A public workshop help in North Port St. Joe, Florida, July 2016

1. Updating
the North Port St.Joe Master Plan
July 2016
North Port St. Joe
P. A . Cproject area committee

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2009 Master Plan existing conditions

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The implementation process
Public
meeting
No. 1
Public
meeting
No. 2
Public
meeting
No. 3
Laying the foundations of
redevelopment
Defining the identity of
the community
The illustrative
master plan
PHASE
TWO
Creating the
redevelopment
tools for North
Port St. Joe
Commence
PHASE ONE

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Laying the foundations of redevelopment
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Wider
community
support
Project area
committee
An
implementatio
n arm
Other
stakeholders
Local property
owners

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Today’s Agenda
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✦ Six opportunity
zones
✦ Six points of
focus
✦ Four new potential
priorities
Updating the 2009 Master Plan
WHAT DO
YOU
THINK?
But above all….

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Martin Luther King
Boulevard
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✦ Historical significance
✦ Infrastructure
✦ New mix of uses
✦ Security & affordability
✦ Linkages & access
2009 PRIORITIES
& THEMES

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Martin Luther King
Boulevard
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✦ Loss of ‘town center’
connector to Reid Avenue
but
✦ A growing number of
MLK property owners
want to take an active role
in redevelopment
WHAT HAS
CHANGED?
M I L L R E D E V E L O P M E N T

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Martin Luther King
Boulevard
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✦ MLK Boulevard has
more importance than
ever as a driver of
redevelopment.
✦ What is our inspiration?
WHAT ARE THE
IMPLICATIONS OF
CHANGE?
A v e n u e A
A v e n u e D
M L K

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Martin Luther King
Boulevard
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REMEMBERING
MAIN
STREET

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Gant’s Preschool
Starlight Restaurant
Eara Buie’s Beauty Shop
Mary Riley’s Beauty Shop
Adele Jackson’s Boarding House
Driesbach’s Dry Cleaners
Alma Bryant’s Beauty Shop
Ike Mincy’s Taxi Service
Mamie Gafney’s Beauty Shop
Eva Gant’s Beauty Shop
Peters’ Laundromat
Eddie Beverly’s Bait Business
Allen’s Grocery
King’s Barber Shop
Georgie Boy’s Restaurant
Portia’s Beauty Shop
Dow McNair’s Store
Gardner’s Store
Club Heatwave
Clara’s RestaurantJones’ Market
Russ’ Hair Care
Big 10 Club House
Hall’s Dentistry, Drug & Liquor Store
Williams’ Funeral Home
King’s Service Station
Bell’s Store
Harris’ Beauty Shop
Campus Corner
Dixie Jewelry
Peters’ Grocery
The Tavern
The Pool Room
Walter Duren’s Grocery
Sanders’ Grocery
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Stallworth’s Grocery
Junior Davis’ Barber Shop

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THE REBIRTH
OF
MAIN STREET
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Bourbon Street, New Orleans

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Martin Luther King
Boulevard
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WHAT DO
YOU
THINK?

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Highway 98
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✦ A network of
gateways
✦ Infrastructure
upgrade
✦ Retail uses
2009 PRIORITIES
& THEMES
PMENT
Highway 98
MLK

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Highway 98
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✦ A network of
gateways
✦ Infrastructure
upgrade
✦ Retail uses
2009 PRIORITIES
& THEMES
ML K
Highway
98
Retail
and offices

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Highway 98
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✦ The proposed Port’s
industrial land use
has replaced the
mixed use waterfront
that the St. Joe
Company envisioned.
WHAT HAS
CHANGED?
LOPMENT
Hig hwa y 9 8
Port Planning Area

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✦ The gateways and
the Highway 98
frontage must be
rethought.
WHAT ARE THE
IMPLICATIONS OF
CHANGE?
Highway 98
P O R T
S T U D Y
A R E A
H i g h w a y 9 8
ML K
BC AD
? ?
?
B u f f e r

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Highway 98
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WHAT DO
YOU
THINK?

