capable and skilled work force while engaging agencies that address the lack of prosperity for residents by reducing joblessness.
Objective: C1d
Encourage development that promotes and enhances tourism.
Objective: C1e
Encourage developers of government-funded or subsidized projects to employ residents in the vicinity.
GOAL C2: Attract the world’s finest jobs, encourage an entrepreneurial spirit, and enhance our ability to recruit and retain a talented, creative workforce by establishing opportunities that embrace diversity with inclusion in our community.
Objective: C2a
Prioritize the success and growth of strategically-targeted employment sectors (healthcare, education, high-tech, advanced manufacturing, agribusiness, agritourism, and the like), and enable infill and redevelopment that creates jobs where people live.
Objective: C2b
Improve opportunities for small business development and workers who rely on personal technology.
Objective: C2c
Review and improve regulations and policies that attract and retain high paying jobs through close collaboration with agencies that focus on economic development.
Objective: C2d
Provide entertainment and other quality of life opportunities that attract young, and culturally diverse professionals, and a work force of all ages and talents to Lexington.
GOAL D1: Work to achieve an effective and comprehensive transportation system.
Objective: D1a
Support the Complete Streets concept, prioritizing a pedestrian-first design that also accommodates the needs of bicycle, transit and other vehicles.
Objective: D1b
Develop a viable network of accessible transportation alternatives for residents and commuters, which may include the use of mass transit, bicycles, walkways, ridesharing, greenways and other strategies.
Objective: D1c
Concentrate efforts to enhance mass transit along our corridors in order to facilitate better service for our growing population, as well as efficiencies in our transit system.
Objective: D1d
Improve traffic operation strategies.
GOAL D4: Promote, support, encourage and provide incentives for public art.
There are no objectives related to this policy that further this particular goal.
GOAL E1: Uphold the Urban Service Area concept.
Objective: E1b
Ensure all types of development are environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable to accommodate the future growth needs of all residents while safeguarding rural land.
Objective: E1c
Emphasize redevelopment of underutilized corridors.
Objective: E1d
Maximize development on vacant land within the Urban Service Area and promote redevelopment of underutilized land in a manner that enhances existing urban form and/or historic features.