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17 <br />Sense of Place <br />Explore and implement smaller, incremental projects in association with larger public improvement and <br />redevelopment projects throughout the community that focus on building and creating a sense of place. <br /> <br />RESULTS <br /> <br />Implement the following principles that support the creation of a Sense of Place (also referred to as Place Making). <br /> Strong Public Safety presence to ensure secure, safe neighborhoods, getting people out of their homes and <br />interacting throughout all areas of the community. <br /> Creation of gathering places or destinations, whether in plaza-type environments, at a local restaurant or bar, <br />fraternal organizations, or in outdoor dining spaces. <br /> Ensuring a connection with the schools, access to personal enrichment programs, and local sport team <br />identification. <br /> Creating traffic calm environments that are walkable and bikeable with connections to public spaces including <br />schools, parks, public art, and City entrance monument signage. <br /> Creating enhanced physical connections to local busines s and public spaces through high quality public <br />infrastructure such as roads, trails, landscaping, lighting, City entrance monument signage, etc. <br /> Provide local support and visibility for reoccurring public events, like Stockyard Days, a farmer’s market, and <br />sporting events and providing ways for local business to be engaged in these events. <br /> <br />INTERPRETATION <br /> <br />In an effort to ensure substance or measurable results with regard to these principles, success in implementing these princip les <br />will be through implementation of the following amenities into public improvement projects: monument signage, roadway <br />improvement projects that are bike and pedestrian friendly and provide paths, lights, wayfinding, landscaping, bussing, and <br />trails, public art, outdoor dining areas, music in the parks, and other enhancements to public property such as fountains, flowers, <br />community gardens, and raingardens. <br /> <br />RESPONSE <br /> <br />The City Council approved the EDC’s recommended principles on creating a Sense of Place by adopting Resolution 07-006 on <br />January 24, 2017. These principals were incorporated into the Comprehensive Plan and will be promoted through it. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />