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Other
Miscellaneous Needs |
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In addition to the specifics goals of the
district association, they have determined other needs that will improve
the quality of life in the area. These needs can be broken down into
five categories:
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| Community Improvements |
- Picking up garbage and overall beautification would
be significant improvements. A particular area in desperate need of cleaning up is
the hill area just south of Byron Place.
- More entertainment.
- More children activities, especially in the summer. This
would keep children off the streets and involved in productive,
non-destructive activities.
- Reestablishment of the inner-city baseball league.
- Improve parks system. Develop a system where patrons would be able
to check out horse shoes, volleyball, basketball or other play
equipment by using a drivers license as collateral.
- Projects to move traffic efficiently, and to beautify the periphery
streets, i.e. Grand Traverse, Court and West Second are desirable.
- Green belt development along Grand Traverse, Court and West Second
Streets.
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| Safety |
- More police foot patrols to interact with the people in the
community.
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| New Development |
- Grocery stores and laundromat.
- Any projects to improve the viability of the downtown. New offices,
commercial development, stores or other improvements in east areas of
the Grand Traverse District.
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| Traffic |
- More efficient movement of traffic through the area.
- Improving the flow of traffic to I-69 and I-475.
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| Infrastructure |
- A survey of infra-structure in the entire area would be in order.
Aspects to investigate should be the conditions of such things as:
- streets, sewers,
water, gas, electric, and telephone lines.
This survey should determine the future physical condition of the
utilities over the next 10 to 30 years. Up-to-date utilities are essential
for establishing a viable downtown as a growth area. So-called "smart
buildings" should be encouraged. This means the ability to hook into
fiber optics, upgraded electrical facilities, adequate sewers, utilities,
and paved, well maintained streets.
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