Birch Bay Town Center and Design Guidelines

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Birch Bay Town Center and Design Guidelines
A Northwest Collaborative

• Birch Bay
• Public Meeting 4
• Saturday February 10, 2007
• Design Guidelines
• For Commercial BuildingsWorkshop

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Birch Bay Town Center and Design Guidelines
A Northwest Collaborative

• Where We Are in the Project
• Oct. 26 - Goals and Values Workshop
• Oct. 28 - Town Center Planning Workshop
• Nov./Dec. 2006 - Review of Town Center
  Alternatives by the Birch Bay Steering Committee
  and Whatcom County.
• Feb. 8, 2007 - Preferred Town Center Review
• Feb. 10, 2007 - Design Guidelines Workshop
• Feb./April 2007 - Draft Design Guidelines
  Development and Review with the Birch Bay
  Steering Committee and Whatcom County.
• June 2007 - Final Recommendations to Whatcom
  County.

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Birch Bay Town Center and Design Guidelines
A Northwest Collaborative

• Agenda
• 1000 Project Introduction - Hal Hart
• 1010 A Northwest Collaborative
• Davidya Kasperzyk, Greg Waddell
• Don Carlson Pam Beyette
• 1015 Design Guidelines Best Practices
• Site Planning and Streetscape Design
• Building Architectural Elements
• Public Art Planning
• Public Process - Private Incentives
• 1050 Break (10 minutes please)
• 1110 Small Group Workshops
• Site Planning and Streetscape Design
• Architectural Guidelines
• Public Art Guidelines
• Low Impact Design/Sustainability
• Public Access and Connectivity
• 1250 Whats Next Closure

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Site Planning Streetscape
A Northwest Collaborative
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Site Planning Streetscape
A Northwest Collaborative
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Architectural Guidelines
A Northwest Collaborative
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Architectural Guidelines
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Architectural Guidelines
A Northwest Collaborative
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Public Art
A Northwest Collaborative

• Birch Bay Art Plan Overview
• Use art as an opportunity to enhance livability,
  stimulate economic development and attract
  cultural tourism.
• Overview
• Plan for public art that fosters a
  sense of place unique to Birch Bay
• ? Plan for art that enhances streetscapes, marks
  gateways and identifies districts

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Birch Bay Town Center and Design Guidelines
A Northwest Collaborative

• Public Art

• ? Plan to integrate artist made amenities that
  augment the pedestrian experience and generate
  visual connections
• ? Plan to encourage private/public partnerships
  to incorporate art in public spaces throughout
  the town

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Birch Bay Town Center and Design Guidelines
A Northwest Collaborative

• Public Art

Goals ? Promote public policy to ensure that
the arts and aesthetic considerations are part of
all planning initiatives ? Increase visibility
of the arts ? Encourage arts related business as
a cornerstone for town vitalization
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Birch Bay Town Center and Design Guidelines
A Northwest Collaborative

• Public Art

Strategies ? Educate decision-makers on the
economic value and role of the arts as cultural
assets ? Establish an arts presence by creating
spaces in the community where artists and arts
groups can locate together in the town
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Birch Bay Town Center and Design Guidelines
A Northwest Collaborative

• Public Art

? Coordinate development of public art and
cultural activities in the Town Center and along
Resort Zone ? Develop an Art Plan with a
professional art planner to insure the quality
Birch Bays future public art collection.
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Birch Bay Town Center and Design Guidelines
A Northwest Collaborative

• Public Process

Seattle Design Review Process for Commercial
Buildings
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Sustainability
A Northwest Collaborative
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Sustainability
A Northwest Collaborative
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Public Access and Connectivity
A Northwest Collaborative
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