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<br />· Develop select renderings of key catalytic projects to provide a means to <br />communicate effectively the goals of the master plan to the community, developers <br />and future members of the City Council. <br /> <br />All of these steps would be taken in the context of an integrated public process. <br /> <br />Based on our evaluation of La Porte's assets and opportunities, as well as our review of <br />current development policies, we strongly recommend that the Master Plan reflect the <br />following direction: <br /> <br />Develop and implement performance-based development standards beyond the Main <br />Street Overlay and Design Guidelines to implement the new Master Plan, including <br />refinement of street cross-sections to accommodate walkable urbanism. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Increase the boundaries of the TIF beyond the limited street rights-of-way within <br />Greater Downtown to capture more value for <br />needed infrastructure improvements for <br />downtown. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />· Reinvent San Jacinto as a walkable corridor <br />with a trail to extend the reach of Main Street <br />conveniently to Sylvan Beach. <br /> <br />· Create a partnership with the Harris County to <br />make the Sylvan Beach Park a true mixed use <br />tourist destination, building on the impending <br />investment in the Park. <br /> <br />· Consider Fairmont Parkway as a means to <br />bring the reach of future destination retail at the <br />SH 146 Interchange into downtown towards (i) <br />the intersection of Broadway and over to (ii) <br />Sylvan Beach. <br /> <br />· Preserve Broadway as a key connector street <br />between the emerging gravity of Main Street <br />and the reinvention of Fairmont Parkway. <br /> <br />Strategy 1.2: Prepare the City for retail <br />development. <br /> <br />The key to aggregating land is to make protective <br />acquisitions in the context of potential land swaps, <br />infrastructure coordination and potential city-initiated <br />rezoning to protect long-term destination retail <br />opportunities. <br /> <br />Retail Development: <br />Main Street and Fainnont <br /> <br />Fairmont developed as the <br />new location for the relocation <br />of some key destinations that <br />once were anchors for Main <br />Street, the seat of <br />government, the post office, <br />etc. In addition, new retail <br />sprung upon Fairmont, while <br />Main Street's declined. <br />Today, La Porte has the <br />opportunity to have <br />complementary retail in both <br />locations. Main Street offers a <br />place wefl suited for <br />entertainment, fine dining, <br />neighborhood cafes and <br />boutique shopping. On the <br />other hand, Fairmont has <br />developed as a place for auto- <br />oriented retail that is not <br />necessarily a good fit for the <br />pedestrian and tourist-focus <br />emerging on Main Street The <br />two can become a symbiotic <br />opportunity to offer the full <br />range of retail needed to make <br />any livable downtown a <br />success. <br /> <br />Forward La Porte Economic Development Strategic Plan I 2009-2013 <br />