Kevin Collison covered the Grand Boulevard Streetscape Project in Tuesday’s Kansas City Star.
After six months of community meetings and study, backers of the “Make Grand Grand” endeavor have a draft plan to transform the dreary concrete runway that bisects downtown Kansas City into a gracious tree-lined boulevard.
The planning team presented the following presentation at the third community meeting. It reviews the process and work done up to this point and presents the design to transform Grand Boulevard into a green, complete, and beautiful street. The presentation also outlines the three potential themes for materials, lighting, and furniture and the results of the voting exercise.
You’re invited to the third community meeting of the Grand Boulevard Streetscape Plan project.
Come see the proposed scenario for a complete, green, and beautiful Grand Boulevard. We have taken your input from the last public meeting on the three potential street sections and have laid out the entire length of Grand Boulevard with bike and pedestrian improvements and more trees. Share your ideas about the proposed scenario and thoughts on materials, lights, benches, and other street amenities and furniture you would like to see on Grand.
View the last meeting’s presentation with the three street sections here.
Spread the word! Share this post on your social networks. Download the poster and display at your workplace. Help us gather support for this important project to enhance this community asset!
The planning team gave the following presentation at the second Grand BLVD community meeting. It includes three potential scenarios for transforming Grand to a pedestrian and bicycle friendly corridor. Click through to see the pros and cons of each scenario and be sure to tell us what you think on ideas.grandblvdkc.com.
The second Grand Street Streetscape Project community meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, October 18th from 6-8pm. The meeting will be held at the Terrace on Grand, 1520 Grand Blvd., Floor 3. The planning team will present the conceptual design options and strategies for the future development of the corridor. These design options will incorporate the ideas and feedback from the first community meeting and the ideas shared on ideas.grandblvdkc.com.
Jesus Lopez-Gomez of the Dos Mundos Newspaper covered the Grand Boulevard Streetscape project. Read the article by clicking the image below:
Can bicycle infrastructure improvements spur development? The answer seems to be yes in Portland, Oregon, according to this article in the New York Times.
Until recently, Portland’s bike initiatives focused on improving the transportation infrastructure, said Roger Geller, the city’s bicycle coordinator. But as businesses awaken to the purchasing power of cyclists, “bicycle-supported developments” are also beginning to appear around town, Mr. Geller said. These are residential and commercial projects built near popular bikeways and outfitted with cycling-related services and amenities.
What do you think? Come the the community meeting on October 18th from 6:00 to 8:00 at the Terrace on Grand (1520 Grand Blvd. 3rd floor), or submit your idea on ideas.grandblvdkc.com!
You’re invited to the first community meeting of the Grand Boulevard Streetscape Plan project. Come share your ideas for the future of this corridor.
Spread the word! Share this post on your social networks. Download the poster and display at your workplace. Help us gather support for this important project to enhance this community asset!
The following slideshow outlines some of the planning team’s initial design concepts. Food for thought for the upcoming Community Meeitng.
Complete streets accommodate cars, cyclists, transit, and pedestrians. Learn more about complete streets in the following presentation:
How can Grand Boulevard become a more “complete street?” Come share your ideas at the Grand Boulevard Community Meeting.
