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UM, WOW, THIS IS SO IMPRESSIVE.
I'M SO EXCITED THAT SO MANY PEOPLE WEREN'T INTERESTED IN, UM, THE VILLAGE, THE VILLAGE PLANNING PROCESS.
UM, WE HAVE OUR CONSULTANT HERE TONIGHT, UH, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN IN.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT IT'S LEGIBLE SO THAT YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS CAN GET PUT ON OUR EMAIL LIST.
AND ANYTIME WE MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE WEBSITE, IF THERE'S NEWS THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW, WE'LL SEND OUT AN EMAIL BLAST.
UM, THERE'S A HANDOUT SOMEWHERE AND WE HAVE, UM, AN, UH, THE WEBSITE ADDRESS IS ON THERE AS WELL AS SOME EMAIL ADDRESSES.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE PLAN OR PLANNING PROCESS, YOU CAN SEND IT IN AND WE'LL GET IT AS STAFF AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO IT AND, AND KEEP THAT COMMENT SO THAT EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF IT.
UM, WE DO, UH, IF YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF, OH, VERY GOOD.
I WAS JUST SO OVERWHELMED BY SO MANY PEOPLE.
UM, I'M JAMIE SHERRY, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HERE, INDIVIDUALLY COUNTY.
UH, SO I AM, UH, UNSTAFFED FOR THE COUNTY.
UM, I WILL BE INTRODUCING OUR TEAM OF CONSULTANTS AS WELL, BUT SPEAKING OF INTRODUCTIONS, I DID WANT TO POINT OUT SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.
UH, WE HAVE MR. SHARPE, WHO IS OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, UH, REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE FOURTH DISTRICT.
UH, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PLANNING COMMISSIONERS HERE.
WE HAVE, UH, MR. PATHAK, UM, MR. CHARLIE, UH, RIGHT THERE.
IS THERE ANY OTHER ORDER OR, UH, PLANNING COMMISSIONERS? I MISSED A LOT, A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, FORMER WELCOME.
WE ALSO HAVE, UM, MR. ALVAREZ, WHO IS OUR INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND JERRIANN HUNTER, WHO IS OUR DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
AND ANYBODY ELSE I MISSED FEEL FREE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF OR MAKE YOURSELF KNOWN AFTER.
UM, SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TONIGHT.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A PRESENTATION LAST APPROXIMATELY HALF AN HOUR IS GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PLANNING PROCESS AND WHAT TO EXPECT, UM, INTRODUCE SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU TONIGHT AFTER THAT WE'RE GOING TO BREAK OUT.
AND, UH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE STANDING AT EACH OF THESE AREAS WHERE THE, UM, THE EASELS ARE.
THERE'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO MAKE COMMENTS AND STICK ON THE, UM, THE BOARDS, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT YOUR, UH, YOU KNOW, YOUR PARTICIPATION REALLY STARTS RIGHT NOW.
OBVIOUSLY YOU ALL ARE VERY INTERESTED IN IT.
UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UH, CENTERVILLE IS, UH, VERY, VERY POPULAR AS FAR AS DEVELOPMENT GOES.
UM, PEOPLE WANT TO BE HERE AND THE PEOPLE COME HERE.
WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF DEVELOPMENT WE NEED TO IN THE FUTURE.
TALKING ABOUT TYPES OF HOUSING, TYPES OF BUSINESSES, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW DENSE WE WANT THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO BE, OR WHO ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU WON'T WANT TO TO SHARE WITH US, THAT IS WHAT WE WANT.
UM, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE INTERPRETING WHAT YOU ALL WANT.
WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS, BUT, UM, SINCE WE DO HAVE SUCH A ROOM FULL OF FOLKS AFTER THEIR PRESENTATION IS DONE, UM, I'D APPRECIATE MAYBE IF, UM, IF YOU COULD LIKE FOLD YOUR CHAIR UP, OR IF YOU NEED HELP HOLDING UP STAFF WILL COME AND TAKE THEM AND MOVE THEM OUT OF THE ROOM.
SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO FREELY MOVE AROUND.
SO WE WEREN'T EXPECTING THIS MANY PEOPLE.
THERE'S THIS MANY PEOPLE NEXT TIME, WE'LL TRY TO GET A BIGGER VENUE WITHOUT HAVING TO INTRODUCE DAVID HILL.
WELL, THANKS EVERYBODY DELIGHTED TO BE HERE.
UH, UH, AND, UH, JUST, UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A WAY OF INTRODUCTION.
MY COMPANY IS HILL STUDIO AND WE WERE IN ROANOKE, VIRGINIA.
UH, ALSO, UH, WE, WE HAVE A GROUP OF, UH, PLANNERS AND DESIGNERS HERE THAT I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO MEET, UH, AND THEY ARE, UM, IN, SINCE THERE'S ONLY ONE MICROPHONE, I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE THEM.
UM, UH, UH, WITH ME TONIGHT IS PETER GERARDO BRILLIANT PLANNER AND, UH, UH, ILLUSTRATOR.
UH, HE IS FROM OUR OFFICE IN ROANOKE.
THOMAS IS HERE GIS SPECIALIST AND A PLANNER.
UH, ALSO WITH US TONIGHT, UH, ARE, IS OUR, UM, PARTNER FROM, UM, ON IT.
MULDROW FROM GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, AARON, OUR NET PRESENT ECONOMIST AND PLANNER, AND ALSO, UH, UH, SEAN TAR PACK RIGHT HERE, ILLUSTRATOR AND A GRAPHIC ARTISTS.
NOW, UH, THIS TEAM WILL BE THE, THE GROUP THAT WORKS WITH YOU OVER THE NEXT 10 MONTHS ON THIS PLAN.
UM, AND, AND I'M GONNA, UH, AFTER, NOW THAT I'VE INTRODUCED TO THE PROJECT TEAM, UH, I'LL TELL YOU, EACH OF THESE PEOPLE ACTUALLY HAVE A DIRECT ROLE WORKING ON IT.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE SENIOR FOLKS FROM BOTH OF OUR FIRMS AND IN EACH OF THEM HAS THEIR OWN SPECIAL EXPERTISE.
UM, SO, UH, WHEN WE BREAK, BREAK AWAY FROM THIS PODIUM, UH, EACH OF US WE'LL, WE'LL KIND OF GO TO THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE ROOM, UH, WHEN WE WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY MEET YOU AND HEAR, UH, YOU KNOW, INTRODUCE OURSELVES AND HEAR FROM YOU.
UM, AND WE WANT THIS TO BE A VERY COLLABORATIVE PROJECT ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
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SO, UH, YOU'RE NOT ONLY HERE TONIGHT.WE WANT TO TALK TO YOU AND SHARE WITH YOU THINGS AND HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK ALL THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
SO THE PROJECT ITSELF, UH, YOU KNOW, TONIGHT IS THE FIRST NIGHT OF THE PROJECT.
AND TONIGHT WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT CENTERVILLE.
THAT'S WHY WE INVITED YOU TO TELL US, UH, GOOD EVENING CENTREVILLE VILLAGE.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE THAT'S, HOW FAR WE'VE GONE.
