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CHARRETTE PARTICIPANTS

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Frank Russell Coordinator

Juliana Silveira Project Manager

Stephen Samuels Facilitator

Carolina Segura Urban Designer

Lela Estes Belmont resident

George Estes Walnut Hills Resident

Karen Ridgway Ridgway Pharmacy

L. Tony Ortiz WSU

Ruth Slone St Annes resident

Pat & Jim DeWeese St Annes resident

Steve Goens Bldg NW corner 3rd/Keowee

Juan Urbieta Urbieta ConstuctionSue Schneider Urbieta Constuction

Nanette Davis Sunriser Center

Sandra McNamara Human resident

Julio Gonzalez

Bruce Hawkey Former WSU student

Linda Roberds Burkhardt resident

Lodia Furnas Burkhardt resident

Leila Loezer Designer

Aaron Olson Planning Intern

Yoonsun Chang Planning Intern

Dominique DeLucia Planning Intern

Gary leRoy East Dayton Health Center

Dan Kennedy Eastern Hills resident

Chris Mantz Chriss Band Box

Charles Stone Jazz Central

Wayne McNamara Human resident

Diane Howe Oregon resident

Carli Dixon Atta Girl Art & Gardens

Hamilton Dixon Atta Girl Art & GardensMark Caldwell Human resident

Danielle Dumont Human resident

Joel Michael Human resident

Nan Whaley City Commission

Aaron Sorrell Planning & Community Devel

Andrew Rodney Planning & Community Devel

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Work or this project was produced by the Community Design Center in collaboration with Wright State University, City

o Dayton, and Weed and Seed Program. Also counted with the contribution o stakeholders either through interviews,

meetings, and/ or participation in the Charrette process. Among the stakeholders were David Bohardt - St. Mary

Development Corporation, Martin Kim - Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission, Steve Nutt - CityWide Development

Corporation, Lodia Furnas - Burkhardt/Springeld Neighborhood Association, Jon Zimmerman and Merwyn Rodrigues

- EPOD Ocers, Rhonda D. Mundy - Bureau o Trac Engineering, Gordon Heller - Weed and Seed, Aaron Sorrel - City o

Dayton, Andrew Rodney - City o Dayton. This report was prepared by Frank Russell.


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Table of Contents

PART 2

PART 1

BACKGROUND

Locaon

Demographics

Safety

Major Desnaon Points and Magnets

Circulaon

Trac Count

Zoning

Land Use

Observaons

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Goals, Objecves and Vision

Contextual Vision

Regional Issues

BRT- Bus Rapid Transit

Great Streets - Complete Streets - Green Infrastructure

Overall East Third St Corridor Improvements

Keowee Gateway

T.A.L.S. [Linden/ Springeld]

Findlay CrossingT.I.B.A [Irwin/Third]

East End Gateway

Implementaon Tools

Design Recommendaons

URBAN DESIGN PROPOSALS


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East Third DaytonUrban Design Charree

May 16, 2011

2728 Vine Street Cincinna, Ohio 45219513.556.3282

[email protected]


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This project concerns the redevelopment o Third St Corridor, one

o Daytons important radial streets. At one time Third St was an important

commercial street connecting both sides o the city to the central business district

and anchoring stable residential neighborhoods. Today the Eastern part o the

corridor (East third) suers rom signicant blight, vacancy, and economic decline.

This report summarizes the work o a our day Urban Design Charrette or

workshop intended to capture a uture vision or East Third St and to illustrate

design proposals to enhance the unction and character o the corridor.

The project is based on the existing Revitalization Plan o 1990, and this

charrette ollows three years o previous work developed by the Weed and Seed

program or the corridor in partnership with Wright State University. The University

o Cincinnati Community Design Center led the charrette program with assistance

rom community stakeholders, WSU aculty and sta, and City o Dayton sta.

