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Design team shows mixed-use vision for Prospect ‘head property’; residents praise civic square, raise traffic, stormwater questions
Summary
Design consultants presented a draft master plan for Prospect’s head property proposing a Main Street with shops over apartments, a civic square and amphitheater, parking decks and possible connections to neighboring parcels; residents supported the vision but urged solutions for Route 42 traffic and wetland constraints.
Design consultants and city leaders presented a draft master plan for the “head property” between the firehouse and Harrods Creek at a joint City Council and Architectural Review Committee meeting, outlining a mixed-use Main Street, a civic square and amphitheater, multifamily housing and parking decks meant to keep surface lots out of public-facing blocks.
Mike Watkins, a member of the design team, described the study area and the plan’s key moves, saying designers had prioritized connectivity, drainage and existing site constraints. “For example…before we can definitively say this is how we're handling stormwater, we need to show the engineers a plan so they know what kind of drainage and…
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