AND, UM, SO, UH, WE WERE INVITED TO PREPARE WHAT WE CALL A SMALL AREA PLAN, AND IT'S BASED ON, UH, THE PLAN THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER IN 2015 NOW SEEMS KIND OF REASON, BUT NOW IT'S ABOUT SEVEN YEARS OLD.
IT'S CALLED THE 20, 35 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO, UH, IN THAT PLAN, UH, THE COUNTY IDENTIFIED, UH, CENTERVILLE AS THE PRIMARY GATEWAY INTO THE COUNTY, ESPECIALLY FROM THE EAST.
UM, AND SO WE WE'VE STARTED TO, UH, WE STARTED WITH THIS DIRECTION AND THE IDEA IS WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT A NUMBER OF ASPECTS OF THIS AREA AND THEN COME BACK WITH A PLAN.
SO THE FIRST THING THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS TAKE A DIVE INTO THE ECONOMICS OF THE AREA TO TRY AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON AND WHAT THE ECONOMIC POSSIBILITIES ARE.
THEN WE WORK WITH YOU ALL TO SEE WHAT YOU WANT IN THE VILLAGE, AND ALSO WHAT YOU DON'T WANT.
WE CALL IT VILLAGE PROGRAMMING.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THESE USES.
WE WOULD NOT LIKE TO SEE THESE OTHER USES.
WE TAKE THOSE TWO TOGETHER AND WE PUT TOGETHER A DESIGN FOR THE VILLAGE.
AND OF COURSE YOU'VE ALREADY GOTTEN STARTED IN A NUMBER OF ASPECTS.
THERE'S COORDINATING THE DESIGN GOING FORWARD.
SO IT WILL HAVE LAND USE, UH, COMPONENTS.
IT'LL DISCUSS DENSITY AND UNDERSTAND THAT'S ACTUALLY A PRETTY HOT TOPIC RIGHT NOW WITH YOU.
SO WE WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ONLY THE BRICKS AND MORTAR OF THE PLACE, BUT IT'S HOW YOU BRAND IT.
UM, IN PARTICULARLY THIS, THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU PORTRAY THIS AREA TO, UH, THE REGION AND TO THE WORLD? AND THEN FINALLY I TOLD THE END, WE PUT TOGETHER A LAND PLAN AND DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR THE SMALL AREA, UM, WHILE THIS IS GOING ON, THERE'S ANOTHER ENTIRE PROJECT THAT, THAT, WE'RE NOT THAT NONE OF THE, OUR, OUR TEAM IS PART OF IT.
THERE'S ANOTHER, UH, TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
THAT'S ALSO GOING ON A NUMBER OF OTHER CONSULTANTS ARE WORKING ON IT.
THERE THEY SHOULD BE FINISHED BEFORE WE ARE, SO WE CAN INCORPORATE THEIR WORK INTO OUR FINAL PLAN.
UM, AND SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS TONIGHT IS OUR MEET THE COMMUNITY NIGHT.
UH, AND THEN FEBRUARY AND MARCH, WE'LL BE DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH, SORT OF BEHIND THE SCENES, QUIET STUFF.
UM, IN MARCH AND APRIL, WE'LL HAVE A COMMUNITY-WIDE SURVEY OUT AND, UH, THAT'LL BE, UH, ATTACHED TO THE WEBSITE, UH, THAT, UH, JAMIE MENTIONED A MINUTE AGO AND WE ENCOURAGE EACH OF YOU TO TAKE THE SURVEY.
I HOPE THERE'LL BE SOME FUN QUESTIONS ON AN AREA AND, AND, UH, ROSS WORKING UP THE SURVEY AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A RESIDENT OF CENTERVILLE TO TAKE THE SURVEY, SEND IT TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU WANT TO SEND IT TO.
IF YOU HAVE A SON OR DAUGHTER THAT'S LIVING IN CALIFORNIA, SEND IT TO THEM.
WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT CENTERVILLE.
YOU KNOW, THE MORE THE MERRIER WE CAN WAKE IT WELL, BECAUSE WE CAN DETERMINE WHERE THE SURVEYS COME FROM WHEN THEY COME BACK.
SO WE'LL HAVE A GROUP THAT WE KNOW IF YOU WERE HERE, WE KNOW IF YOU'RE THERE AND WE CAN TELL WHAT THE DIFFERENT SENTIMENTS ARE ABOUT THE PLACE AND WHAT THE INTERESTS ARE BOTH FAR AND NEAR.
I'M SORRY, BUT WHY NOT PUT IT WHERE IT FOR USE TOWARDS THE HIGH SCHOOL, IN THAT AREA? THERE'S ONLY ONE GROCERY STORE AND A FAMILY DOLLAR.
I'M SORRY, YOU'RE SAYING, WELL, HERE'S LET ME TELL YOU HOW THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO WORK AND THEN WE'LL WORK.
THEY, I WILL LET ME JUST GET THROUGH THIS INITIAL PIECE.
AND THEN WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM EVERYBODY AS YOU COME AROUND AND ACTUALLY TALK TO US ONE-ON-ONE LATER ON, THIS IS A 30 MINUTE PRESENTATION.
IF WE GET SIDETRACKED, IT'LL TAKE HER OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TALK AWAY.
SO COME, COME TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR PIECE THERE.
AND IN MAY, WE'LL COME BACK FOR A MIDWAY PUBLIC MEETING AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'LL HAVE SOME WORK PRODUCTS THAT WE'D LIKE TO REVIEW WITH EACH OF YOU IN JUNE THROUGH AUGUST, WE'LL BE REFINING THIS WORK AND WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO YOU IN AUGUST FOR OUR FINAL PUBLIC MEETING AND OPEN HOUSE, THEN WE'LL TAKE IT ONTO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND BOARD IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER.
AND WE'LL BE, UH, GETTING ADOPTED, UH, IN NOVEMBER.
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SO ABOUT, UH, A 10 A MONTH WORK PERIOD.SO THE FIRST PIECE OF THIS IS TO UNDERSTAND THE ECONOMICS AND, UH, AND I'LL CALL ON AARON TO GIVE US A QUICK MARKET SNAPSHOT, RIGHT? SO ANYTHING THAT WE DO, WHETHER IT'S A MASTER PLAN OR A SMALL AREA PLAN IT'S MARKET, IT'S GROUNDED IN WHAT THE ECONOMY TELLS US IS NEEDED, AS WELL AS WHAT YOU TELL US YOU NEED.
SO WE'LL ULTIMATELY BE DOING A COMPREHENSIVE MARKET ANALYSIS FOR THIS AREA.
UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, BECAUSE WE ALSO, WE ALWAYS HAVE TO THINK ABOUT YOUR AREA IN CONTEXT WITH YOUR SURROUNDING AREA AND THE LARGER COUNTY.
UM, COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT THE COUNTY.
WE'VE GOT, UH, THE LATEST CENSUS OUT YOUR 24,727 PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY.
THAT'S THE POPULATION IN 2020, THAT'S SMALL, THAT'S RURAL, YOU'RE A SMALL PLACE.
HOWEVER, JUST IN THE LAST 10 YEARS, YOU'VE GROWN BY 14%.
IN FACT, YOU'RE GROWING FASTER THAN VIRTUALLY EVERY OTHER PLACE IN THIS REGION.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND.