The two main Goals o this project were to provide an urban design vision

to (a) sustain the East Third St corridor as the main connector rom the East end

o Dayton to Downtown and (b) to use the redevelopment plan or the corridor as

a means o promoting a revitalized neighborhood business center and ocus orcommunity uses.

These goals were translated into our measurable Objectives in

collaboration with the planners rom the City o Dayton and community

participation: (1) to enhance, cluster and diversiy the retail activities and character

o the Corridor, (2) to improve transit, trac and parking conditions , (3) to stabilize

and diversiy residential development and enhance the neighborhood character

along the corridor, (4) to coordinate these plans and proposals with those

completed or the 20/20 Vision Plan and The Greater Downtown Plan.

Based on these objectives, the planning team together with the

community developed a Vision or the redevelopment o this Corridor that

constitutes its spine, summarized as ollows:

Celebrating:diversity,young&old,multi-cultural,traditional&progressive;

Connecting:community,technology,innovation,jobs,art

Leading:rapidtransit,incentives,greeninfrastructure

The diagram on page 6 provides a summary o the envisioned fow and

requency o clusters o activities throughout the corridor as well as the nodes and

enhanced North-South connections encompassing: (1) a gateway at both ends

o the corridor, (2) an enhanced transit system along the corridor that includes

trolley, bus and, bus rapid transit options to link the W.P. Research Center area

to Downtown, (3) development o our high density mixed-use clusters around

identied transit stops (4) a proposed bike loop connecting the corridor to a larger

greenway system along the river and taking advantage o rails to trails program

(5) clustering o activities to support and enhance the existing business assets on

the corridor including arts and crats, mixed-use commercial-residential, businessincubator, auto ser vice, institutional, residential, community, local market, and

transitional, and (6) structure redevelopment along the corridor to support

and integrate with surrounding historical neighborhoods, (7) where possible,

reconnect the roadway network around the corridor to promote better north-

south movement.

URBAN DESIGN PROPOSALSPART 1

Goals, Objecves and Vision

Contextual Vision


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SUMMARY REPORT


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Regional Issues

Map 15. Regional Issues

The regional context within which the corridor is inserted

brought up the ollowing issues that were addressed:

Multi-modalconnectivity:Promotethecompletestreets

conceptprovidingmoreoptionsandqualityofmovement;

North-South(crosstown)roadwaycontinuity:Opennew

connections and redesign exiting ones to promote North-South

connectionandhavethecommunitybenetingfromit;

Bikeandgreencorridornetwork:ImplementRailstoTrails

program and take advantage o the proximity with the river

togetherwithgreeninfrastructureoptions;

HomeWorkPlay:Createclusterofactivitiesandcommunity

gatheringspaces;

Transitinfrastructure:ImplementaBusRapidTransit(BRT)

concept as a regional connectivity solution to tie the WPAFB

area with the CBD with provision or transit hubs with mixed

commercial and higher density residential clusters that would

benet the corridor

SUMMARY REPORT

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Library

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The Cannery

Circus

Oregon Art District

Stadium

Cemetery

Parks

Gol Course

Legend


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SUMMARY REPORT

A BRT system or 3rd street is a key planning concept or the corridor and

heavily infuences location and character o redevelopment eorts. While the basis

or BRT is passenger travel, its utility or 3rd street goes beyond mobility. Widely

spaced stops (approximately 1/2-1/3 mile) are hub locations around which more

dense mixed use development can occur because o the presence and use o

more users and higher demand or retail, service, and residential uses. This hub

development pattern promotes the gathering o commercial uses around these

hubs rather than spread evenly along the corridor. This provides opportunities

to create critical mass in terms o number o users and street vitality. It is also

in accordance with down zoning eorts by the City o Dayton to concentrate

commercial uses.

