City of Tempe General Plan for 2040
When looking towards the future, planners and city managers often refer to the creation of a general plan. This document, which is updated every ten to twenty years, describes how the city plans to grow and develop within a range of different aspects. Concerning the city of Tempe’s general plan, the local government set out to predict how the city will look and function. This prediction is centered on a proposed rise in population and how those new residents, along with current ones, will be affected by the necessary change in infrastructure, economic strength, and sustainability.
As outlined in the Tempe 2040 general plan, the major vision that has been decided focuses on making the city “diverse, active,
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These range from land use and development to conservation. More specifically, this assessment will focus on the land use and development chapter. This chapter focuses primarily on the second and third major themes of the plan. It looks at how different areas within Tempe are divided now and how they will be used, or redistributed within the next twenty years. Different areas are also planned to be divided based on different elements that represent important community and land use values. These include: neighborhood and historic preservation, community design, and neighborhood revitalization. The plan attempts to use these specified elements to designate the function and aesthetic of each …show more content…
There are eleven specific goals, however the first most effectively represents the proposed land use of the general plan. This is developing various urban hubs that function as mixed-use centers. This goal is significant to the proposed land use plan, as it will increase the residential density throughout Downtown Tempe. In addition, by accomplishing this, the city will be theoretically providing residents with new efficient housing, usable open space, and related retail. This general plan states that these new mixed-use hubs will better connect the city by encouraging public transportation, utilizing parks and various forms of open space, and by celebrating existing historic areas around the city. Also included in this section is a map showing the locations of current and proposed land use hubs. The largest of these encompasses Downtown Tempe and others of various sizes are spread throughout the City. The largest hubs are located at specifically established businesses and regions, however there are some proposed ones that will be located at busy
The Crossroads development has dominated the local conversation in Mahwah for the past 9 months. Over the past few years, the Crossroads Developers had put forth various proposals for development of the site, only to have them rejected by the Mahwah Township Council. This past March, the Developer once again came to the Council in order to ask that their property be rezoned from office use to mixed-use/retail to allow for the construction of a complex of retail stores, restaurants, a movie theater, hotel and office space. Over 400 residents attended the March 31 meeting to express their opposition to the development. This unprecedented turnout by Mahwah residents, unlike any the Council had seen before, should have been enough for the Council to realize that a decision to rezone the property may not be in the best interests of Mahwah residents. Instead, the Council voted 4-2 to allow for the property to be rezoned.
Because of the amount of overdeveloped areas that are now vacant, the desire to renovate old vacant properties and land plots has all but disappeared. What if there was a beneficial solution to unused land plots in need of rehab and redesign? What if, instead of paving over every leftover inch of grass and dirt in urban areas to make room for more parking for our daily commuting polluters, we instead reinvent that land for a purpose that is both beneficial to our
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She also introducing new urban building standards. This this article she talks about, the idea some people have of tearing it down and rebuilding. She also talks about ideas people have about some parts of towns. In Boston, she talks about the area of North End, and the change that it was over gone. During her second visit to this area, she discovered that it had changed. She talked to other about it, although the statistic were higher than the city, the people still saw it as a slum. They felt that they needed to tear it down in order to build something better. This leads to the conclusion that the urban planners to do understand that the people of the city need. They have ideas that were developed years ago that they are still using. These ideas do not take account what the people want. The author also introducing new ideas of a perfect city to live in and what it would look like. The idea of a garden city was introduced. This city would be built around a park. Although the new ideas sounded great they could not be put into place today. The idea of a Garden City is something that sounds nice, but it is not possible in society today. Today a city should reflect economic status, and in order to achieve this the city should be big, and convey an image of power. A city that has aspects of nature in it would not convey that image. That upkeep of a city of that kind would also be difficult. The do understand the author's point of view. The planners often times do not take into account the desires of the people. The town that I grow up in want to become more urbanized. In order to do this, they are building a large shopping center. This shopping center is located in the canyon rim. This canyon rim has been important the people for many years. We come to the area to walk, what bass jumpers, and enjoy the scenic views. This new shopping center took away this area. Many of the people
A new phenomenon happening in our city is the rebirth of many of our older and rundown areas. One of the best examples of this is the "Soulard" area of town, which now has an established nightlife as well as exquisite historical antique homes. Lafayette Square has also enjoyed the same type of success as Soulard. It is still in the middle of a high crime area, but is populated by upper-class people with beautiful homes with elaborate wrought iron fences and intricate security systems. This trend of fixing up old flats is spreading out from the areas of Soulard and Lafayette Square to neighboring communities at a rapid pace. The Compton Heights area is coming back with rebuilt old Victorian styled houses and private gated streets that contrast the French styled flats of Soulard. The Shaw and Tower Grove area are also following the lead of revitalization similar to these charming old neighborhoods.
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Residential, commercial and industrial development is the largest contributors to landscape change in the state of New Jersey. When buildout occurs in one region, development pressure begins in another, virtually insuring the Megalopolis concept of one huge urban corridor stretching between Boston and Washington D.C. Year after year, farmland dwindles, roads become congested, and more residents are left to compete for diminishing natural resources. Desperate measures and newer technologies are incorporated to replace poor planning and lack of vision on behalf of decision-makers caught between competing interests. When the long term health and wellbeing of the established population and the short term gain of a limited number of people compete for vital natural resources there should be no question who's interests should prevail.
Urban planning is an interesting job that is necessary for the function of almost all modern communities. Urban planners work most often for local governments and plan out new developments and means of transportation, devise the most economically profitable and environmentally friendly layouts for buildings and towns, and even plotting out how to make the surrounding environment more aesthetically pleasing (“Urban and Regional Planners.”). Potential candidates for this occupation are almost always required to have skills in areas such as active listening, speaking, reading comprehension, critical thinking, and decision making (“Explore Careers :: Urban and Regional Planners.). It is growing at about an average pace, with a ten percent growth predicted between 2012 and 2022, from the current 38,700 jobs to 42,700. The pay is fairly high, with a national median pay of $65,230. Urban planners usually work normal work hours as well as extra time for meeting with colleagues and teammates. The vast majority of them work in local government, and they work in offices for the planning portion and travel to work sites to see the outcome and evaluate possible decisions. Urban planning is separated in...
Finally, this paper will explore the “end product” that exists today through the works of the various authors outlined in this course and explain how Los Angeles has survived many decades of evolution, breaking new grounds and serving as the catalyst for an urban metropolis.
* Develop a regional land-use plan in collaboration with local communities, local governments, ministry officials, non-governmental organizations and universities.
The purpose of this vision. Which explains why Marriott choose this vision and who is involved.
It was planned on a concentric pattern with open spaces, public parks and six radial boulevards (type of large road running through a city) extending from centre. It will combine the town and country to
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A special vision is a ‘strategic, overarching spatial framework to guide major development activities and to cope with the pervasive force of the changing spatial structure’ (it is defined by Wong 2002). There were two types of broad tradition on national spatial visions which are: the European tradition of stand-alone spatial planning, which was brought by The Netherlands and the mainly east or South East Asian tradition of development planning which was five years development plans (Mathe,
A Destination Management Plan (DMP) is a shared vision and blueprint on how to manage a destination, and communicates the roles of each stakeholder and what actions they are responsible for. DMPs should cover the following details: