What is Vision?
What is Vision?
Chicago World’s Fair
City Beautiful Movement
Plan of Chicago
     1909
The
 Metropolis
   Plan
Choices for Metropolitan
       Chicago
The Evolving American Vision
Pedestrians in the Conventional Suburban Development




            supporting alternative modes through urban design
Pedestrians: 25th Anniversary of the Moonwalk




    supporting alternative modes through urban design
Activity and Obesity
To Capture the Vision, You Must
           Communicate
That’s a conversation, not a lecture
The             Target Population
                      Categories for
Communication   Public Involvement Efforts
  Pyramid
The
Communication             will
  Pyramid            participate in
                1%
                       physical
                       meetings
The
Communication
  Pyramid
                       participate
                10%   from home,
                        through
                        internet
The
Communication
  Pyramid



                      Follow in press,
                30%
                        social media
The
Communication
  Pyramid




                ?
Find Out What is Important to
            People
SAFETY
           EDUCATION

           EDUCATION       JOBS
Create Identity and Brand
Prominent Web Presence and Interactive
              Content
Activities that allow people to help
       make critical decisions




 Example: Beaverton Civic Plan
The 2040 project
Widespread Public
  Involvement
2040 Growth Concept
 50-year vision for
  managing region’s
  growth
 Incorporates best
  parts of “Concepts
  for Growth” options
 Kicks off a major
  effort to enact the
  new regional vision
  through local plans
Making a Better Downtown
Louisiana Speaks Regional
           Plan
    Vision and Strategies
  for Recovery and Growth
      in South Louisiana



       May       2007
Stakeholder Workshops
Regional Vision Poll




          Newspapers   Internet
Regional Vision Poll




Schools & Libraries    Television Show
LOUISIANA SPEAKS: OUR VISION
Way of Life is Precarious

Land loss:
sea level rise, wetland destruction,
subsidence, flooding and natural disasters

Caused by climate change, natural
disasters, industry, channelization
Public Workshop Results
         Lafourche Parish
     Comprehensive Resiliency Plan




                              Kimley-Horn
                              and Associates, Inc.
Waggonner & Ball Architects
What is desired today
PARKING LOT 1970
PIONEER SQUARE
Portland Neighborhoods
BELMONT DAIRY
Williams & Dame Development, Inc.   www.wddcorp.com
Portland Streetcar, Inc.




Williams & Dame Development, Inc.                www.wddcorp.com
Adaptive Reuse Opportunity - Before
Adaptive Reuse Opportunity
Adaptive Reuse Opportunity
Adaptive Reuse Opportunity - After
Adaptive Reuse – from garage to restaurant




 Bolsa Mercado:
 Former Garage Redeveloped as a
 Restaurant
Walkability
NAR 2011: Walkable Destinations
In deciding where to live, indicate how important it would be to you to have
    each of the following within an easy walk: very important, somewhat
           important, not very important, or not at all important.

                                                       Very important                 Somewhat important

                                Grocery store                  35%                           40%              75%

                                    Pharmacy              24%                         41%               65%

                                      Hospital               25%                     36%            61%

                                  Restaurants           18%                     42%                 60%

                            Cultural resources          17%                     42%                59%

                                       Schools               26%                 29%              55%

                              Doctors' offices           19%                   36%                55%

                  Public transportation by bus           21%                   29%           50%

                        Recreational facilities        12%               35%                47%

                             Place of worship           17%               30%               47%

                  Public transportation by rail        14%               28%           42%

                                                  0%               20%           40%              60%         80%   100%


Source: National Association of Realtors 2011.
Complete Streets
West Capitol Ave, West Sacramento




                                60
Nature in the City
City
Protects biodiversity across urban
                                      Cascadia
and rural landscapes and beyond the
region.
            Willamette Valley
Nature in the City
Bats in
Austin
Coyotes on Transit




       Riding the max
Connecting People to Nature
Developing implementation

Capturing a vision without effective
implementation is cruel

Implementation without a sound economic
strategy has a poor chance of success
Old way – colored maps and
          zoning
What is
                       Envision Tomorrow?


Suite of planning tools:
  Prototype Builder
       Return on Investment (ROI) model
  Scenario Builder
       Extension for ArcGIS
 Built while developing plans for
  clients

 Open Source and Public Domain
Model Prototypes Using Real Market Research:
   Allows for “Reality-based Visualizations”




                    Use Prototypes for Reality-based
                    Visualizations and 3D Modeling
A Linked System of
                        Spreadsheets and GIS
                                          GIS
Buildings       Development Types                   Evaluation Criteria
ROI Model         Scenario Spreadsheet   Painting    Scenario Spreadsheet
                                          ArcGIS



  5 Story
 Mixed Use                                            Density & Mix
                       Town Center
                                                          Travel
  2 Story                                                Health
 Mixed Use
                                                      Sustainability
  3 Story
                                                       Investment
 Apartment                Town                        Fiscal Impact
                      Neighborhood

 Townhome


  Compact
Single Family          Residential
                       Subdivision
Conventional
Single Family
Real-time Scenario Building
                and Evaluation

Select


                               Paint




                                 See Changes Instantly
Monitor Indicators in Real-time
Detailed Tables




Quick Reference Graphs
Many Factors Influence
                 Development Feasibility

   What Can
   Be Built?




Today’s Rents           10% Increase in    20% Increase in
& Sales Prices           Average Rent       Average Rent
Working with Universities
                                      Dr. Rob
                                      Patterson, Uni
                                      versity of
                                      Texas, Austin




Dr. Reid
Ewing, Univer
                      Dr. Arthur
sity of Utah
                      “Chris”
                      Nelson, Unive
                      rsity of Utah
New indicators being developed in
partnership with leading Universities
New Indicators being developed with University of Utah and University of
  Texas at Austin. Bold indicators are completed
    Building and Land Use                Employment Growth
     Types                                Employment Resilience
    Building Energy                      Development Capital
     Consumption                          Redevelopment Timing
    7D Transportation                    Water Consumption
     Effects                              Transportation Safety
    Return on Investment                 Workforce Housing
    Housing and                          LEED-ND
     Transportation Costs                 Arts and Public Amenities
    Air Quality and CO2                  Local Jobs Housing
     Impacts                               Balance
    Fiscal Impact
    Public Health
Fiscal Impact App
Workforce Housing App
Trip Generation App
Redevelopment Candidate App
Building Energy Consumption App
Balanced Housing App


160,000                                               Surplus
140,000
120,000
100,000
 80,000             Deficit
 60,000
 40,000
 20,000
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Workshops were poorly attended…
Dallas Station Area Plans
Example Catalyst Sites
91
Conceptual Adaptive Reuse Concept Opportunity




    Draft                                 92
Conceptual Adaptive Reuse Example– MLK Before




Draft
Draft
Draft
Draft
Conceptual Adaptive Reuse Example- MLK After




Draft
Mixed Use Library Development Concept




                                        98
Mixed Use Library Development Concept – Before




                                          99
Mixed Use Library Development Concept– Phase One




                                          100
Mixed Use Library Development Concept– Phase Two




                                         101
Vision without Action is
     Hallucination




       John Fregonese
       www.frego.com
NJFuture Redevelopment Forum 13 Fregonese

NJFuture Redevelopment Forum 13 Fregonese

Editor's Notes

  • #2 Awesome. Does it need the website? At the top?
  • #71 These bullets are weird
  • #79 Cant figure out how to fix this