Horace Downtown Neighborhood Plan

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Project Overview:  

The Downtown Neighborhood Plan will help the community celebrate and enhance the identity and character that makes Horace such a great place. The planning process will help the community identify and strengthen the central business district, enhance multimodal mobility, and improve access to commercial destinations, social activities, and cultural experiences in and around Downtown. The goal is to develop consensus around a long-term vision for the city’s core and identify implementation strategies and project priorities to further the vision. 

Throughout the process, we will be engaging with residents, businesses, and visitors. Public engagement for the Downtown Neighborhood Plan will: 

• Establish the foundation for planning and visioning that will guide project outcomes and recommendations.
• Keep the community informed of the project scope, timeline, and opportunities to participate and provide meaningful feedback. 
• Gather feedback from community members, including public sentiment, values, and priorities from a representative sample of diverse Horace residents.  
• Promote accessible and inclusive engagement by connecting with residents and other stakeholders in the places where they work, live, and play.  
• Generate community support and momentum for plan implementation and follow-through.  

Project Background Information: 

The Horace community has been growing and changing. The city’s population has increased by over 500 percent since 1990. The community has become more diverse and younger over time, however, there are many long-term residents. 

A Downtown Neighborhood Plan is needed to retain and build upon the small-town character of Horace, while encouraging cohesive development and intentional investment. The Downtown Neighborhood Plan will provide direction to address land use and multimodal connection to and from Downtown as the community grows.  

With explosive growth and development pressure, the plan will build upon the small-town character of Horace by collaborating with Horace residents to explore and define the community’s identify and envision the future of downtown.  

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