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The draft East Franklinton Creative Community District Plan has been released for public comment by the city of Columbus and can be found here. The plan has been scheduled to be heard by the Franklinton Area Commission on September 11th, afterwards it will be forwarded to the Columbus Development Commission then submitted in October to City Council. Questions can be directed to Mark Dravillas, Neighborhood Planning Manager, at 614-645-6823.
A hardcopy of the draft plan is available for public review at the Franklinton Branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library at 1061 W. Town Street.
The East Franklinton Creative Community District Plan is a planning effort with several major components: public engagement to understand the values and interests of the community, as well as the arts community in growing a “creative district”; very detailed market studies to understand fully the residential, retail and office markets and their potential in this district; an urban design approach to guaranteeing reinvestment occurs in an organic fashion commensurate with the grittiness of East Franklinton; and an implementation strategy that brings all parties together to jointly move forward on a common vision.
The city has established a working group with representatives from the Planning, Economic Development and Housing Divisions, Franklinton Development Association, Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority, and developer Urban Smart Growth. The city has hired a multi-disciplinary consulting team being led by Goody Clancy, an urban design and planning firm headquartered in Boston (Goody Clancy has done several plans in Columbus, working with the city on Weinland Park Neighborhood Plan and the University/High Street Plan).
The planning process will be about 12 months in duration and a final plan should be proposed as an amendment to the Franklinton Plan (2003) in the summer of 2012. This website will be used to post numerous documents as the plan unfolds, as well as meeting notices and surveys.
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