WE KNOW THERE'S THINGS THAT YOU ALL HOLD DEAR ABOUT YOUR COUNTY AND THEIR CENTERVILLE AREA.
SO HOW DO WE WORK WITH THE GROWTH THAT HAS HAPPENED, THE GROWTH THAT MAY BECOME AND TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE WHAT WE HOLD DEAR ABOUT THIS PLACE? UM, A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT ARE INTERESTING WHEN WE LOOK AT INCOME LEVELS, MEANING HOUSEHOLD INCOME, OR PERHAPS EVEN, UM, PROPERTY VALUES, YOU ALL ARE AT THE UPPER END OF THE REGION THERE AS WELL.
YOUR, YOUR, UH, MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 2020, AGAIN IS 93,994.
AGAIN, ON THIS CHART, YOU CAN SEE YOU'RE AT THE UPPER END OF THE REGION.
SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE ALL VERY POSITIVE INDICATORS.
NOW, NOW WHAT EXACTLY THANK VERY MUCH.
WE HAVE TO PUT THAT IN CONTEXT WITH THE REGION.
UM, AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT CENTERVILLE ITSELF, WE'RE GOING TO BE PULLING ALL THESE NUMBERS TOGETHER.
CENTERVILLE'S, UM, MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS ABOUT $118,000.
UM, BUT THERE'S SOME OTHER INDICATORS THAT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND AS WELL.
FIRST IS THE POPULATION CENTERVILLE'S POPULATION IS VERY SMALL.
IT'S JUST DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S CERTAINLY SOME, UH, RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND EVEN APARTMENTS AND THINGS WHERE PEOPLE LIVE, BUT YOU'RE REALLY SMALL IN THIS AREA.
MORE, MOST IMPORTANTLY, UM, WE CAN'T THINK ABOUT THE MARKET AND THE ECONOMY JUST WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF YOUR AREA, BECAUSE PEOPLE COME TO THIS, UH, TO CENTERVILLE, TO COME TO, UH, YOU KNOW, COME TO THE CHURCH THAT GO TO DIFFERENT BUSINESSES THAT YOU ALL HAVE THERE.
AND THEY'RE COMING FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE.
UM, IF WE LOOK, IF WE I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT I'LL TELL YOU THIS.
UM, THERE MIGHT BE DEMAND FOR NEW LIQUOR STORE WHO KNOWS WE'LL FIND THAT OUT.
BUT IF YOU LOOK ON THESE MAPS, WHEN WE BREAK UP VIRTUALLY EVERY STATION HAS THE BOUNDARY OF THOSE MAPS.
UM, BUT ANYWAY, WHAT I WAS SAYING IS WHEN WE THINK ABOUT YOU IN CONTEXT WITH THE IMMEDIATE AREA, IF YOU LOOK, WE KNOW THAT YOUR POPULATION IS VERY SMALL.
IF YOU LOOK WITH JUST A 15 MINUTE DRIVE FROM YOU OFF YOUR POPULATION IS 336,000 PEOPLE THAT ARE WITHIN THE 15 MINUTE DRIVE FROM WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, THAT IS A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF POPULATION THAT IMPACTS YOU, WHETHER THE RESIDENTS, WHETHER THEY'RE DRIVING OUR ROADS TO GO FROM ONE PLACE TO THE OTHER, OR WHETHER THEY'RE COMING TO OUR BUSINESS TO SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT RIGHT NOW IS A RETAIL LEAKAGE STUDY.
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT COMMERCE FIRST AND COMMERCIAL FIRST, AND THE LEAKAGE STUDY, ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT DOES.
IT'S A SIMPLE SUPPLY AND DEMAND STUDY.
IT LOOKS AT WHAT PEOPLE IN A GEOGRAPHY SPEND ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND COMPARES THAT TO THE BUSINESSES THAT EXIST IN THAT GEOGRAPHY, WHAT THEY SELL ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
SO IF PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN A STUDY AREA ARE SPENDING A LOT MORE THAN WHAT THE STORES ARE SELLING, THEN THAT MEANS PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO GO OUT FOR THAT PARTICULAR GOOD OR SERVICE, BECAUSE IT'S NOT LOCATED HERE IN THAT STUDY AREA, CENTERVILLE ITSELF, IT'S ACTUALLY A GAINER IT'S BRINGING IN MORE DOLLARS THAN THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE, UM, SPEND ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
AND AGAIN, I THINK THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO THE FACT THAT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF POPULATION HERE RIGHT NOW THAT NOW THAT MAY CHANGE IN THE FUTURE.
BUT AGAIN, ANOTHER THING THAT IF WE LOOK AT THE KLT, UM, THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF COMMERCIAL DEMAND HERE IN THE COUNTY RIGHT NOW, ABOUT $425 MILLION IS NEEDED HERE WITHIN THE COUNTY.
NOW SOME OF THAT CERTAINLY COULD BE ACCOMMODATED IN THE CENTERVILLE AREA AND THE COURTHOUSE AREA IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY, CERTAINLY.
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OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT ALL OF THESE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PULLING IN CONTEXT WITH THE LARGER REGION, BECAUSE OUR FRIENDS TO THE EAST OF US IN SHORT PUMP, THEY'RE GAINING ABOUT $350 MILLION A YEAR.SO, UM, THEY'RE PROBABLY ABSORBING SOME OF THE DEMAND THAT STANDS THE REASON.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT YOU ALL INDIFFERENT SORT OF BUBBLES AROUND YOU ALL TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE, THESE NUMBERS MEAN.
ULTIMATELY, WHAT WE WILL BE DOING IS, UM, DOING A MARKET DEFINITION STUDY.
I'VE DONE THAT 15 MINUTE DRIVE TIME, BUT WE'LL TALK WITH THE BUSINESSES AND PROPERTY OWNERS TO UNDERSTAND, OKAY, WHAT IS THE MARKET GEOGRAPHY, THIS RELEVANT TO US? WE'RE GOING TO DO A MORE DETAILED RETAIL STUDY.
WE'RE GOING TO DO A HOUSING ASSESSMENT AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE HOUSING NEEDS ARE IN TERMS OF PRICE POINT AND, UM, AND HOUSING TYPE WE'LL LOOK AT EMPLOYMENT AS WELL.
YOU DEFINITELY HAVE BECOME ALREADY RECEIVING AREA, UM, AND AN EMPLOYMENT CENTER HERE AND THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW.
UM, SO, UH, WE'LL LOOK AT THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ALL THIS DATA THAT WE GATHER, EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE TELLING US, UH, BASED ON THE VISION OF THIS AREA AND START TO DEVELOP THESE ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES.
THIS IS GOING TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT WE ACHIEVE THAT VISION.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO ROSS.
SO PART OF THIS ANALYSIS GUYS IS ALSO LOOKING AT YOUR EXISTING CONDITIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WHAT IS THE, THE CENTERVILLE BOUNDARY THAT WAS JUST BROUGHT UP? SORRY, WE DIDN'T QUITE GET TO YET.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY 64, UH, IS YOUR NORTHERN BOUNDARY.
