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Consultants present first draft of Needles general plan; downtown core and riverfront access emphasized
Summary
PlaceWorks consultants briefed the council on the first draft of a general plan update — the city’s first since 1985 — highlighting a proposed downtown core for higher-intensity mixed use, improved public access to the Colorado River and a multimodal loop for pedestrian and bicycle connections; the plan is grant-funded and will proceed through the Planning Commission for adoption.
City consultants from PlaceWorks presented the first draft of Needles’ general plan update, a grant-funded project that will replace the city’s plan last updated in 1985.
Consultant Colin Drucker described the exercise as both map refinement and a strategy to provide capacity for measured growth. Key elements presented included…
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