Welcome to the Lake City Community Redevelopment Agency Master Plan Update webpage. The purpose of the webpage is to keep everyone with an interest in the future development of the CRA updated about the progress of this important master planning effort. Your participation will be critical in this process as it will help ensure that the recommendations and projects identified in the Plan Update are accurate reflections of the community’s desired vision and goals for the Community Redevelopment Area.

This webpage presents information on the master planning process including the geographic boundaries of the CRA; learning resources and important documents pertaining to the Community Redevelopment Area; details on how you can get involved; calendar of events; and links to work products such as reports, maps, photos, graphics, and more.

The update is the first comprehensive master planning efforts undertaken by the Community Redevelopment Agency since it's conseption in 1991 and will be designed to guide the development and redevelopment of the residential neighborhoods, employment centers, and environment systems located within the Community Redevelopment Area.

Through the leadership of Lake City Community Redevelopment Agency, a new vision for the Community Redevelopment Area will be created through this planning effort that will ultimately result in an environment of positive change for the entire Community Redevelopment Area.  The intent of the update is to examine the area’s strengths, challenges and opportunities to develop an accurate set of guidelines for pursuing improvements in the residential neighborhoods, corridor commercial and light industrial areas, development/redevelopment of the downtown core, planned infrastructure improvements, mobility enhancements, and improvement of natural resources including the lakefront.

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• Focus Group Meetings with key stakeholders June 23rd & 24th 2010
• Community Workshop 1  to be held July 27, 2010 -
• Internal Discussion Draft of the Existing Conditions Report, Urban Design Analysis, Economic Positioning Strategy, and Transportation Analysis report
• Community Surveys Completed
• Creation of CRA Master Plan Update page on City Website
  

To download the flyer announcing  the Focus Groups Workshops click on the link below:

Focus Groups Workshops announcement flyer

The Focus Groups workshops for the project were held on June 23rd through June 24th at the City Hall second floor Council Chambers and was a great success. We had 42 participants attending these sessions spread over a period of two days. The IBI Group team facilitated the workshop in a presentation format for the first hour and then opened it up to discussions from the participants during the second hour. The primary purpose of this first workshop was to educate the community on the anticipated planning process for the study, and to share preliminary findings related to demographic and economic trends within the assigned study area. The presentation can be downloaded from the link shown below.

To download the presentation from the Focus Groups Workshops click on the link below:

Focus Groups Workshops Presentation June 2010

The first Public Workshop for the project wil be held on July 27th at the Public Library, Downtown Branch. The presentation can be downloaded from the link shown below.

To download the flyer announcing  the first Public Workshop click on the link below:

Public Workshop 1 announcement flyer

To view photos from the first Public Workshop click on the link below:

Photos from Public Workshop