BRT is a public transit mode that uses buses to provide a light rail quality

o service at a city and regional scale. BRT combines the fexibility and low cost

o bus service with the comort, eciency, cost eectiveness and versatility o

Light Rail Transit. BRT can operate with exclusive rights o way, quieter and cleaner

vehicles, rapid o -board are collection, correct and attractive inrastructure and

short dwell times. The cost o a BRT project can be about one-third the cost o

a LRT project. BRT can be considered as a hybrid transit service alling betweentraditional rail and bus modes. (Monica T. Leal and Robert L. Bertini)

Among the benefts o the BRT, as applied to East Third St Corridor, we highlight

the ollowing:

Re-establishes3rdstreetasaprimaryconnectorbetweenthetwolargest

employment centers in the region (WPAFB and the CBD) and allows or a higher

volume o travelers.

Facilitatescorridorresidentaccesstoremoteemploymentopportunitiesand

thereore stabilizes these neighborhoods.

Reducesautodemandon3rdstreet

Incentivizeshigherdensityandmoreecientmixed-usedevelopmentclusters

at specied nodes.

Allowsforeaseofaccessforoutsideuserstocorridorwork,commercial,and

cultural assets.

BRT key eatures:

Rightsofwaydedicatedexclusivelytobuses

Physicalbarriersseparatingusebyothertrac

Electroniccoordinationoftracsignalswithbusmovements

Widelyspacedbusstopsatwhichriderspayfaresbeforeboardingthebus

Buseswithlowoorsandwidedoorsforecientboarding

VisualidentitythatdistinguishesBRTsystemfromtraditionalbuses

B R T Bus Rapid Transit

These images exempliy exclusive BRT lanes with stops in the median

Source: http://www.smallbusinesshawaii.com/2003/Oct2003-2.html

Source: http://www.dmiblog.com/archives/2009/02/learn-ing_to_love_bus_rapid_tra.html


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Great Streets - Complete Streets

- Green Infrastructure

SUMMARY REPORT

In addition to the transit and development clustering concepts that come

with the BRT concept, an overall improvement strategy was illustrated or the

East 3rd Street Right-o-Way(ROW). This includes provision or the proposed

BRT alignment and hub stops compatible with existing trolley and local bus

service as well as auto movement, auto parking, bikeways, and pedestrian

environments. Taken together in accommodating all orms o movement in an

orderly and complementary way this approach is known as Complete Streets.

Yet making East Third into a Great Street requires going urther to

provide the best possible experiential and unctional outcome or the ROW. This

includes an enhanced waynding system, attractive and appropriate pedestrian

and overall street lighting, unctional and aesthetic street urniture, articulated

walking suraces, public art, and visually enhancing landscape elements.

The landscape elements o Great Streets include street trees, shrubs,

groundcover, and ornamental plantings designed and placed appropriately

in the sidewalk and median areas to make a visually pleasing environment or

both pedestrians and drivers. Landscaping plays an important role in mitigatingpollution and the heat island eect common in built up areas o the city. In

addition, specic landscape measures, such as rain gardens can be constructed

in the ROW to manage stormwater in volume and cleansing. All o these

landscape applications are considered to be elements o Green Inrastructure

that should be present throughout the corridor. Illustrated sections provided

on pages 10-11 show Complete Streets, Great Streets, and Green Inrastructure

elements as envisioned or the 3rd Street Corridor.

The street improvements apply the airly well known concepts o Great

Streets, Complete Streets, and Green inrastructure. Overall they make economic

sense as they bolster economic growth and stability by providing accessible

and ecient connections or users, improve saety by reducing pedestrian and

vehicular confict points, encourage more walking and bicycling, and can help

ease trac congestion, and are good or air quality.

Illustrating how the 3rd Street corridor can accommodate the proposed

BRT, local bus, auto circulation, bike, and pedestrian pathways is important.

While the wider portions o 3rd Street west o TALS corner will easily t these

requirements, the corridor east o TALS corner must be careully considered.

Three street proles illustrate these concepts. The rst one applies to

the portion o the corridor that is six lanes and approximately 100 eet wide. The

second and third ones apply to the portion o the corridor that is 4 lanes and

approximately 70 eet wide.


