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<br /> 5 <br /> Sense of Place <br />Explore and implement smaller, incremental projects through public and private partnerships that <br />focus on building and creating a sense of place. <br /> <br />Results <br /> <br />Identify a set of guiding principles that fully encompass all the elements of creating and building a <br />sense of place. <br /> <br />March 2, 2016: The Economic Development Commission brainstormed what creating a sense of <br />place is. <br /> <br />June 1, 2016: The Economic Development Commission discussed a set of guiding principles <br />drafted by staff that was based on the brainstorming session of March 2, 2016. <br /> <br />7/6 & 9/7, 2016: The Economic Development Commission discussed a refined set of guiding <br />principles that will be recommended to the Council for inclusion in the Sense of <br />Place Key Performance Indicator under the Economic Development Strategic <br />Priority. <br /> <br />TBD: The City Council will be presented a Resolution establishing the Economic <br />Development Commission’s guiding principles surrounding creating a sense of <br />place. <br /> <br />Interpretation <br /> <br />The City will measure progress on this initiative by implementing and supporting the following: <br />• Strong Public Safety presence to ensure secure, safe neighborhoods, getting people out of their <br />homes and interacting throughout all areas of the community. <br />• Creation of gathering places or destinations, whether in plaza-type environments, at a local <br />restaurant or bar, fraternal organizations, or in outdoor dining spaces. <br />• Ensuring a connection with the schools, access to personal enrichment programs, and local sport <br />team identification. <br />• Creating traffic calm environments that are walkable and bikeable with connections to high <br />quality public spaces including parks, public art, and City entrance monument signage. <br />• Creating better physical connections to local business through high quality public infrastructure <br />such as roads, trails, landscaping, lighting, etc. <br />• Provide local support and visibility for reoccurring public events, like Stockyard Days, a farmer’s <br />market, and sporting events and providing ways for local business to be engaged in these events. <br /> <br />Response <br /> Success in creating a Sense of Place will depend on the City’s ability to support the following: <br /> <br />Community Safety