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Named the “Ahwahnee Principles” after the location of their formal presentation to a group of <br />public officials, these Principles include the supposition that “planning \[should\] form complete <br />and integrated communities containing housing, shops, work places, schools, parks and civic <br />facilities essential to the daily life of the residents.” The Principles also call for a diversity of <br />housing types and transportation options within each neighborhood. The environment plays a <br />central role, too, as the Principles call for respect for the natural site conditions and the <br />environmental resources of areas to be developed. At the regional level, the Principles call for <br />connected greenbelts, the locating of civic infrastructure in downtowns as well as <br />transportation networks built around both roads and transit. In terms of implementation, the <br />document calls for comprehensive planning that is community-based. <br />These principles provide support for the strategy of Sustainable Economic Development for La <br />Porte: <br /> Main Street is positioned to provide a community gathering place to anchor <br />expanding residential urban living in the Greater Downtown. <br /> Downtown La Porte has the opportunity to link this expanding opportunity for <br />urban living to the natural assets of the area including the waterfront and the <br />watershed corridors, providing natural linkages for the planned system of trails <br />that in turn will enhance the ability to attract and sustain high quality downtown <br />neighborhoods. <br /> This sustained living environment will then make service retail for tourists and <br />neighborhoods more viable on Main Street and on key locations on Fairmont <br />Parkway, providing a competitive advantage to attract even higher potential <br />destination retail at SH 146 <br />5 <br />Forward La Porte Economic Development Strategic Plan I 2009-2013 <br /> <br />