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<br /> <br />PUBLIC HEARING DRAFT SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 <br />Future Direction Main Street. Like the Sylvan Beach <br />area, Main Street and the downtown area, have a great ability to <br />change the fabric of the community and are an important part of <br />investment, they worked in partnership with the La Porte <br />Economic Development Corporation and recently completed the <br />Gateway Project, the Five Points Town Plaza, and other <br />infrastructure improvements. As a result of this investment, <br />Main Street is on the cusp of attracting new businesses. To stitch <br /> <br />these improvements together in a well-coordinated manner and <br /> <br />to compliment them with an overall economic and <br />redevelopment strategy; a downtown master plan is warranted. <br />This plan would expand upon the general guidance of this plan <br />to spell out the specific improvements, funding needs and <br />sources, and organization to accomplish its own vision (see <br />inset). <br />Future Direction Sylvan Beach/Bayfront Areas. The <br />2001 Comprehensive Plan referred to the bayfront area as the <br /> <br />Recently, the City partnered with Harris <br />Through a well-planned and <br />County, the Texas General Land Office, and the Army Corps of <br />coordinated effort, Main Street will <br />Engineers to renourish and expand Sylvan Beach Park. The <br />citizens loved the reinvestment and the youth indicated that it <br />top tourism destination. <br />was one of top places they could hang out in within the City. <br /> <br />However, it was clearly articulated during the public <br />Source: Kendig Keast Collaborative. <br />participation efforts, that the community feels that the Sylvan <br />Beach area has yet to reach its potential as a top regional tour <br />destination. A limitation often cited was a <br />near Sylvan Beach; no places to eat or shop. Further, both physi <br />cultural connections to the greater community could be made. Som <br />view these factors as limiting La Porte from rethe <br />must be <br />made as to the future of this area, e.g., coordinating with the <br />determine future of the Sylvan Beach Pavilion damaged by Hurrica <br />and determining if and when the City is ready to commit to its p <br />attraction. As seen in the inset, these are not new issues they just need <br />to be further addressed in this plan (see inset next page). <br /> <br />1.18 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />