BIG IDEA: A bold urban waterfront Eco-zone and model for ecological and environmental stewardship
How could this BIG IDEA evolve in the future?
How does this BIG IDEA address the themes of the guiding principles?
Connectivity
- Creates a series of publicly accessible open spaces with a variety of uses, connected by pedestrian and bike trails
- Redevelopment along Pine Avenue creates a better gateway to the waterfront from Downtown
Economic Resiliency
- Visitor-drawing programming such as ecotourism
- Expands active recreation / waterfront uses that can have local business benefits
- Dedicates larger open space for event and gathering functions
- An urban promenade along Shoreline Drive with new oceanfront development
- Destination uses on Grissom Island
Everyone's Shoreline
- Creates a natural asset that will protect and serve the future generations of the LB Community
- More locally serving recreation opportunities
- Honors and interprets the history of the waterfront to cast a future, including a new interpretive center to highlight history and cultural continuity
- Addresses a future marina model that increases public shoreline access and uses a shared boat model that keeps boats an active part of the shoreline
Environmental Resiliency and Sustainability
- Brings back natural habitat and wetland ecology to create a model for environmental stewardship. Modifying the coastline helps to keep LB beaches free from upstream pollution.