YOUR INNOVATING RYKO COUNTY LINE IS THE EASTERN BOUNDARY, BUT YOU'RE JUST EXPLORING HOW, HOW FAR WEST, HOW FAR SOUTH IS THAT, IS THAT BOUNDARY TRULY GO.
HE KNOWS IT NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED AS NEED TO BE SHRUNK.
THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE WILL GET INTO OVER THE COURSE OF THIS PROGRESS.
UM, SO, UH, IN ADDITION, UH, LOOKING AT TOPOGRAPHICAL LEAF, YOU KNOW, YOUR LAND CONDITIONS, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR, UM, YOUR DEPRESSIONS, YOUR ELEVATIONS, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE THINGS FACTOR INTO WHAT'S DEVELOPABLE AND WHAT ISN'T, UM, AGAIN, FUTURE LAND USE IS, AS DAVID MENTIONED, THE, THE 2035 COMP PLAN, UM, OUTLINES, YOU KNOW, RED BEING COMMERCIAL, UM, YELLOW BEING, UH, RESIDENTIAL AND, UH, VARIOUS LAND USES, UH, FUTURE TRANSPORTATION.
ALL THOSE THINGS ARE, UH, THINGS THAT WE WANT TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
ARE THEY THE RIGHT? IS IT THE RIGHT PLACE FOR A ROAD? IS, UH, YOU KNOW, THOSE, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT IN THIS MEETING.
UM, IN ADDITION, LOOKING AT DESIGN OVERLAY DISTRICTS, UH, THAT IS BASICALLY OTHER SET OF DESIGN GUIDELINES THAT, UM, DIRECT HOW THE ROADS AND STREETSCAPES, UH, BUILDINGS, ALL THOSE THINGS LOOK SIGNAGE.
UM, SO THERE ARE CERTAIN DESIGN GUIDELINES SET IN PLACE, AND THIS IS, THIS IS THE AREA DEFINED, UM, FOR THAT, UH, LOOKING AT PARKS AND PUBLIC FACILITIES, UH, BECAUSE IF YOU COMPARE THIS TO THE, THE COURTHOUSE VILLAGE, YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE A LOT MORE PARKS, YOU HAVE MORE PUBLIC FACILITIES, UM, IS THERE A NEED FOR A COMMUNITY CENTER, UM, AND CENTERVILLE POSSIBLY, YES.
UH, BASED ON TONIGHT'S, UM, UM, ATTENDANCE, I WOULD SAY, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, PARKS, RECREATION, SPACE, ALL THOSE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT.
AND WE'LL COME OUT OF THIS MEETING.
UH, IN ADDITION, LOOKING AT RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS, UM, YOU SEE, SOME OF THESE ARE, ARE, ARE PRETTY CLEARLY BUILT OUT.
SOME OF THEM ARE, ARE FUTURE PROPOSED SUBDIVISIONS.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY, LOOKING AT UTILITY SERVICE AREAS, UH, THIS JUST SHOWS LIKE A 200 FOOT BUFFER FROM THE EXISTING WATER AND SEWER LINES ARE SHOWING WHAT AREAS ARE, ARE, ARE SERVED AND WHAT AREAS ARE MAYBE UNDERSERVED, UM, THERE MAYBE NEEDS TO BE EXTENSIONS.
UM, SO ALL THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT TO ASSESS THE CURRENT SITUATION AND DETERMINE, AND W YOU KNOW, WHAT'S NEXT AND PLANNING FOR FUTURE GROWTH.
I'M GONNA PASS THIS OFF TO SEAN.
HE'S GOING TO GO INTO SOME OF THE COMMUNITY BRANDING ASPECTS.
SO COMMUNITY BRAND IS IMPORTANT FOR ANY COMMUNITY, WITH ANY POPULATION SIZE.
AND ONE THING THAT WE WANT TO PUT EVERYBODY AT EASE THAT IS, WE DON'T WANT TO COME IN AND TRY TO CREATE YOU AS LIKE BRAND YOU AS A PRODUCT.
SO WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE YOU LIKE BRAND YOU AS A PRODUCT.
YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO REPRESENT YOU AUTHENTICALLY FOR YOUR CHARACTER, YOUR HISTORY, YOUR ASSETS THAT YOU HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THESE, THIS IS A SELECTION OF BRANDS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE VIRGINIA REGION OVER THE PAST NUMBER OF YEARS.
AND SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF DIFFERENT IDEAS THAT WE GET FROM THE COMMUNITY.
WHENEVER WE GO IN, WHETHER WE'RE LOOKING AT ARCHITECTURE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE NATURAL RESOURCES, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE HISTORY.
YOU KNOW, WE TAKE MEETINGS LIKE THIS AND INPUT FROM YOU.
AND WE DISTILL THAT DOWN INTO AN AUTHENTIC IDENTITY FOR YOU TO TELL YOUR STORY, BECAUSE AS DEVELOPMENT INEVITABLY HAPPENS, WE WANT PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING INTO YOUR COMMUNITY TO BUY INTO YOUR CHARACTER.
THEY WANT TO, YOU WANT THEM TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE A PART OF YOUR COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, YOU'VE ESTABLISHED THIS COMMUNITY OVER GENERATIONS, AND WE WANT TO KEEP THAT STORY GOING FORWARD.
AND SO IN DOING THAT, WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR INSPIRATION FROM YOU ALL IN WHAT ASSETS YOU HAVE HERE, WHAT INSPIRES YOU AND YOUR ASPIRATIONS FOR THE VILLAGE MOVING FORWARD.
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AND SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE IN GRAHAM COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, WHERE WE DID A COUNTY BRAND, AND WE'RE ALREADY INHERITING THE IDENTITY OF THE GOOCHLAND COUNTY IDENTITY.AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING TOWARDS THAT FOR INSPIRATION, FOR COLORS AND TYPEFACES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE HOW WE CAN CREATE A PLATFORM FOR EVENTS, FOR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, FOR OTHER DISTRICTS OR COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE COUNTY, AND HOW ALL THOSE ELEMENTS REALLY PLAY A PART TO TELL A BROADER STORY WITH A SIMPLE TOOLKIT.
AND HERE'S SOME OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE SCHWAG THAT YOU CAN DO WITH T-SHIRTS WAYFINDING SIGNAGE, TO HELP PEOPLE GET AROUND THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, UPDATING, JUST TO TELL YOUR STORY, WHETHER YOU'RE HAVING A PARADE OVER THE HOLIDAYS, OR WHETHER YOU'RE DOING A FARMER'S MARKET, YOU WANT THE CONSISTENCY AMONGST THOSE EVENTS, SO THAT PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY'RE, THEY'RE PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEY SEE THIS CONSISTENCY ABOUT THERE.
AND THERE'S MORE OF A UNIFIED MESSAGE GOING OUT TO THE BROAD AUDIENCE, EVEN ADVERTISING, WHETHER IT'S PRINT OR ONLINE.
AND THEN THERE'S OTHER WAYS OF DOING IT SUCH AS FORSYTH COUNTY, GEORGIA, WHERE WE DID MORE OF A DISTRICT IN STRATEGY, BECAUSE THERE WEREN'T REALLY CITY CENTERS WITHIN THIS COUNTY.
