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BRIGHTON’S SOUTH MAIN STREET
REVITALIZATION
DRCOG Metro Vision Idea Exchange
August 23, 2012
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Presentation Outline
� Context
� History of Brighton
� Brighton Today
� Why a South Main Street Sub-Area?
� Overview of Sub-Area
� Sub-Area as UCD Studio Project
� Planning Efforts to Date and to be Implemented
� Foreseen Challenges
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Context
Brighton is:
� 20 miles northeast of downtown Denver
� 20 miles northwest of DIA
� US-85 and I-76 main travel corridors running north/south
� Hwy 7, E-470 and 120th
Avenue east/west travel corridors
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History of Brighton
� Railroad set the foundation for Brighton
� City incorporated on July 26, 1887
� Brighton became County seat in 1904
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Brighton Today
� Population: 33,352
� Median Age: 32.2 years
� Avg. Household Size: 2.95
� Housing Units: 11,387
� Racial Distribution: White (56%) and Hispanic (28%) Public Art – Completed as part of BURA’s
Cabbage Street improvement project.
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Brighton Today
� Majority of growth in 1990s and 2000s
� Typical single-family residential and big box development built on eastern limits of city
� Since 2008, infill and redevelopment in key locations
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Why a South Main Street Sub-Area?
Impetus:
� Safety improvements to Bromley Lane and US-85 intersection
� Development interest within the area
Bromley Lane
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South Main Street Sub-Area
� Location:
NEC of US-85 and Bromley Lane
� Size: 89 acres
� Existing Zoning: Primarily Light Industrial, with north portion Downtown
Bromley Lane
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Sub-Area: Existing Uses
Industrial:
� Warehousing
� Outdoor Storage
� Manufacturing
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Sub-Area: Existing Uses
Commercial:
� Primarily auto-oriented (i.e., gasoline stations, tire repair, car wash, used auto sales)
� Some restaurants and personal services businesses
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Sub-Area: Existing Uses
Residential:
� Non-Conforming Mobile Home Park
� Affordable Senior Housing
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Sub-Area: Existing Uses
Public:
� Railroad right-of-way
� City park
� Fire Station
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Sub-Area: Existing Uses
Vacant or Underutilized:
� Sites and Buildings
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Sub-Area: All Existing Uses
Vacant
Residential
Commercial
IndustrialPublic
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South Main UCD Studio Project
� Request for semester studio project
� Students performed site visit and met with key departments
� Students drafted a Community Inventory and presented to staff
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South Main UCD Studio Project
� Students began determining issues and opportunities
� Prepared their recommendation in a formalized Sub-Area Plan
� Presented their recommendation to City Council
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City Planning Efforts to Date
� BURA hired a consultant to host two design charretteswith key city staff and Economic Development
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City Planning Efforts to be Implemented
� Market analysis
� Establish steering committee and hold stakeholder meetings
� Kick-off meeting with the public
� Develop and adopt city plan
� Begin implementing plan by rezoning properties
� Marketing/promotion, financing and partnerships
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Foreseen Challenges
� Current economic climate
� Allowing market to dictate the type and character of land uses
� Creating the vision and plan…and sticking to it
� Getting buy-in from property owners
� Creating a distinct area that doesn’t compete with Historic Downtown