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South Central Waterfront Talkabout
May 23, 2016 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
The South Central Waterfront Plan is coming to an exciting apex June 9th, as it goes to City Council for adoption. The first area plan to go for adoption since 2012!
Imagine Austin is hosting the 6th South Central Waterfront Talkabout – A Vision Framework Plan for the South Central Waterfront. This is the result of a multiyear effort of planning and community engagement. The Plan sets aspirations and recommendations to help ensure that expanded park spaces, public gathering places, green streets, and affordable housing are central to the future redevelopment of this rapidly changing area.
Learn about the South Central Waterfront Vision Framework Plan, and hear from key consultants who have contributed to the making of the plan:
Margaret Robinson, PLA, co-founder and Principal of Asakura Robinson, an award-winning landscape architecture, planning, and urban deisgn firm. Asakura Robinson has helped craft the physical framework for the South Central Waterfront Plan to create a great public realm for the district.
Dr. Abe Farkas, Director of Development Services at ECONorthwest, Portland, Or. Abe is an expert in finance, real estate development, and crafting urban development partnerships nationwide. HIs firm has helped create the financial framework for the South Central Waterfront Plan. The financial framework sets strategies to fund the vision of a great public realm and support creation of potentially hundreds of affordable housing units.
Read the South Central Waterfront Plan online, the most recent reports and the history of the plan at www.austintexas.gov/