THERE'S A MAIN CITY, BUT WE HAD THESE CHARACTER DISTRICTS.
SO WE PROVIDED AN OVERALL BRAND AND THEN JUST ALLOWED THEM TO PULL THE COLORS AND THE TYPEFACES FROM THERE TO, TO HAVE THEIR OWN UNIQUE ADDITION TO THE BRAND.
BUT WE DIDN'T NEED TO GO THROUGH THIS EXERCISE FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT.
AND THEY'RE ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS WAS BANNERING.
SO THAT PEOPLE REALLY FELT LIKE THERE WAS A CREATIVE, THERE'S A SENSE OF PLACE THAT IT JUST CREATED THAT ARRIVAL FOR PEOPLE.
AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT HERE FOR PEOPLE COMING FROM THE EAST TO KNOW THAT THEY'VE ARRIVED SOMEWHERE, YOU KNOW, LET'S CREATE A DELINEATION THAT THEY ARE IN CENTERVILLE NOW, AND THAT WE CAN CREATE THAT SORT OF IMAGE AND WELCOME FOR THEM SO THAT THEY HAVE THAT, THAT SENSE OF ARRIVAL.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF OPTIONS THAT WE CAN GO THROUGH ONCE WE CREATE AND ESTABLISH AN IDENTITY, AND THAT WILL REALLY HELP TELL YOUR STORY.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING TONIGHT, AS WE BREAK OUT AND ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ON THESE BOARDS, JUST LOOKING FOR INSPIRATION FROM YOU ABOUT WHAT YOU FEEL REALLY INSPIRES YOU ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY AND WHAT YOU WANT, WHAT STORY DO YOU WANT TO TELL TO VISITORS, TO RESIDENTS LIKE, YOU KNOW, FAMILY THAT MAY HAVE MOVED AWAY MAY HAVE MOVED TO CALIFORNIA AND, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO REMIND THEM OF HOW GOOD IT WAS BACK HOME.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO HELP YOU TELL THAT STORY MOVING FORWARD.
I APPARENTLY, WELL, IF YOU'VE GOT FAMILY THAT MOVED THERE, I'M JUST SAYING, YEAH, BRING THEM BACK HOME AND SHOW THEM THE GOOD LIFE ZONE AND TURN IT BACK OVER TO DAVID, BUT LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING TO YOU ALL AFTERWARDS.
NO MORE CALIFORNIA REFERENCES.
SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN SOME OF THE BACKGROUND STUFF, YOU KNOW, THAT THE BACKGROUND MAPPING THE ECONOMICS, SEAN, SORT OF PUTTING IT, THAT THAT SORT OF MESSAGE IS SENT.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO DEAL WITH THE REAL BRICKS AND MORTAR ABOUT WHAT MAKES A VILLAGE, RIGHT.
THERE'S A, THERE'S A REALLY INTERESTING DISPLAY IN THE LOBBY OF YOUR ARE OF UROP COUNTY ADMINISTRATION, BUILDING, UH, GOOCHLAND COUNTY VILLAGES, THIS VILLAGE STUFF.
YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR A COUPLE OF HUNDRED YEARS.
UH, AND YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT, UH, AT THE COMP PLAN, THAT'S WHERE WE TAKE OUR VERY FIRST DIRECTION, RIGHT.
AND, AND THEY SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, THE GOAL WITH THE VILLAGE IS TO HAVE BALANCED DEVELOPMENT THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY AND PRESERVES ITS RURAL CHARACTER.
UM, AND THEN IT GOES ON TO TALK ABOUT HIGH QUALITY DEVELOPMENTS, VIBRANT, HEALTHY VILLAGES, RESPECT THE CHARACTER OF EACH COMMUNITY, HIGH QUALITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT COMPATIBLE WITH THE ADJACENT USES PRESERVED CULTURAL, NATURAL HISTORIC RESOURCES, AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT SURROUNDED BY VIABLE AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY.
IT'S A TIGHT ROPE TO, TO CREATE A GREAT VILLAGE AND, AND, AND PRESERVE AND IMBALANCE THIS.
SO WE STARTED TO LOOK TO DIFFERENT PLACES TO, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE ELEMENTS OF A VILLAGE WE'VE SEEN THE HISTORIC GOOCHLAND.
WE'VE SEEN WHAT'S IN THE COMP PLAN.
AND IF YOU WILL GOOGLE THESE FEW WORDS, ELEMENTS OF A VILLAGE HERE ARE THE FIRST 10,000 THINGS THAT COME UP.
IT'S LIKE THE GAME, THE GAME OR COMMUNITY HAS FIGURED OUT.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO BUILD A VILLAGE.
AND SO ALL IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT GAMES TO TELL YOU HOW TO DO IT.
SO THAT WAS A VERY GOOD START.
SO WE STARTED TO LOOK, WHAT DO OTHER PEOPLE THINK ABOUT A VILLAGE? AND THIS WAS PRETTY INTERESTING.
THIS IS THE, THE 20, 21 BEST VILLAGES IN THE WORLD BY THE TRAVEL WRITERS ASSOCIATION.
AND, UH, AND SO WHAT WAS INTERESTING, YOU KNOW, ALL OVER THE WORLD, IT'S FROM TIBET TO GREECE, TO TURKEY ALL OVER THE PLACE,
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BUT THERE'S SOME INTERESTING, UH, THESE, AND THESE WERE THE PICTURES THAT THEY SENT THAT REPRESENTED THESE VILLAGES.BUT SO WE STARTED LOOKING AT HIM LIKE, WHAT DO THEY HAVE IN COMMON? WELL, ONE OF THEM IS THEY ABSOLUTELY HAVE, THEY HAVE KIND OF DEFINED BOUNDARIES OR EDGES, YOU AND MOTHER NATURE DEALT THESE FOLKS PROBABLY A MUCH HARDER HAND THAN THEY DEALT YOU HERE, UH, WITH MOUNTAINS AND LAKES AND RIVERS AND, AND VERY, YOU KNOW, BOUNDARIES AND NATURE HOLDS THESE VILLAGES TIGHT, UH, IT'S SORT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, OPEN SPACE RULES.
SO ANOTHER THING THAT YOU SEE WITH THESE PLACE BASED ARCHITECTURE, YOU CAN'T, YOU WON'T SEE THE TIBET ARCHITECTURE IN THE LITTLE ENGLISH VILLAGE OR THE ENGLISH ARCHITECTURE IN THE LITTLE, UH, YOU KNOW, GREEK VILLAGE.
THERE IS ABSOLUTELY RESPONDS TO THAT NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
THAT'S A TAKEAWAY, I THINK WHAT YOU CAN USE HERE FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR CENTERVILLE, THE, WHAT IS THE SPECIFIC ARCHITECTURE OF THIS PLACE AND WHAT IS IT AND HOW CAN WE, UM, REFINE IT? THERE'S VERY LITTLE SIGNAGE AND ANY OF THESE VILLAGES, AT LEAST IN ANY OF THE PICTURES OF THE VILLAGE, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE, UM, IF YOUR VILLAGE WORKS WELL ENOUGH, YOU DON'T NEED A WHOLE LOT OF SIGNAGE.
