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<br />Future Direction of the Bay Front <br /> <br /> <br />ƐŵĂůůůŽƚƐǁŝƚŚŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůŽǁŶĞƌƐ͘DŽƐƚŽĨƚŚĞĞdžŝƐƚŝŶŐƐƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĞƐĂůŽŶŐƚŚĞďĂLJĂƌĞŽůĚĞƌĂŶĚŵĂŶLJĂƌĞŝŶ <br />ĚŝƐƌĞƉĂŝƌ͘KůĚƉŝĞƌƐĂŶĚƉŝůŝŶŐƐůŝƚƚĞƌƚŚĞĐŽĂƐƚĂůǁĂƚĞƌƐ͘dŚĞƌĞŝƐǀŝƌƚƵĂůůLJŶŽĐŽŵŵĞƌĐŝĂůŽƌƌĞƚĂŝůĂĐƚŝǀŝƚLJĂůŽŶŐƚŚĞ <br /> <br /> <br />Source: 1984 Report to City Council from the Community Facilities Committee (5-Year Community Facilities Plan). <br />Meeting Future Housing Needs / Aging Populations. <br /> <br />population, like the greater population in general, is growing older. As <br />such, there will be an increased demand for adequate services <br />Problems in housing will <br />become increasingly evident now that the first wave of baby- <br />boomers is entering retirement; this is because Post-World War II <br />suburban housing was primarily designed for young working <br />families, not an older population. While the current housing stock <br />in La Porte does not meet the needs of an aging population <br /> <br />facilitate new <br /> <br />An aging population, like these La <br />development (e.g., higher density, mixed use, residential housing <br />Porte residents at the Senior <br />areas that have universal design accommodations, low <br />Center, will require adaptations to <br />maintenance responsibilities, and walkable connections to La <br /> that may be better suited to <br />regulations. <br />accommodate this demographic shift. <br /> <br /> <br />. During the public participation <br /> <br />Source: City of La Porte website. <br />efforts, repeated conversations turned to the fact that there <br />exists a separation of east and west La Porte. Often it was expressed in <br />simple statements such a <br />1.19 <br /> <br />2.ŗş Adopted July 20, 2009 <br />Plan Context <br /> <br />