Extended Downtown

Overview

Many residential properties in the older, central sections of the city suffer from a significant lack of maintenance and blight caused by declining economic conditions. Multifamily residential neighborhoods sit closer to the downtown core and mostly comprise the city’s older housing stock. Houses in these areas have been converted over time to include single-family, two-family and multifamily housing and businesses. Surrounding single-family neighborhoods at the perimeter of the city typically contain tree-lined streets with two- and three-story houses uniformly set back from the street.

Opportunities

These areas have a rich stock of residential buildings with a strong identity.

Benefits

Continuation of these uses on a manageable scale will provide necessary affordable-housing and property-investment opportunities within a defined district where future streetscape improvements and existing infrastructure support would promote attractive and stable neighborhoods.