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Town Center Plan

January 2007

Chapter 4: Implementation

The Town Center Plan lays out a vision for

how Morrisville’s historic crossroads should

develop in the years ahead. This chapter

identifies a number of implementation

measures to pursue this vision (see Table 1).

Each measure represents a separate project

with a lead agency, supporting organizations,

funding source, and approximate start time,

where this information is currently known.

Additional details about each implementation

project, including a schedule, public

involvement opportunities, budget, and

deliverables, will be developed as part of the

scoping work for that particular initiative.

This plan is a living document. As conditions

on the ground in the Town Center evolve,

it will be important to revisit the plan on a

periodic basis, preferably every three to five

years, to make appropriate updates. In

this way, the vision for the Town Center will

continue to remain both inspirational and

relevant.

The next step in the short term is to conduct

more detailed scoping for a number of

the projects listed in Table 1, and to begin

implementing them. A range of potential

implementation strategies for carrying out

these projects are described in Appendix

10. The Morrisville Planning & Zoning Board

(PZB) will monitor progress on this work. The

Morrisville Planning Department will provide

periodic progress reports to the PZB to help

it oversee implementation of the plan.

As Table 1 illustrates, a variety of projects are

needed to pursue the Town Center vision. It

will take years to fully realize this vision. The

work of implementing the plan, however, is

already underway. Each new implementation

project will improve life in Morrisville and

make an important contribution to creating

a vibrant center of community for the town.

We hope you will join with the Town and

community in this work. Together, we can

make this plan a reality.

The Town Center Plan identifies a possible site for a

reconstructed train depot like this one that exists to-

day along the North Carolina Railroad in Thomasville.

(Photo courtesy of the City of Thomasville)

The Town Center Plan calls for a civic/cultural area that

might include a plaza and public gathering space such

as the one pictured here. One initial step in following

up on this recommendation is to conduct a preliminary

needs assessment for a civic/cultural facility that might

anchor this space. (Photo by Ben Hitchings, Town of

Morrisville)