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Profle 1

The new design accommodates, both on the inbound and outbound, an 8

pedestrian circulation, a 5 tree lining and street urniture, a 5 bike lane, two 10 car

lanes, a 10 exclusive public transportation (BRT/ Bus) lane, and 10 median which in

its turn accommodates the BRT/ bus stops.

Profle 2

This prole is typical o East 3rd east o TALS corner. ROW in this section

is only 60 eet. To accommodate a dedicated BRT lane, parallel parking must be

eliminated on the westbound lanes. Pull outs or west bound local bus stops must

be provided by expanding the ROW at intervals as necessary and possible.

This prole illustrates that in order to implement the BRT the inbound

accommodates a 10 car lane, whereas the outbound accommodates two 10 car

lanes. On both sides it accommodates an 8 pedestrian circulation and a 5 tree

lining and street urniture.

Profle 3

In the corridor east o TALS, a special prole is illustrated at the BRT hub

locations. To accommodate the BRT hub stop and shelter as well as the passing o

the inbound and outbound BRT line, The ROW must be expanded 10 eet on both

sides o the road. (This occurs only at the Findlay and Sperling intersections and is

illustrated in plan orm in gure pages18,19 and 20).

This prole illustrates the BRT/ Bus stop at the intersection o East Third St

and Findlay St or Sperling. At this location the ROW must be expanded with10 eet

taken rom each side. This makes sense when incorporated with redevelopment

on these parcels. On both sides it accommodates an 8 pedestrian circulation and

a 5 tree lining and street urniture. The inbound accommodates a 10 car lane . The

outbound accommodates two 10 car lanes.

Sketch Profle 1

SUMMARY REPORT


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Sketch Profle 2

Sketch Profle 3

SUMMARY REPORT


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SUMMARY REPORT

Ater extensive eld visits, data collection, analysis and community input the diagram

below illustrates the dierent enhancements proposed or the corridor. The color code on the

buildings indicates the type o intervention proposed, varying rom minor repairs to complete

replacement o existing structures as well as inll development. Reerence one quarter o a mile

dashed radius marks the walking distance proximity to the designated nodes or transportation

hubs. We are proposing our nodes which correspond to the BRT hubs with approximately one

mile apart. (Local bus service is still provided at existing intervals). The BRT hubs are located at

the intersection o Third and Keowee, Springeld, Findlay, and Sperling.

Map 16. Overall Plan

Overall East Third St Corridor

Improvements

KEY

Minor Repairs

Substantial Repairs

Complete Renovation

Intentional Artist Community

Gateway Elements

Separated Bikeway

Bike Path in Roadway

Bike Path to River


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SUMMARY REPORT

Hub location corresponds with existing commercial density, important

north south city street connections, and development opportunities because

o underutilization, vacancy, or blight. Development around these BRT hubs is

an important benet o the BRT concept or East Third St. Sometimes reerred

to as Transit Oriented Development (TOD), it will be aimed at medium density

mixed-use opportunities. Commercial development should retain desired

existing businesses within new multi-story buildings that provide apartment or

condominium living above storeronts. Because o the availability o transit, and

a higher number o users, more residential density can occur at these locations

increasing the existing density rom the existing 7 units per acre to a minimum

o 15 units per acre. Redevelopment o these Hub area at higher density can

result in, creating a sense o place, opportunities or events, commercial activity,

entertainment, restaurants, and unique venues. I transit is provided along this

corridor a reduction in the amount o required parking in the zoning code may

become an incentive or new residential and commercial development.


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Keowee Gateway is the West entry point to the corridor at the railroad

underpass and is also a major intersection or north-south connections. The

existing uses and structures at this area occupy bigger lots and buildings than

we nd urther to the east and this area has scattered to almost no residential

uses.

