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Town Center Plan
January 2007
Appendix 9
New Development Opportunities & Visual Identity
Possibility of Page Street and Church Street being right-in/right-out roads
Reluctant to close every street
Parking
Provide more thought on commercial development along NC Highway 54 – consider
possibility of more highway oriented retail further away from intersection
Consider using stormwater facility as an amenity for new development
Promote naturally supporting uses
New educational facilities, particularly high-tech education (i.e. new branch of Wake
Technical)
Consider revising Town Center boundaries with focus to the west of NC Highway 54
Keep in mind significant barrier placed by railroad tracks and NC 54
Include retail in historic village
Civil War Park Site
Use publicly funded infrastructure to help attract small business
Ensure balance between residential and commercial (allow for feedback to development
community on proposed and approved projects)
Fast-track preparation of development standards for the Town Center
Focus on form and design as well as use
Acknowledge challenge to reuse existing structures
Grants and loans – help people finance renovation process
Package points of interest for tourism opportunities
Next steps in the process will be continuing work on the draft plan by Morrisville’s
Planning Staff, followed by review of the draft by the Planning & Zoning Board. After
their review and recommendation, it will be considered by the Board of Commissioners
for official vote.