Douglas Design District Streetscape Improvement Plan
In December of 2009 the Wichita City Council endorsed the design and street improvements recommended in the Douglas Design District Streetscape Plan. The City will use these recommendations as a guide for future planning and decision-making regarding public infrastructure investment for that part of Douglas Avenue from Washington east to Glendale Avenue. The Plan was developed by a 17-member Plan Steering Committee comprised of key East Douglas business and neighborhood stakeholders appointed by the City Manager in the fall of 2008. The Plan contains a vision statement and goal that describe what a transformed, revitalized, vibrant and attractive East Douglas Avenue should look like in the year 2020. Guiding principles are also incorporated that serve as benchmarks for the recommended design concepts and streetscape improvements. A total of 12 design concepts and streetscape improvements are recommended in this Plan. Cost estimates have been calculated, and a possible plan implementation and funding approach is suggested. It is important to recognize that the recommended design concepts and streetscape improvements are subject to further changes and refinements that will come during the final construction/design development process (including additional rounds of community engagement), ongoing traffic analysis, the realities of fiscal constraints, and ongoing lessons learned from other similar initiatives in Wichita. Douglas Design District Streetscape Improvement Plan Acknowledgements, Section 1- Plan Genesis Section 2- Foundational Element and Section 3- Preferred Design Concepts Section 4- Implementation Plan Appendix A- Recommended System of Bus Signs, Bus Benches and Bus Shelters Appendix B- Landscaped Median Design Concepts Appendix C- Lessons Learned from Delano District Proposed Benches: Washington to Laura Laura to Lulu Lulu to Greenwood Greenwood to Kansas Kansas to I-135 I-135 to Madison Madison to Grove Grove to Green Green to Volutsia Volutsia to Chautauqua Chautauqua to Hillside Hillside to Rutan Rutan to Circle Circle to Fountain Fountain to Crestway Crestway to Oliver Oliver to Pinecrest WDM Architects Streetscape Illustrations East Douglas- Looking West towards Washington East Douglas- Looking East toward Rutan East Douglas- Looking East toward Volutsia East Douglas- Looking East toward Ohio Street East Douglas- Looking West toward Spice Merchant August 25 Council Workshop presentation First Open House brochureFirst Open House PowerPoint
In December of 2009 the Wichita City Council endorsed the design and street improvements recommended in the Douglas Design District Streetscape Plan. The City will use these recommendations as a guide for future planning and decision-making regarding public infrastructure investment for that part of Douglas Avenue from Washington east to Glendale Avenue.
The Plan was developed by a 17-member Plan Steering Committee comprised of key East Douglas business and neighborhood stakeholders appointed by the City Manager in the fall of 2008. The Plan contains a vision statement and goal that describe what a transformed, revitalized, vibrant and attractive East Douglas Avenue should look like in the year 2020. Guiding principles are also incorporated that serve as benchmarks for the recommended design concepts and streetscape improvements. A total of 12 design concepts and streetscape improvements are recommended in this Plan. Cost estimates have been calculated, and a possible plan implementation and funding approach is suggested.
It is important to recognize that the recommended design concepts and streetscape improvements are subject to further changes and refinements that will come during the final construction/design development process (including additional rounds of community engagement), ongoing traffic analysis, the realities of fiscal constraints, and ongoing lessons learned from other similar initiatives in Wichita.
Proposed Benches:
WDM Architects Streetscape Illustrations
August 25 Council Workshop presentation First Open House brochureFirst Open House PowerPoint
For more information contact:
Dave BarberAdvanced Plans Manager Wichita-Sedgwick County Metropolitan Area Planning Department : 316-268-4490
info@dddwichita.com Douglas Design District : (316) 425-7337