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Columbia unveils downtown strategic plan, new design guidelines and split of design review process
Summary
City planners presented a downtown strategic plan and updated design guidelines that prioritize trail loops, tree canopy, intersection safety and streamlined design review; the plan will take effect Jan. 5 and staff will split the DDRC into two review boards.
City planners presented the city's newly adopted downtown strategic plan and companion downtown design guidelines, laying out six priorities to improve walkability, public space and pedestrian safety.
Tristan Kircher, the city's urban design planner, said the plan (adopted in June) centers on six "big ideas," including creation of two overlapping urban trail loops called the Vista and Capitol Loops, increasing downtown tree density, short-term intersection safety improvements and reclaiming excessively wide roadways for public space and bike lanes. "These trail loops would make it possible to get from the riverfront up to Findlay Park and back down to the State House on…
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