A gateway o open landscaped space with signage and Sculpture Park

is proposed. I the railway at the south edge o this area is opened as a bikeway

under the Rails to Trails program a signicant amenity will be available to

residents and it may prove to be real estate development opportunity with

residential urban lot type housing with direct access to the bikeway and

green corridor. A BRT hub at this location would precipitate multi-story higher

density buildings similar to the nearby The Cannery.

SUMMARY REPORT

Keowee Gateway

Plan View West End


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SUMMARY REPORT

Diagram 1

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To enhance the gateway aspect

o this location, a sculptural spiral ramp

might connect the grade intersection at

Keowee with the above grade bikeway.

In this area is proposed a concentration

o the Arts and Crats, Business

Incubator, Mixed-Use Residential, and

Auto business to the east.

Design Examples

Lots Water Feature Plaza

Source: Design Workshop, Google images


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From Keowee Gateway, as we move East on the corridor, we reach

T.A.L.S. corner at the ork with Springeld St., almost in the middle o the stretch

rom Keowee Ave to Spirling Ave. Here the development pattern consists

o smaller parcels and structures and is the transition rom the more light

industrial and manuacturing area at the west end to the more residential area

at the east end o East Third St. In this part o the corridor the residential and

commercial uses are more evenly mixed with each other.

This is the proposed location or another transportation hub with a BRT

stop. This area was designed to accommodate the community activities and

gathering spaces that could center the corridor as a whole and could serve the

adjacent historic district. The proposal includes the creation o a plaza and reuse

o the existing building as a community acility. A new extension was opened

connecting Bell St. to York Ave. which denes the plaza space as a ocal point

and enhances North-South access. Inll development and mixed-use high

density were also proposed as part o the TOD.

North o Third St and between Stainton Ave and York Ave, we located an

Intentional Artist Live-Work Community which is a co-housing or cooperative,

where the artists take advantage o shared acilities. In lieu o a demand or use,

the parcels in ront o the church should be land banked or uture community

use. Overall this area is a neighborhood business center oering entertainment

venues, coee places, restaurants, bars, and others everyday services.

SUMMARY REPORT

T.A.L.S. [Linden/Springeld]

Design Examples

Fountain

Street FestivalStreet Festival

Lightning Outdoor Seating Streetscape Streetscape Source: Design Workshop, Google images


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SUMMARY REPORT

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Similar to T.A.L.S., here the building types and parcel sizes are small,

commercial use is scattered, and there is a predominance o the residential use.

Following the conceptual design another transit hub with a BRT stop is located

at this intersection.

Ater the Springeld intersection the street gets narrower, changing

rom 100 to 60 wide. Because o that, near the intersection, the ROW is

expanded by 10 on either side to accommodate a transit stop. This is possible

in coordination with the redevelopment o these parcels or higher density use.

Even without the transit hub the idea or this area is densication or multi-

amily housing with diverse oerings. Today there is a lack o diversity in the

housing stock and as the community continues to mature dierent options will

accommodate a wider group o resident proles. The products include a our

story residential building three stories o apartments above retail, a stand-

alone eight amily with no retail on the bottom, single-amily townhouses

(brownstone) on a vertical conguration, another set o single-amily

townhouses with a small backyard and alley access to a private garage. Another

housing option, Granny fats , or garden apartments are units built at the back

o existing lots taking advantage o the alley access. These aord the owner

rental income. It is important to maintain the retail base or the community.

Mercantile uses are maintained at the bottom o multistory buildings acing

East Third, to create green buers to screen some o the existing parking lots,

and to provide public green space where possible.

SUMMARY REPORT

Findlay Crossing

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Design Examples

Streetscape

Gateway signage Source: Google images


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SUMMARY REPORT

Plan View Findlay Crossing

Apartment with retail

Garden apartments

Townhouse

Streetscape

Bike riendly Source: Google images


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This intersection is considered a transitional zone. The

scale and type o services that occur here are appropriate, and

the buildings are in good conditions and t well the community

surrounding it. No major redevelopment was proposed or this

location. This area is in close poximity to two other transit hubs at

Findlay St. and Sperling St.

