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Officials say downtown plan will examine housing needs, ownership and expanding downtown footprint
Summary
Discussion during the meeting emphasized a need for more housing and for the plan to examine whether downtown boundaries should expand to accommodate residential development and additional hotel capacity.
Committee members and the presenter discussed residential development as a missing element of the prior downtown plan. Bill Honeycutt said the previous plan did not include downtown residential living and that adding housing is critical to downtown vibrancy. "You have to have people living there," Honeycutt said when arguing that downtown needs more housing and another hotel.
When asked to define 'affordable housing,' Honeycutt said it means housing that people who work in the community can afford to own rather than rent, and that achieving ownership requires supports such as education and other programs. The consultant and members said the new plan will consider expanding the downtown district to bring additional parcels into planning scope.