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George Washington
High School
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✦ Preserve buildings.
✦ Add new service-
based uses.
✦ Connect Robbins
and Garrison
Avenues.
2009 PRIORITIES
& THEMES
Garrison Avenue
Robbins Avenue
Highway 98
Washington H.S.
campus

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✦ The proposed Port’s
rail system will be
difficult to cross.
✦ Port City Trail is being
promoted to the
growing Tourism
market
WHAT HAS
CHANGED?
George Washington
High School

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✦ Nathan Peters Jnr. Park
should be connected to
the City Trail.
✦ The High School
campus remains an
underutilized citywide
and regional resource
WHAT ARE THE
IMPLICATIONS OF
CHANGE?
George Washington
High School
Existing
PORT CITYTRAIL
system
Extended
PORT CITYTRAIL
system
Washington H.S

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George Washington
High School
WHAT DO
YOU
THINK?

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Avenue A & the
new town center
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✦ Ball field: a park and
entertainment center
✦ Open air commercial uses
✦ Neighborhood
connectivity
✦ Government &
institutional uses
✦ Connecting MLK
Boulevard to Reid Avenue
2009 PRIORITIES
& THEMES

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Avenue A & the
new town center
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✦ Ball field has been
dismantled
✦ St Joe Company’s
‘armature’ concept
has gone.
✦ Reid Avenue
connection was a
missed opportunity
WHAT HAS
CHANGED?

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✦ The St Joe Company
remains the major
stakeholder
✦ Create a new set of
priorities for Avenue A
✦ Explore the potential for
joint ventures with the
Company as landowner
WHAT ARE THE
IMPLICATIONS OF
CHANGE?
Avenue A & the
new town center
DC EA B
Avenue A
MLK

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Avenue A & the
new town center
WHAT DO
YOU
THINK?

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The railroad corridor
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✦ Provides a means of
public access
throughout North Port
St. Joe
✦ Has a historical aspect
that could be promoted
2009 PRIORITIES
& THEMES

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The railroad
corridor
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✦ If the Port is built, the rail
corridor will become much
more active.
✦ This raises the need for
health & safety planning
for the local community
WHAT HAS
CHANGED?

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✦ The community
should work with the
railway operator to
devise alternative
plans for public access
and buffering of the
railway corridor.
WHAT ARE THE
IMPLICATIONS OF
CHANGE?
The railroad
corridor

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WHAT DO
YOU
THINK?
The railroad
corridor

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Vacant land
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✦ Parking
✦ Green space
✦ Street vendors
✦ Music
2009 PRIORITIES
& THEMES

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Vacant land
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✦ An increase in vacant
land
✦ The opportunity for
land assemblies
WHAT HAS
CHANGED?

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✦ Land assemblies allow
comprehensive and
financially sustainable
community
redevelopment
WHAT ARE THE
IMPLICATIONS OF
CHANGE?
Vacant land

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WHAT DO
YOU
THINK?
Vacant land

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The master plan’s six points of focus
Mixed use
development
Community
identity
Smart
Streetscapes
Open spaces
Jobs
Assemblies

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Mixed use
development
Assemblages
Jobs
Open space Smart streetscapes
Community identity
Mixed use

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Community
identity
Assemblages
Jobs
Open space Smart streetscapes
Community identity
Mixed use

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Smart
streetscapes
Assemblages
Jobs
Open space Smart streetscapes
Community identity
Mixed use

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Smart streetscapes and the watershed
Assemblages
Jobs
Open space Smart streetscapes
Community identity
Mixed use
Depot C reekGeorge Washi ng to n
Swam p

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Open space
Assemblages
Jobs
Open space Smart streetscapes
Community identity
Mixed use

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Mixed use
development
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WHAT DO
YOU
THINK?
Smart
streetscapes
Community
identity
Open spaces

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Land Assemblies
Assemblages
Jobs
Open space Smart streetscapes
Community identity
Mixed use
BEFORE

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Land Assemblies
Assemblages
Jobs
Open space Smart streetscapes
Community identity
Mixed use
AFTER

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Employment
opportunities
Assemblages
Jobs
Open space Smart streetscapes
Community identity
Mixed use

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Employment
opportunities
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WHAT DO
YOU
THINK?
Land
assemblage

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New priorities for discussion
Local tourism
Local culture
Local resources
A place for
everyone

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Local tourism
Local resources
A place for everyone
Local culture
Local tourism

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Heritage &
culture
Local resources
A place for everyone
Local culture
Local tourism
Project Row Houses, Houston, TX
Rick Lowe, artist & community organizer

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Regional
natural
resources
Local resources
A place for everyone
Local culture
Local tourism

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A place for
everyone
Local resources
A place for everyone
Local culture
Local tourism

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Local tourism
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WHAT DO
YOU
THINK?
Local resources
Heritage & culture
A place for
everyone