SUMMARY REPORT

T.I.B.A [Irwin/Third]

East End Gateway

The Sperling intersection is an important gateway

as the entry point to the corridor rom the outskirts o

Dayton and rom WSU and WP Research Center. A transit

hub is located here and to create housing density, a our

story residential building three stories o apartments

above retail, is proposed or underutilized and blightedproperties on the south side o the street .

Diagram 4

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Implementaon Tools

SUMMARY REPORT

The ollowing implementation recommendations will help the

community move orward with realizing the vision discovered during this our

day charrette process.

Community Development Corporation

A CDC is non-prot organization created by communities when they want to be

pro-active to bring their own vision o development to lie. CDCs ocus mainly

on housing, commercial development, and neighborhood business districts.

Depending on the needs o the community, they may also ocus on other aspects

such as:

AdvocacyCommunityOrganizing

Jobtraining

CommunityPlanning

- The arts

- Social services

- Historic Preservation

Main Street Programs

The Main Street movement has transormed the way communities think aboutthe revitalization and management o their neighborhood commercial districts

by leveraging local assets, local enterprises, and community pride.

Main Streets are:

Economic engines

Community Cores

Historical

Places o shared memory

Places o Live, Work, and Play

Places o Identity

Main Streets Programs are created to revitalize historical areas by using business

recruitment incentives and artist relocation programs. This is done with

economic restructuring and diversication, promoting a cultural district o living

and working, capitalizing on historical buildings and pedestrian oriented streets,

and creating a voluntary organizational structure.

Typically, a local Main Street program establishes a governing board that

includes members o the community who represent business owners, residents,

and other stakeholders. A key component is the appointment o a director to

oversee the program implementation and manage volunteers. A local example

o a Main Street program in Dayton is Wright-Dunbar.

Key aspects:Businessrecruitmentincentives

Artistrelocationprograms

EconomicDiversication

HistoricPreservation

Events

Neighborhood Watch Programs

The purpose o a neighborhood watch program is to reduce crime and improve

the saety in a community. It requires collaboration amongst neighbors andwith local law enorcement to work eectively. Community concerns should

be identied and an action plan put in place. Upon implementation, neighbors

engage in eective communication via the use o emails and telephone calls to

stay current and responsive.

Key aspects:

Partnerships with law enorcement and neighbors

Reduction in crime

A more secure and sae neighborhood

Improved communications


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SUMMARY REPORT

Neighborhood Business Association

Neighborhood Business Associations are voluntary membership organizations that serve

to attract and retain new businesses in a neighborhood or business district. Activities

may include new business incentive grants, events, small business mentorship, saety

programs, marketing, and waynding. Membership costs vary depending on the level

o sponsorship. Executive Sponsors, such as major corporations might pay as high as

$10,000, and non-prots and small local businesses might pay as little as $50.

Key aspects:

Marketing and Event programming

Business attraction and retention

- Saety

- Mentorship

- Collaboration between businesses

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SUMMARY REPORT

Special Improvement Districts

Also known as Business Improvement Districts, these designated areas are an eective way to reverse decline and

promote commercial development. Their most prevalent programs are Clean & Sae and ambassadors. SIDs are

proposed by local property owners who are willing to und supplemental government services through a sel-assessed

property tax. A board o directors composed o property owners, merchants, and other stakeholders are given theauthority to undertake the related projects,

Key aspects:

Clean and Sae Programs

Streetscape and landscape maintenance

- Ambassadors

- Marketing

- Stakeholder services, such as customer surveys and data collection

Business Incubators

Business incubators are designed to accelerate the development o entrepreneurial companies through an array o

business support resources and services developed by an incubator management team and their network o contacts.

They are dedicated to start-up and early-stage companies and can be ideal tenants in ringe, low-rent business districts

or small, urban oce parks. They are oten partnered with Small Business Development Centers, which provide general

business assistance. Business Incubator participants are oten eligible or low interest loans depending on residency.

