Priority Strategies

Through the plan development process, the following high priority strategies were identified as being the most important to undertake at the outset of the implementation process. It will be important to engage external partners identified in the Intergovernmental Coordination section to ensure strategies are implemented in a cooperative manner with the region.

ANNEXATION & GROWTH MANAGEMENT

LU-4.1: Collaborative Growth Management Planning
LU-4.5: Develop and Implement Strategic Annexation Plan
PSI-1.1: Identify Growth and Annexation Impacts on Services

UPDATE ZONING & DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS

LU-1.8: Standards to Accommodate New Growth
LU-2.4: Revise PUD Open Space Requirements
LU-2.5: Develop Context Sensitive Open Space Requirements LU-6.1: Adopt and Enforce Building Code Regulations

IMPROVE CONNECTIONS TO THE RIVER

PR-1.4: Improve Princess Street River Access
PR-2.3: Utilize the Tobacco Warehouse as a Paddlesports Support Facility
PR-3.4: Partner with Shepherd University to Develop the Proposed River Overlook

DEVELOP A JOINT WAYFINDING AND PARKING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WITH SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY

ED-4.4: Develop a Comprehensive Parking and Wayfinding Strategy
T-6.1: Ensure Adequate Student Parking Availability
T-6.5: Promote Parking Demand Reduction
T-6.6: Downtown Employee Parking

ACTIVELY SUPPORT LAND CONSERVATION INITIATIVES

NER-1.4: Promote Land Preservation Efforts
NER-1.7: Oppose Environmentally Damaging Industrial Development
NER-4.2: Preserve Historically Significant Landscapes
NER-4.3: Promote Farmland Preservation
NER-5.1: Incorporate Environmental Review into the Development Review Process
PR-3.1: Require Recreational Space in New Development

ENHANCE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS

T-1.1: Require Pedestrian and Bicycle Infrastructure
T-1.4: Regional Coordination for Greenway Development
T-1.9: Improve Bicycle and Pedestrian Connections
PR-2.7: Improve Accommodations for Bicycle Tourism

PURSUE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGHWAY BYPASS

T-7.1: Identify Alternate Highway Routes
T-7.2: Promote the Rerouting of Highway Traffic

ACTIVELY SUPPORT HISTORIC PRESERVATION INITIATIVES

H-1.4: Promote the use of Tax Credits for Historic Homes
HP-1.3: Expand Techniques for Sustainable Historic Preservation HP-1.4: Develop Educational Materials, Resources and
Workshops HP-1.5:Capital Improvements Planning and Project Review
HP-2.1: Maintain Historic District Inventory
HP-3.1: Adopt Demolition by Neglect Ordinance

STIMULATE THE LOCAL ARTISTIC & CULTURAL ECONOMY

CR-1.1: Develop Comprehensive Inventory
CR-1.2: Coordinate Marketing Efforts with the Town and Local Businesses
CR-1.3: Joint Marketing of Festivals and Events
CR-1.5: Foster Partnerships between the University and the Town CR-2.1: Arts and Culture Improvement Plan

ESTABLISH LONG-TERM PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PLANS

PSI-2.2: Capital Equipment Replacement Planning
PSI-3.1: Utility Capital Improvement Planning
PSI-3.5: Utility Service Area Planning