2006-07 Objectives, Downtown Neighborhood Association

The following objectives were voted on by the membership and ratified by the DNA Board Summer 2006. 

1. Save the downtown movie theater

2. Advocate for the ongoing funding of Streetscape.

3. Provide input and participate in redevelopment and potential uses of City Hall site.
   
   
4. Participate in any redevelopment/expansion proposal for
   • Fourth Avenue Church of Christ property
   • O'More College of Design
   • Methodist Church buildings/property
     
     
5. Create a process for resident input on proposed entertainment venues downtown
   
   
6. (tie)
   Monitor condition of historic Court House and encourage County to begin restoration
   
   Continue to advocate for Visitor/Welcome Center downtown
   
   
8. Support efforts to establish a state tax credit for approved restoration projects -- determine how DNA can be involved
   
   
9. (tie)
   Monitor all downtown infill development proposals; review for sensitivity; provide comment to Historic Zoning Commission and Municipal Planning Commission
   
   Sponsor initiative to rezone section between Bridge Street and North Margin Street to High Residential (HR), leaving a single strip of Office Residential (OR) on the north side of Bridge Street
   
   Continue involvement in planning and visioning for downtown area parks: Bicentennial, Harlinsdale, Pinkerton, and Fort Granger.
   

Receiving single digit votes were

• Ensure pedestrian crossing signal at Third Avenue South and South Margin is installed
  
• Consider expansion of DNA boundaries