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25‑year Downtown Plan report: jobs fell short of forecasts, housing growth and preservation succeeded
Summary
Planning staff presented a 25‑year monitoring report reviewing the Downtown Plan. Key findings: far fewer jobs downtown than estimated in 1985, substantial housing added downtown (including conversions), conservation district protections and TDR use, and mixed transportation results (high transit share in core but stagnation outside it). Commissioners and public urged a new strategic citywide vision.
Planning Department staff presented the 25‑year monitoring report for the Downtown Plan, reviewing the plan’s objectives and reporting on outcomes for employment, housing, preservation and transportation over the past quarter century.
The report noted that planning forecasts in the 1980s anticipated substantial office growth; instead, employment downtown remained effectively flat and, in some subareas, declined. Over the period the city added roughly 12.4…
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