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Consultant outlines three options for 5th Street to support Lafayette farmers market and downtown placemaking

Lafayette Redevelopment Commission · February 27, 2026
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Summary

MKSK presented a two-block study for 5th Street, proposing three design options to balance vehicle access, pedestrian space and event use; staff said phase work will include subsurface investigation, outreach and early budgeting to identify funding paths.

MKSK presented Feb. 26 to the Lafayette Redevelopment Commission a study of a two-block portion of 5th Street from Columbia to Ferry Street to improve the farmers market and downtown placemaking. Katie Clark, MKSK landscape architect and project manager, summarized six months of work that included vendor surveys, door‑to‑door interviews with business owners, and limited stakeholder outreach (about 40 participants).

Clark described three sets of design scenarios. The first…

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