AND YOU KNOW, WHAT ELSE IS COOL ABOUT THESE PICTURES? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU FIGURED THIS OUT YET.
THERE WAS NO CARS IN THESE, AT LEAST IN THE PICTURES, RIGHT? THERE ARE A LOT OF BOATS, BUT DARN ANY CARS SO THAT THE TRAVEL WRITERS, AT LEAST THEY, YOU KIND OF KNOW WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM.
SO, SO WE'VE LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, HISTORY OF THE COUNTY.
WE LOOKED AT THE GAMERS VILLAGE, THE PLANNER'S VILLAGE, THE TRAVEL WRITERS VILLAGE.
FINALLY, THERE'S A GROUP OF, OF THINGS THAT, THAT MOST PLANNERS HAVE SUBSCRIBED TO THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF THE VILLAGE.
AND, AND THESE ARE KIND OF THESE, THESE, UH, WORDS HERE SORT OF FANCY FOR OTHER THINGS, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, ANY GREAT VILLAGE HAS TERRIFIC OUTDOOR SPACES OR COMMON OR SQUARES, AND HAS PEOPLE CARE ABOUT THE ROADWAYS, THE GREENWAYS, GETTING YOU FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER, THEY CAN BE SUB DEFINED IN DISTRICTS.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING I THINK WE REALLY WANT TO DRILL DOWN ON HERE IN CENTERVILLE.
UH, YOU KNOW, WHERE IS THE BOUNDARY OF SAYING, YOU KNOW, UM, LANDMARKS OR SPECIAL BUILDINGS THAT PROVIDE SPECIAL VISUAL CUES AND INTEGRATE VILLAGE, AND FINALLY THEIR EDGES, IT'S WHERE THE VILLAGE NOTICEABLY STOPS.
IT DOESN'T JUST SPRAWL INTO THE NEXT PLACE TO MAKE A VILLAGE.
SO, YOU KNOW, JUST A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES, THE VIRGINIA COURTHOUSE TOWNS, A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A GREAT PUBLIC SPACE, YOU KNOW, THE COURTHOUSE SCREEN.
AND YOU'VE GOT ONE JUST A FEW MILES OVER IN YOUR OWN COURTHOUSE VILLAGE.
THIS ONE IS, I THINK THIS WAS CLARK COUNTY, BUT MOST VIRGINIA TOWNS OR VILLAGES HAVE A GREAT COURTHOUSE SCREEN.
THAT'S NOT THE ONLY WAY TO HAVE A GREAT, UH, CIVIC SPACE, YOU KNOW, UH, MAYBE IT'S FARMER'S MARKET OR YOU JUST SOME KIND OF GREAT DEFINING SEVERAL MAYBE, UM, OPEN SPACES.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOT OF THEM ACTUALLY HISTORICALLY HAD MILITARY USES, BUT THEN THEY'VE BEEN CONVERTED TO MORE COMMERCIAL USES, UH, AND THE, YOU KNOW, REASONABLY SO STATUTE TOO.
BUT, UH, NONE OF THAT GETS, UH, ALL RIGHT HERE, HERE'S, HERE'S FOUR, HERE'S FOUR GREAT COMMON SPACES AND NONE OF THEM HAVE A STATUTE.
UH, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, DIFFERENT AND THEY CAN BE LITTLE, IT CAN BE BIG, BUT THEY TEND TO BE PROGRAMMED FOR A SPECIFIC USE.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA INVITE EVERYBODY TO HAVE BREAKFAST OUTSIDE.
ARE YOU GOING TO INVITE EVERYBODY TO COME TO A CONCERT IN THE PARK, UH, SPECIFIC USES AND, YOU KNOW, UH, REALLY KIND OF A LOT OF SUCCESSFUL VILLAGES HAVE, UH, HAVE KIND OF A NIGHT SCENE, HOW THAT'S PART OF IT TOO.
NOT IT DOESN'T ALL JUST KIND OF ROLL UP AND GO AWAY AT FIVE O'CLOCK.
SO, YOU KNOW, PAY OUTS, TAKE US FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER, WHETHER THEY'RE GIANT, UH, INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS, OR JUST REALLY NICE LITTLE TRAILS AND, AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR VILLAGE, YOU MAY WANT US TO REALLY CONCENTRATE ON THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF, OF WHAT THAT THOSE ARE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, UH, CITIES AND TOWNS AND VILLAGES THAT WERE DESIGNED WAY BEFORE THE CAR, YOU KNOW, SEVILLE IS KIND OF A LITTLE MAZE OF STREETS, ALL DIFFERENT SIZES AND SHAPES, MIDTOWN MANHATTAN IS THE EXACT OPPOSITE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A PERFECT GRID WHERE YOU CAN SEE FROM ONE END OF THE CITY TO THE OTHER, AS, AS CARS HAVE GROWN AND GROWN AND GROWN IN POPULARITY, YOU KNOW, YOU GET THE SORT OF SUBURBAN ATLANTA FOOTPRINT DOWN THERE THAT IS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF, A LOT OF STREET PER CAPITA, A LOT OF ASPHALT, BUT, WHICH IS INTERESTING BECAUSE IF YOU, THE RECENT STUDY BY THE JOURNAL OF TRANSPORTATION HEALTH SORT OF SAID, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE OLDEST ARE ACTUALLY WHERE THE, THE HEALTHIEST PEOPLE LIVE, UH, PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO WALK WHEN IT'S HUNDREDS OF FEET BETWEEN HOUSES.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE SORT OF HEALTHIEST, UH, UH, THERE'S KIND OF A NEAT CORRESPONDENCE AND STREET GRIDS AND, AND HELL.
UM, SO YOU HAVE TO HELP US DECIDE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF YOUR STREETS ALREADY IN PLACE, BUT CONNECTING THE DOTS, YOU KNOW, DO YOU KIND OF HAVE THIS KIND OF A WANDERING
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AS, OR DO YOU HAVE A MORE, A GEOMETRIC FORM OR EVEN A SUPER GEOMETRIC FORM, YOU KNOW, TELL US WHAT YOU WANT TO, UH, TO PUT IN A CENTERVILLE, NOT ONLY THE PAST HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, SORT OF AN ALIGNMENT THAT YOU SEE FROM THE TOP, BUT THE CHARACTER OF THE PAST MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE PERCEPTION OF THE PLACE AND WHETHER PEOPLE LOVE THE PLACE, WHETHER IT'S A SORT OF A NICE COUNTRY ROAD OR PLACE LIKE, UH, THIS IS ANNAPOLIS WHERE, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY MUCH SHARED BETWEEN THE CAR AND THE PEDESTRIAN ABOUT 50 50 HERE, OR DO YOU EVEN GO SO, SO FAR IN SOME PLACES IS TO SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, THE CARS, BUT THEY COULD JUST HAVE THAT LITTLE SPACE OVER HERE.CAUSE MOST OF THIS BELONGS TO PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE, THERE TYPES OF THE TYPES OF STREETS THAT ARE RIGHT FOR EACH AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, A GREAT VILLAGE HAS A VARIETY OF THESE, UH, DISTRICTS ONE.
AND I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN BECAUSE IT, DURING MY LIFETIME, IT'S CHANGED SO MUCH.
