Springdale council adopts downtown housing and parking addendum; density bonus proposed to support workforce units

Springdale City Council on Oct. 28 adopted an addendum to the city’s 2022 downtown master plan that outlines a development and parking strategy for the southeast quadrant of downtown, including a recommended workforce‑attainable housing density bonus and shared parking infrastructure.

Sharon Tromberg, director of planning and community development, introduced the presentation and asked H3 to summarize their findings. Tim, a consultant with H3, said the study ‘‘was born out of a desire, to make sure that the city is planning for, how to deal with the increasing development pressure for residential development in downtown.’’ H3 proposed a development program of roughly 2,950–3,276 new units (about 3,100 in the preferred program) by 2040, with two‑thirds of units in multifamily buildings and one‑third in townhomes, small multiplexes and accessory dwelling units.

The study identified infrastructur…