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DECEMBER 2020 • VOL. 14 — NO. 12
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Mapping Biden’s
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More green space, shorter buildings
added to North End concepts
SPECIAL
One of the concepts for redeveloping North River Village shopping center proposes taller
mixed-use buildings whose density helps make creating green space plaza areas possible.
Two councilmembers call
for improving diversity in
city programs, leadership
BY BOB PEPALIS
After a first round of community racial
dialogue meetings, two City Council mem
bers say they are ready to back culturally
diverse programming and to help recruit
elected officials who better match the city’s
ethnic and socioeconomic diversity.
In separate interviews, Councilmembers
Andy Bauman and Chris Burnett agreed
with many of the suggestions participants
in the first round of Civic Dinners made to
increase inclusion and diversity in the city.
The city sponsored 44 Civic Dinners with
341 attendees in July and August, using a vir
tual platform and questions provided by a
private company called Civic Dinners. Par
ticipants discussed what they saw as the
city’s strengths and weaknesses in belong-
See TWO on page 16
BY BOB PEPALIS
Consultants and city staff will present
City Council on Dec. 15 with final concepts
for redevelopment of four shopping cen
ters in the city’s North End.
On Nov. 5, consultants released the final
concepts and posted them online at spr.gs/
northern. The concepts added green space
and reduced building heights in some con
cepts to reflect public comment on their
initial ideas.
“We’ve added more green space in par
ticular on North River Village and North
Springs,” said Sarah McColley of TSW,
consultants in land use, zoning, urban de
sign and outreach.
The North End revitalization proj
ect kicked off in March with 200 com
munity members participating in a pub
lic meeting. A virtual pop-up meeting had
162 participants. In August and September
city staff and consultants presented mul
tiple concepts for each of the four shop
ping centers that varied from following
all zoning requirements to more exten
sive rezoning and building code changes
to achieve. The community participated in
virtual meetings for each shopping center
and added comments through interactive
websites.
After the council meeting, the final
plan document will be completed by Dec.
31.
McColley said the consultants learned
that the community wants a mix of hous
ing options. Overall feedback themes in
cluded:
Need for a mix of housing options that
are attainable at many price points, in
cluding single-family homes and different
See NORTH on page 22
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