Liberty District Master Plan for Redevelopment Columbus, Georgia

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Liberty DistrictMaster Plan for
RedevelopmentColumbus, Georgia
KPS Group, Inc / JRA Architects
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The Liberty District

• Agenda for this meeting
• Planning Process
• Liberty District Workshop
• Strategic Redevelopment Concept
• Physical Plan for Redevelopment
• Overall Implementation Strategy

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The Liberty District

• Redevelopment Planning Process
• Analysis and evaluation of opportunities
• Liberty District workshop
• Strategic redevelopment concept
• Public improvements concept
• Plan implementation concept
• Redevelopment plan and program

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The Liberty District

• Inventory and Analysis
• Property and ownership
• Historic resources
• Flood prone areas
• Land use
• Traffic

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The Liberty District
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The Liberty District
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The Liberty District Workshop

• Assets
• Liberty Theater
• Mildred Terry Library
• Ma Rainey House
• Spencer House
• Sconiers Building
• BTW Housing
• Liberty Gardens
• Stockade
• Bus service

• Places of worship
• Masonic Lodges
• Funeral homes
• Pierce Medical Bldg
• Porter Social Club
• Top Hat Café
• Royal Café
• Cemeteries

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The Liberty District Workshop

• Liabilities
• Substandard buildings
• Lack of community
• Poor economic base
• Inappropriate zoning
• Minimum sidewalks
• Poor landscaping
• Poor streetscape
• Flooding
• Railroad

• No grocery store
• No drug store
• Poor lighting
• Poor parking
• Lummus Building
• Inappropriate signs
• Salvage operations
• Veterans Parkway gateway quality

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• Vitality
• Post Office
• Basic services
• Essential retail
• Grocery store
• Sustainable activity
• Historic trail upgraded
• Attractive to ALL people
• People living and working in the district

• Vision for the District
• Heart of the District the Liberty Theater
• Entertainment for all
• Arts District CSU Performance venue
• Clean and well lighteda sense of security
• Quality sidewalk environment
• Village green

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• Opportunities to Realize the Vision
• Civic and entertainment center
• Performing Arts Center and High School
• Health care clinic
• City investment as incentives for private
  investment
• Public and civic amenities to draw visitors
• Grocery store, mixed retail and service
• Housing mixtypes and income
• BTW reinvestment

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The Liberty District Workshop

• Constraints to Correct and Overcome
• Mindsetperception the district is For Blacks
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• Lack of a common focus for redevelopment
• Absentee ownership
• Drainage problems
• The railroad tracks
• Current zoning

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• Major Goals of District Redevelopment
• Renew a sense of community by enhancing the
  Liberty Theater as the heart of the district
• Improve the quality of life by investing in
  revitalized streets, public spaces and a renewed,
  healthy housing stock
• Get more eyes on the street by infilling
  residential areas with traditional, street-front
  mixed housing
• Attract diversified investment by creating and
  supporting public-private partnerships