Key aspects:

Accelerate the development o entrepreneurial companies

Dedicated to start-up and early-stage companies

Provide acilities and resources

- Potential tenants or underutilized buildings in low-rent business districts

Neighborhood Council

A neighborhood council is comprised o local stakeholders residents, business owners, and landowners. Its purpose is to carry out a singular voice and vision to

address community goals and challenges. With a board o directors serving as leadership, councils aim to improve the quality o lie o their neighborhood by working

with city sta, elected ocials, and other local organizations. Projects may include community events, improved saety measures, park restoration, maintaining diversity

and equity, parking solutions, and much more.

Key aspects:

Empowered to advocate change in the community

Strong personal connection to community needs

Consists o residents, business owners, and property owners

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Design

Recommendaons

Last we want to illustrate with design examples how the dierent

elements o the streetscape can enhance the character o this corridor and

create a sense o place. We selected images o the dierent elements that

apply to the existing and proposed uses o the corridor.

SUMMARY REPORT

Streetscape Streetscape

Waynding

Integrated street walls

Strong gateways

Landscape buering

Trafc calming

Signage Street art

Source: Design Workshop, Google images


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BACKGROUNDPART 2

LocaonMap 1. Location Map

Map 2. Site Boundary

The East Third St corridor is located in the Southeast

portion o the City o Dayton just east o the Downtown area. The

study area or this charrette overlaps three neighborhoods whose

boundaries meet at East Third Historic Inner East, Springeld,

andBurkhardt;andthreeothersincloseproximityOregon,

Webster Station, and Wright View. Although Third St runs linearly

rom East to West across the whole City o Dayton the study area

is the East stretch rom Keowee Ave to Sperling St. and includes

streetrontage parcels.

The study area corridor and the area that surrounds

it, is clearly conned by Rt 35 to the south and the Mad R iver

at the north. West o Keowee the corridor enters the Dayton

Central Business Districe and East o Sperling East Third shits

to a primarily residential street with a dierent social-economic

makeup. Geographically and physically, East Third is a major

arterial or these neighborhoods. The East End and the East Third

Street area is known as Urban Appalachian, low-income, with

commercial and manuacturing uses in continuous decline.

Source: City o Dayton, MVRPC



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BACKGROUND

Demographics

Safety

Table 1. Population Characteristics

Table 2. Crime

According to census 2010 the population density or the three square mile area delineated around

the Third Street corridor is approximately 4,500 per square mile or 7 persons per acre. this represents the

middle to highest densities in Dayton with a total population o 13,100 inhabitants. This represents a 12%

decrease since the 2000 census. Even though the white population constitutes the majority in this area

there has been a signicant percentage increase in the immigrant population especially among Hispanics

which has tripled i ts size reaching approximately 1,000 people. Another shit rom 2000 is the increase in

vacancy rom 13.3% to 23.2%.

Surveys collected by WSU and participant

responses indicated that saety is always an issue

among the residents. However, City o Dayton Police

Department data rom 2006-10 regarding our study

area shows a decrease on gun related crimes but

there is no signicant change in the total crime

numbers over the last ve years.

Source: Social explorer

Source: Social explorer

Source: Dayton Police Department - OCI


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Major Desnaons Points

and Magnets

Map 3. Points o Interest

Third Street is one o the most signicant

radial arterials in the city o Dayton. It is one o the

ew that run through the city rom east to west.

It is a critical connector between Daytons largest

employment centers, the downtown oce district

and the Wright Patterson AFB and surrounding

research and tech enterprises, as well as Wright

State University. While trips between these two

destination areas are not conned to East ThirdStreet, it may be able to provide or and benet

rom higher levels o auto and transit use.

