2. Tonight’s Agenda
1. Welcome Remarks and Overview
Presentation (5:30-6:00pm)
2. Downtown Mapping Exercise (6:00-7:30pm)
3. Waterfront Exercise (7:30-8:00pm)
4. Share Visions with the Group (8:00-8:30pm)
3. The Greater Downtown Waco Planning Process
• Inclusive of diverse
population
• Include people of all
ages
• Include both small and
large households
• Built upon public input
4. Cities are competing to be great places to
live & work
Amenities near work
Open Spaces and Parks
5. Regional Demographics are Shifting
• Americans are growing older
• Household sizes are growing smaller
– Majority of new households won’t have children
– Two-parent families are on the decline
• Some population segments are living in
overcrowded housing
• Single family homes are mostly owner-occupied but
multi-family includes ownership across the board
6. People Turning 65 in Year
Thousands
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
Year
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
People Turning 65 Annually (1996-2025)
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
7. Growth in Households without Children
Household Type Share
With Children 12%
Without Children 88%
Single-Person 34%
Source: Adapted and extrapolated by Chris Nelson from Martha Farnsworth Riche,
How Changes in the Nation's Age and Household Structure Will Reshape Housing
Demand in the 21st Century, HUD (2003).
9. Waco’s regional share of growth
Regional Growth Comparison (1960-2007)
250000 70%
65% 65% 60%
200000 59%
55% 53% 50%
52%
150000 City of Waco
40%
McLennan County
30% Waco as % of County
100000
20%
50000
10%
0 0%
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2005-2007
(ACS)
10. Waco has a wide range of household types
9%
37%
Married-couple familes
Other families
32% People living alone
Other nonfamily households
22%
11. QUESTION DEFINITION
THE QUESTION:
What should the City of Waco be doing to spur
investment and redevelopment over the next
ten years?
12. THE APPROACH
1.Facilitate partnerships
for implementation
2.Engage Baylor
University
3.Anticipate market
changes
13. THE DEVELOPMENT
1. Start small and
concentrate development
2. Create an 18-hour
environment with
residential uses
3. Use programmed events
to activate the downtown
area
14. THE DEVELOPMENT (continued)
4)Improve connectivity to the
waterfront
• Think about extending trail system
from the Waterfront through the
Downtown
• Future development should draw
activity toward the Riverfront.
16. TECHNOLOGY SQUARE AT GEORGIA TECH ALSO
HOLDS SME LESSONS
•WHAT
– Four city blocks of new mixed-use
– A public-private partnership
development
– Major catalyst that spurred
redevelopment
– Consists of street level retail
including (
– Also houses a new School of
Management
17. HIGH IMPACT DEVELOPMENTS AREN’T
NECESSARILY LAND INTENSIVE
Austin’s 2nd
Heritage Square
Street
Development
overlaid on
downtown Waco,
shows how little
land area is
Hilton
needed to create
a high impact
mixed-use
development
= Size of Austin’s 2nd Street Development
18. THE WACO STUDY ARE IS QUITE LARGE
STUDY AREA OVERLAYED ON DOWNTOWN AUSTIN
Waco, TX Austin, TX
Because Waco’s Land area is so large, the City must focus its initial efforts on a several key
redevelopment nodes
21. Characteristics of Successful Downtowns
• Pedestrian Friendly
• Civic Center
• Mix of Uses
• Central Gathering Place
• Economic Driver
– Office Center
– Specialty Retail
– Entertainment
– Dining
29. Building / Rebuilding Urban Neighborhoods
Example:
Zupan’s grocery
store in Portland,
Oregon
30. Building / Rebuilding Urban Neighborhoods
Example:
Zupan’s Grocery store in
Portland, Oregon
The original
redevelopment project
in an up-and-coming
neighborhood
Served as an anchor and
catalyst for additional
housing projects
42. Developing new ideas: the workshop exercise
• Participants develop
their own plan for
Downtown Waco
43. The Workshop Exercise
We don’t
arrive with a
vision…
We work
together to
build a vision.
44. Workshop Process
• Interactive Mapping Exercise
• Teams of 8-10 persons
• Develop your vision of how you would like
Greater Downtown Waco look in the future
• Create a map that shows a desired ‘end state’
regardless of what steps are needed to get
there
• Share results with the group and look for
common themes
58. Workshop Game Pieces
Each chip also represents a certain
amount of housing and jobs
120
100
80
= 60
40
20
0
City Neighborhood
20 households per acre
3 jobs per acre
59. Downtown
120 HH Jobs
100
80
60
40
74 hh / ac
20
110 jobs / ac
0
Dow ntow n
60. Main Street
120 HH Jobs
100
80
60
40
26 hh / ac
20
29 jobs / ac
0
Main Street
61. Neighborhood Center
120 HH Jobs
100
80
60
40
24 hh / ac
20
37 jobs / ac
0
Neighborhood Center
62. Arterial Commercial
120 HH Jobs
100
80
60
40
6 hh / ac
20
28 jobs / ac
0
Arterial Com m ercial
63. Renovation
120 HH Jobs
100
80
60
40
23 hh / ac
20
28 jobs / ac
0
Renovation
64. Downtown Residential
120 HH Jobs
100
80
60
40
120 hh / ac
20
3 jobs / ac
0
Dow ntow n Residential
65. City Neighborhood
120 HH Jobs
100
80
60
40
20 hh / ac
20
3 jobs / ac
0
City Neighborhood
66. Residential Neighborhood
120 HH Jobs
100
80
60
40
7 hh / ac
20
3 jobs / ac
0
Residential Neighborhood
67. Office
120 HH Jobs
100
80
60
40
0 hh / ac
20
100 jobs / ac
0
Office
68. Light Industry
120 HH Jobs
100
80
60
40
0 hh / ac
20
23 jobs / ac
0
Light Industry
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70. Workshop Chipset
The chip sets represent ways of placing the growth that Waco is
expecting in the coming decades
1st 25,000 people 2nd 25,000 people
There are 2 packets
73. Step 4: Decide where NOT to grow
Designate desired:
• Open space, green
corridors and
conservation areas
• Historic districts and other e
significant areas pl
Sam
74. Step 5: Experiment with Chip Arrangements
• Cut out your chips and begin placing them in
strategic locations – but don’t stick them
down yet!
75. Step 6: Draw transportation infrastructure
Bicycle & Pedestrian Networks
Transit
Roadways & Highways
Especially
in areas
ple
you
expect to Sam
have new
jobs or
housing!
76. Step 7: Stick down your chips
Once you
have all
come to an
agreement
on the vision,
stick your
chips down
78. Step 9: Riverfront Design Exercise
• How should the Greater Downtown area
relate to the Brazos River?
• What kind of activities and amenities should
be on the riverfront?
• Where should they go?
83. Successful Waterfront:
Minneapolis Mills District
- Urban design element blends new
residential developments w/ existing
industrial shells
- Recreational/Commuter Bike Path
- Park: Mix of green space and
historical industrial structures