Development WorkshopNovember 11, 2013
Vision
• Support the rural landscape• Help existing places thrive• Create great new places
Troy, TX Comprehensive Plan
Area8 miles of IH-35 maximumor 85,000 linear feet both sides
Project Goals• Stimulate Investment and Revenue Growth• Strengthen Community Image and Identity – A Stronger
Sense of Place• Emphasize Quality and Sustainable Development• Build Local Ownership and Involvement• Get the Right Implementation Tools
8 miles, make ‘em count
Development Tools• Planning• Zoning & Uses that Draw People• Historic Preservation• Signs• Economic Development• Funding• Landscaping & Decorations• Architecture• Transportation• Personnel
Regulation
“Hard rules are okay, as long as we know what they are.”Rick Duggan, Schlosser Development
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Design Standards• Cities can regulate aesthetics • Create or perpetuate a look• Exterior Design Standards and Planned Development Districts
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Development Tools• Planning• Zoning & Uses that Draw People• Historic Preservation• Signs• Economic Development• Funding• Landscaping & Decorations• Architecture• Transportation• Personnel
Thank You
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