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Tec Town

Library

Hospital

School

DAHWHP

College

The Cannery

Circus

Oregon Art District

Stadium

Cemetery

Parks

Gol Course

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E 3rd ST

E 1st ST

S Keowee Ave

N Keowee Ave

Circulaon

Trac Count

Map 4. Street Network Hierarchy

The circulation map reinorces the East-

West connector aspect o Third St especially

when we look at the trac count and compare

to East First St and Keowee. East Third St carries

a considerable volume o trac. While east-west

connectivity is acilitated, north-south movement

is limited to several cross-streets that are

permitted to continue through over the Mad River.

One particularity about East Third St is the ork

that creates a natural node or concentrating uses

and density that today seems to be underutilized.

We also noticed that even though it is not the

preerable bike route in the City bike plan it is

still requently used by bicyclists because it is

residential and has little auto trac, Fourth St is

actually preered by bicyclists.

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Source: City o Dayton -

Bureau o Trac Engineering,GooglePro


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Map 5. Bus Routes

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Map 6. Existing Bike Plan

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Source: City o Dayton


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Zoning

Map 7. Zoning

Recently the City o Dayton revised its Zoning Code

to reduce commecial uses along East Third Street. Along the

corridor the zoning ranges rom urban business district (more

to the west end), transitional district, mature neighborhood

commercial district, and residential. To the north there is a

large area designated as general industrial district. Some

o the corridor borders the Human Historic District which

is an asset or the corridor but at the same time can dis-

incentivize commercial use and development because o

restrictive regulations.

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Land Use

Map 8. Land Use

Several issues are visible in a land use analysis including the

proximity o the corridor to an industrial-manuacturing cluster

which is unique among Dayton arterials. Also visible is a lack o open

spaces in the study area. At the same time i t is in close proximity

to recreational areas but in general they are not well connected.

Towards southeast there is a concentration o single amily residential

uses.

The corridor is mixed-use with commercial services dominating the

west hal and residential uses dominating the eastern hal. Overall

the distribution o land use is irregular without any identiable

cluster o business with the exception o auto service area between

Dutoit and Beckel. The corridor and surrounging neighborhoods lack

diversity in residential type with little multi-amily and ew examples

o denser single amily types like rowhouses.

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Map 9. Open Space

Map 11. Industrial

Map 10. Residential

Map 12. Commercial

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Observaons

There are three main access points to the corridor. Traveling west rom the

outskirts and WPAFB is the intersection with Sperling Ave. Travelling east rom

Downtown is the railroad underpass and the intersection at Keowee St. The other

entry point is at the ork with Springeld St and Linden Ave. There are also two

minor access points traveling north-south in the intersections o Findlay St and

Irwin St.

Although there is no cohesion along the corridor we can still identiy a shit

in building and parcel type rom one end to the other o East Third St. In general

west o the intersection with Springeld it is congured by larger parcels and

structures necessary or light manuacturing, distribution, and commercial uses.

East o this intersection exist older buildings in smaller parcels interspersed with

larger structures and parcels related to the commercial uses. The east end o the

corridor becomes even more residential generally with the small structures and

parcel conguration.

Assets and liabilities identied through eld visits and interviews with

community members and stakeholders include the presence o ethnic businesses,

entrepreneurship group, proximity to historical districts, and the number o

housing developments especially under St Mary Development umbrella. Someo the liabilities are the presence o prostitution, loss o amenities in recent years

including a School and a Recreation Center, and the presence and perception o

blight. Throughout the corridor property maintenance is not consistent in the

sense that there is no cluster o well kept or blighted structures.

Findings infuenced a ocus on three major intervention areas highlighted

in green as shown in the diagram on page 35. The rst is the west gate nearby

Keowee St intersection, the TALS ork which congures as a natural node and

ocal point, and the area encompassing three minor nodes at Findlay St., Irwin

St. and Sperling Avenue. Each o these intesections benets rom higher levels

o trac because o the cross streets and consequently have existing densities o

commercial uses that can be taken advantage o. Several o these intersections

benet rom landmark or historic structures which lend character to these areas as

potential gateways or gathering areas.

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Map13. Observation

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