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Mooresville advances mixed‑use parking deck, streetscape and downtown refresh plans
Summary
Town staff presented a vision for a mixed‑use parking deck and broader downtown refresh, including a permanent Moore Avenue pedestrian plaza, two structural options for a new parking garage and a parallel parking-management study that could introduce paid parking.
Mooresville town staff presented a multi‑part plan to reconfigure the heart of downtown, with a mixed‑use parking deck, a permanent pedestrian plaza on Moore Avenue and a proposed refresh of the town—s 2009 downtown master plan.
The concept presented by planning and engineering staff calls for a parking structure centered on the block between Main, Church, Centre and Moore that could include ground‑floor retail or other mixed uses, and a decision between a longer, narrower "2‑bay" garage or a deeper "3‑bay" layout. Ashton Walker, the town—s engineering manager, said the town awarded a conceptual design contract to Balfour Beatty and that the project team is studying user comfort, circulation and how to connect the structure to downtown while protecting pedestrianized sections of Moore Avenue.
The proposal grew from adoption of a downtown streetscape plan and an interest in activating the street with retail and accessible connections to Liberty Park. "As Erica mentioned in her master plan discussion and the Streetscape master plan, one of the projects that we do already have in progress is…
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