2040 Comprehensive Plan: Envision Shakopee

PLANNINGDISTRICTS EXISTINGCONDITIONS

DOWNTOWNSHAKOPEE, OLDSHAKOPEE ANDTRANSITIONCORRIDORS

MINNESOTAGREENWAY

EXAMPLES: 1STAVENUE CORRIDOR, THEMARSCHALL ROADCORRIDOR, NEIGHBORHOOD INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT Transitional corridors include older primarily commercial sites with a wide range of land uses and development patterns. These corridors have either fully developed or partially redeveloped in the first wave of automobile- oriented design, and currently consist of extensive surface parking, numerous vehicular curb cuts, and inconsistent building setbacks. Some original homes and other buildings remain throughout the corridors.

EXAMPLES: THE OLDSHAKOPEE NEIGHBORHOOD

EXAMPLES: DOWNTOWNBUSINESS DISTRICT, DOWNTOWNTRANSITION, RIVERFRONT Downtown Shakopee is the community’s historic core and has a unique development character from other areas of Shakopee. This is the most traditionally “urban” and most walkable commercial center in Shakopee. Buildings are generally attached or in close proximity to each other and the street, ranging in height from 1 to 3 stories. Ground floor retail and dining are common, with office or residential above.

SUB-AREAS: PARK&RECREATION, NATURAL GREENSPACE, HUBER PARK, MEMORIAL PARK, THE LANDING The Minnesota River and adjacent lowlands which include Memorial and Huber Parks as well as areas protected through the National Wildlife Refuge System create a greenspace system. The Minnesota Valley State Trail, an important link in the regional system is connected to the Minnesota River Bottoms via a crossing east of the Bloomington Ferry Bridge, the Minnesota River Bluffs Trail via the Highway 101 bridge downtown, and Chaska via the Highway 41 bridge.

The Old Shakopee neighborhood is largely characterized by early and mid-20th Century detached single family homes set on 1/4-acre lots, with some blocks including small scale apartment buildings and attached townhouses. Some blocks include alley access to garages. The street network is laid out in a traditional neighborhood grid, with intermittent sidewalks. The neighborhood also includes parks, places of worship, and occasional institutional or commercial uses.

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