We will reinforce the city’s existing cultural districts and expand the network into new areas. The city’s cultural districts have specific zoning and urban design regulations. They are “experience centers” that strengthen their surrounding neighborhoods. This program should be enhanced in two ways:
- Reinforcing existing districts through small-scale public realm projects (identifying graphics, sidewalk and streetscape improvements, wayfinding); cross-marketing; and integration into an “active loop,” linking the nodes with pedestrian and bicycle routes.
- Expanding the program to new cultural districts, including the four pending districts and others that might be identified through the historic preservation plan and other neighborhood planning processes.
Ultimately, the culture districts should be viewed as, and evolve, into a connected network of attractions.