IS THIS SORT OF WEST END OF RICHMOND, PARTICULARLY AROUND VCU, LET'S THE VCU DISTRICT.
YOU KNOW, WE USED TO THINK OF IT AS, OH, IT'S A FEW BLOCKS THERE, FLOYD STREET, BUT YOU KNOW, VCU IN MY OWN LIFETIME HAS MADE AN INTENTIONAL CHANGE.
WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THAT DISTRICT WHEN IT CHANGES CHARACTER.
NOW, IF YOU LOOK ON THEIR WEBSITE, THEY'LL SAY, UM, THE MONROE PARK IS THE CENTER OF THE UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S SORT OF LIKE, IT GREW BIGGER THAN MY OWN PERCEPTION.
AND IN FACT, EVEN MORE RECENTLY, YOU KNOW, WITH SIEGEL CENTER AND OTHER THINGS, THEY'VE KIND OF EVEN MOVED ACROSS THAT, THAT WEST BROAD.
SO THE DISTRICT HAS CHANGED, ITS PERCEPTION HAS CHANGED.
YOU ALL PROBABLY KNOW EVEN BETTER THAN I, BECAUSE YOU YOU'VE LIVED HERE A LONG TIME.
THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN WE GET TO CENTER VILLE, RIGHT.
DOES IT HAVE DISTRICTS, DOES IT HAVE ONE GIGANTIC DISTRICT? THAT'S WHY IT WAS SOMETHING YOU ALL WERE ASKING HIM ABOUT.
IT SEEMS KIND OF, KIND OF HUGE REALLY.
UM, OR IS IT A NUMBER OF SMALLER DISTRICTS? YOU KNOW, DO YOU TAKE THAT AND, AND SAY, WE KNOW THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM THIS AREA HERE, DOES IT HAVE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS? IT MAY GET TREATED DIFFERENT WAYS.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS ON WHAT YOU THINK IS APPROPRIATE ON THAT EDGES, ON THE EDGE OF, OF THE VILLAGE.
UM, YOU KNOW, INVERNESS IS A PLACE, UH, SCOTLAND, IT HAS PROBABLY THE MOST DEFINED EDGES OF ANY VILLAGE PAINTERS HAVE LOVED IT FOR CENTURIES BECAUSE IT HAS MOUNTAINS OR CLIFFS OR, OR RIVERS.
UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S DEFINED BY NATURE.
A LOT OF TIMES DESIGNERS TRY TO CREATE THIS SORT OF SENSE OF VILLAGE WHERE IT MIGHT END AT THE FIELDS OR THE FOREST OR THE LAKE.
AND THEY TRY TO PROVIDE THAT KIND OF BOUNDARY BECAUSE IT REALLY HELPS TO MAKE THE EDGE OF THE VILLAGE WHERE YOU CAN'T DO IT AS WELL.
YOU, YOU SORT OF EVEN CAN SUBSTITUTE WITH, YOU KNOW, WELCOME TO WHATEVER IT IS.
YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF DEFINE IT YOURSELF WITH A GATEWAY.
SO THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT WE EXPLORE WITH YOU.
SO IT'S NOT ONLY THE, UM, THE OUTDOOR SPACES, BUT IT'S ALSO THE BUILDINGS.
AND PETER WILL FINISH US UP WITH A CONVERSATION ABOUT, UH, SOME OF THE BUILDINGS AND HOW WE TREAT THOSE WITH THE VILLAGE.
WELL, A PART OF OUR INTRODUCTION TONIGHT, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU OF COURSE.
UH, AND WE'RE JUST STARTING THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT, UH, ARCHITECTURAL, THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN PIECE.
AND WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT.
AND, UH, DURING OUR PROCESS, WE'LL, WE'LL LOOK AT PUBLIC BUILDINGS, UH, PRIVATE BUSINESSES, COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, AND HOUSING, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST THINKING THROUGH SEVERAL CRAVE QUESTIONS, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU, UH, AN INTRO TONIGHT, UM, YOU KNOW, STYLE IS ONE THING WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT.
WHAT, WHAT IS THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE FOR, UM, CENTERVILLE VILLAGE GOING TO BE THE, UM, UH, THE FORM, THE MATERIALS, EVEN PERHAPS THE DETAILS, UH, HERE, YOU SEE, UH, AN EXAMPLE OF A FIRE STATION, UH, TREATED IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
WE JUST CHOSE THAT AS AN EXAMPLE, AND OF COURSE YOUR, UM, FIRE STATION THERE ON THE, ON THE TOP LEFT.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT STYLE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE.
UH, DENSITY IS AN IMPORTANT QUESTION.
AND, UH, WE REALLY WANNA HEAR FROM YOU ABOUT THAT THIS EVENING.
UH, THIS SLIDE SHOWS A RANGE OF DENSITIES FROM A SINGLE FEE THAT HISTORIC, UH, UH, LOCK KEEPER'S HOUSE THERE ON THE TOP LEFT IN YOUR, IN YOUR COUNTY.
UH, THERE ARE EXAMPLES HERE OF A DUPLEX OF, UM, UH, A SMALL, UH, LIVE WORK ON THE BOTTOM LEFT THERE, AND THEN TOWNHOUSES APARTMENTS, UH, HIGHER DENSITY TO THE RIGHT OF THE SLIDE.
SO, UH, THESE SHOW A RANGE OF DENSITIES, UH, AND WHAT'S THE DENSITY, THE SCALE THAT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT FOR, UM, UH, YOUR, YOUR VILLAGE.
AND SO I WOULD JUST PUT AN ASTERISKS NEXT TO THIS
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TOPIC.WHAT IF, IF NOTHING ELSE, PLEASE, UH, GIVE US YOUR COMMENTS ON THAT THIS EVENING.
UH PLACEMAKING IS, UH, AN IMPORTANT THING WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, W WHAT ARE THE, UM, WHAT ARE THE THINGS, HOW CAN WE, UH, BUILD BUILDINGS, UH, RENOVATE BUILDINGS IN YOUR COMMUNITY THAT, UH, CREATE GREAT PLACES, MEMORABLE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO COME BACK TO, UH, YOU KNOW, A STORE IN AND OF ITSELF DOES NOT NECESSARILY BUILD COMMUNITY, UH, BUT HOW CAN BUILDINGS BE PLANNED AND BUILT TO REALLY SERVE THE COMMUNITY? THIS SHOWS SOME COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, A VARIETY OF, UH, COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, AND THEN JUST A FINAL SLIDE, UH, UH, AMONGST OTHER QUESTIONS, PERHAPS, UH, THIS QUESTION, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES THE PLANNING OF BUILDINGS AND THE, UH, DESIGN OF BUILDINGS, UH, HOW CAN THEY, UH, BE, UH, WELCOMING OF THE PEDESTRIAN IMPROVING THAT PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE, BUT ALSO, UH, ACCOMMODATING THE VEHICLE? OF COURSE, WE HAVE TO, UH, THINK OF BOTH OF THOSE THINGS AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GETTING TO THAT IDEA OF, OF, UH, CONNECTIVITY BEING CONNECTED, UH, WITHIN THE VILLAGE BETWEEN BUILDINGS AND, UH, THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS, AND I'D REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU JUST TO, UM, OFFER US YOUR THOUGHTS THIS EVENING.
