The Waxahachie master plan – which I do believe was near completion when I started working at the WDL back in November of 2005 – is nearing completion.
According to Anthony’s story over at the WDL, the plan will “hopefully†be submitted to the city council for formal adoption within the next one to two months.
The plan will lead the city over the next 20 years, when the city’s population is expected to rise from 27,000 to over 44,000.
Participants who took part in the Master Plan survey said they were in favor of:
Overall, the survey’s participants were supportive of:
- Decorative entryways to the city
- Landscaping
- Brick and stone exteriors
- Open space in relation to development
- Public spaces
- Retail pedestrian gathering space
- Pedestrian-oriented, well-designed retail businesses
- The integration of sidewalks with amenities such as brick, lighting and trees into developments
- Monument-style (shorter signs consisting of masonry construction) signage for buildings and businesses
- Historically-styled homes with porches and “interesting architectureâ€
- Streets designed with landscaping, lighting, trees and landscaped medians
- Traditionally-designed townhomes
- Transit solutions such as trolleys and commuter rail
You know I’m in favor of that last one – as well as the rest.
It will be interesting and exciting to see how it all plays out in the future.
