2. Champion Downtown

Create and market an attractive, magical entertainment, cultural, and dining district; mitigate the impact of the higher density development construction process; and work with the IFC in identifying a site for the shelter and transitioning out of uptown to assist them in achieving their goal of providing optimal services [Phil Boyle Document, Council Retreat 2008].

Assumptions

Council Identified Assumptions:

• *Mixed use development is best [Council Work Session Feb, 2008].
• *People ‘want’ to live in higher density development [Council Work Session Feb, 2008].
• *More than half of Chapel Hill’s residents work somewhere else [Council Work Session Feb, 2008].

Comprehensive Plan Goal Assumptions:

• *The Town should identify areas where there are creative development opportunities [Comp Plan, Theme 5].
• *The Town should encourage desirable forms of non-residential development [Comp Plan, Theme 6].
• *The Town should create and preserve affordable housing opportunities [Comp Plan, Theme 7].
• *The Town should cooperatively plan with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [Comp Plan, Theme 8].

Related Assumption:

• The downtown should be a sustainable mixed-use district that builds community as the center of education and life-long learning; the center of arts, culture, and entertainment; and the center of urban living [Downtown Partnership Vision Statement].

*    Indicates an assumption that is repeated throughout the six strategic prioritized goal areas

Indicates two opposing assumptions