AND, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU.
ALRIGHT, SO NEXT STEPS, EVERYBODY.
UM, WE'VE GOT, WE'RE HERE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR TO, TO VISIT WITH YOU.
UH, YOU KNOW, ONE-ON-ONE, WE'VE GOT, UM, UH, AARON WILL BE, UH, DISCUSSING ECONOMICS OVER IN THIS CORNER.
ROSS HAS GOT THE MAPS OVER THERE.
SEAN'S GOT BRANDON HERE, SORRY.
I'VE GOT SOME OF THE OUTDOOR SPACES THERE, AND THEN PETER'S GOT SOME OF THE BUILDINGS BACK THERE.
THIS IS THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS.
AND, UM, WHAT WE'LL DO WHEN WE ADJOURN HERE IS TO, UM, I THINK IF YOU'RE, IF YOUR CHAIRS AT THE TABLE, JUST PUSH IT INTO THE TABLE, BUT SOME OF THESE, ESPECIALLY OVER HERE, IF WE CAN GET THESE CHAIRS FOLDED HANDED, THESE GUYS, THEY'LL GET THEM BACK IN THE CLOUD.
SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF ROOM TO MANEUVER AROUND.
UM, SO, UM, SO I GUESS, YES, IT'S JUST ONE QUESTION ABOUT HOW DOES CENTER BILL THE VILLAGE PLAN ALONG WITH MANNEQUIN TOWN, WHICH IS ALREADY BEEN PLANNED AND APPROVED.
SO WE RECOGNIZE THAT AS SOMETHING THAT IS AN APPROVED PLAN.
THEY CAN GO IN THERE AND DO THAT.
UM, IT WENT THROUGH A VERY LONG PROCESS AND I'VE, UH, WORKED WITH, UH, THE CONSULTANTS KIND OF BRING THEM UP TO SPEED.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES IT INCORPORATE, YOU KNOW, THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE IS THAT FOR THAT DISTRICT, AS WE POSSIBLY SAID, OR IS THAT THE ENTIRE THING? THERE'S A, THAT IS DEFINITELY PLAYING INTO THAT.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DECIDED, BUT BEYOND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE BUILD ON, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE, WE GOT? YEAH.
YOU TELL US WHAT YOU NOT NOW, BUT AT THE TABLE.
SO THE THING, YEAH, THANK YOU.
UM, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ENTAIL? OH, WELL THAT, UM, SO IT, IT IS SOMETHING THAT IT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.
AND SO THAT, THE QUESTION WAS, HOW DOES MANNEQUIN TOWN PLAY INTO THIS PLANNING PROCESS? AND AS ALL OF, YOU KNOW, OR MOST OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW, UM, MANNEQUIN TOWN HAS BEEN APPROVED, UH, THERE'S A MASTER PLAN AND BY RIGHT.
THEY CAN GO IN THERE AND BUILD IT RIGHT NOW.
UH, SO THE QUESTION IS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO EXPAND ON AND BUILD UPON THE ARCHITECTURAL, THE DENSITY TO ALL THOSE THINGS? OR DOES IT STOP THERE? I MEAN, THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE WANT TO HEAR FROM IT.
INCORPORATE WHAT IS IT ABOUT, UM, WE CAN GET IT, WE CAN GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT.
DO YOU WANT TO MANNEQUIN TOWN IS A FREE ZONING REQUEST THAT WAS APPROVED 20, 20, 20 20.
UM, IT IS FOR THE PROPERTY THAT IS NEXT TO THE EVB BANK FOR THE FARMER'S MARKET IS IT IS A, UH, 234 UNIT DEVELOPMENT AND MIXTURE OF APARTMENTS AND TOWNHOMES.
AND THERE IS A REQUIRED COMMERCIAL ELEMENT THAT HAS TO BE, UM, BUILT.
UM, BUT IT DOES HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A UNIQUE CHARACTER, UM, THAT, THAT MAY BE PERHAPS COULD BE CONTINUED OR CHANGED OR SOMETHING.
SO THAT WILL ALL BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION.
AND JUST, JUST BEFORE I GET INTO THAT.
SO THESE, THESE WERE TONIGHT WAS REALLY JUST THE KICKOFF TO GET YOU THINKING, SHOWING YOU IMAGES OF WHAT VILLAGES AND THINGS ARE, WHAT WE WOULD BE USING, OR WHY WE CAME UP WITH CENTERVILLE IS BECAUSE THAT'S AN IDENTIFIED VILLAGE IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, THE VILLAGE CONCEPT HAS BEEN PART OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SINCE ABOUT THE EIGHTIES.
UM, AND WE REALLY HAVE NEVER LOOKED AT THE BOUNDARY.
SO WE'RE DOING ALSO THE COURTHOUSE AREA.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT ALSO, WHEN
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WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF, WE DIDN'T HAVE INFORMATION TO GIVE TO YOU TONIGHT, BECAUSE AS WE CREATE THE PLAN, WE NEED YOUR IDEAS OF WHAT YOU WANT.THIS IS YOUR VILLAGE, THIS IS YOUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE WANTED TO HAVE A PLAN THAT REFLECTS YOUR DESIRES.
SO AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AT THE END, THIS WOULD BE ADOPTED AS PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND BE THE NEW VILLAGE PLAN FOR THIS AREA.
SO THAT WOULD BE LAND USES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT'S SORT OF OUR BIBLE AS PEOPLE DEVELOP THEIR PROPERTIES.
THE FIRST THING WE DO IS WE GO TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
IS IT CONSISTENT? UM, IS THIS PROPERTY SUPPOSED TO BE RESIDENTIAL? IS IT SUPPOSED TO BE COMMERCIAL? IF IT'S RESIDENTIAL? WHAT IS THAT DENSITY? IS IT AT TWO UNITS PER ACRE? IS IT FIVE UNITS BREAKER? SO THOSE ARE ALL THE THINGS WE ARE TRYING TO GET FROM YOU TONIGHT.
AND WE WILL INCORPORATE IT IN OUR PLANS AND IT WILL, IT WILL, UM, HELP GUIDE HOW THIS AREA DEVELOPS OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS.
THERE THERE'S NO DEVELOPER WITH THIS PROJECT.
SO WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR FEEDBACK AS THE COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP THIS PLAN.
SO AS DEVELOPMENT REQUESTS COME IN THE FUTURE, WE KNOW WHAT, WHAT THE CITIZENS WANT CHANGE THE MASTER PLAN, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IT WOULD BE ADOPTED AND OVERLAID THIS.
THE OLD COMP COMP UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WOULD GO AWAY.
AND THIS NEW PLAN WOULD BE IN PLACE OF IT.
THE PLAN IS THAT'S WHAT IS GOING TO BE YOUR GUYS' DECISIONS.
THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE TO TELL US THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO BE TELLING US WHAT YOU WANT, WHAT YOU DON'T WANT.
CAN WE RECLAIM THE CENTERVILLE NAVAL INSTEAD OF MANNEQUIN TOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF CENTERVILLE, WE NEED TO ADJOURN.
SO WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE BREAKING OUT TO AREAS AND STAFF HERE.