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Redesigning Suburbia:
The Gresham Perspective
DAVID A. BERNIKER :: DIRECTOR OF URBAN DESIGN AND PLANNING CITY OF GRESHAM PSU September 9 2015
1. Me2. A Brief Overview Of How Gresham Has 3. Developed over Time4. Three Hubs, One Gresham5. Gresham Civic Update: It’s All About Parking
Redesigning Suburbia :: Outline
Little About Me:
• Director of Urban Design and Planning for the City of Gresham• Trained and practiced as both an architect and planner• Over 25 years experience in public and private sectors• Design-oriented approach to problem solving• Story-Telling Business
Highlights
Visioning Graphic and Form Based Codes
Land Use and Transportation Plans
A Brief Overview Of How
Gresham Has Developed
Rural Gresham: Farm to Market
How Gresham Grew :: Annexation
Gresham: Transportation Network
Two way to One way
Circa 1900
Auto-oriented Retail
Circa 1930
Circa 1930
Circa 1945
Circa 1950
Lose of Street Car -Springwater
Gresham: 2040 Plan
Three Hubs One Gresham
Centers and Corridors: Gresham, OR
Gresham Civic Neighborhood
Case Study
Civic Station Forces: Early Development Pattern
Civic Station Forces: It Leaves A Mark
Civic Station Forces: Development Pattern
Civic Station Forces: Development Pattern
Civic Station Forces: Competition
Civic Station Forces: Perception
Civic Station :: 2005 Course Correction
Civic Station: New Plan
Civic Station: Kick-Starting Projects
INCREASE COMPETITIVENESS• Better services/process• Incentives/Strategies• Removal of code barriers
MAKE ATTRACTIVE PLACESTO LIVE/WORK/INVEST• Placemaking• Build organizational capacity• Add market activity
BUILD RELATIONSHIPS & TELLGRESHAM’S STORY
OUTCOMES• Business• Jobs• Housing
TRANSFORMATIVEPROJECTS
Civic Station: LRT
Civic Station: Roof Tops
Civic Station: Ped & Bike Facilities
Civic Station: Guiding Principles
Civic Station: Mix of Activities
Civic Station Policy: Framework
Stacy’s work on potential study areas
Civic Station: Public Ownership
Civic Station: Metro Properties
Civic Station: Parkitecture – Build Out
Civic Station: Parkitecture - Market
Civic Station: Parkitecture
Civic Station: We Want You Here
THREE HUBS ONE GRESHAM
DAVID A. BERNIKER LEED AP, AICP, Assoc. AIAURBAN DESIGN AND PLANNING DIRECTORCITY OF GRESHAM503.618.2502 [email protected]
Thank you
•Back pocket
Civic Station considering removing to back pocket
Current parking demand
• Commercial – none required• Residential: 1 per unit
– 0.8 with “discounts”• Observed parking demandComplex name Studios 1 bed 2 bed 3 bed
Occupied parking spaces per unit
Gresham Central 0 3 84 3 1.2Hood Village 0 22 30 22 1.3Bristol Woods 0 0 72 48 1.23rd Central 0 11 23 0 0.9Beranger Commons 0 13 9 1 1.0Columbia Trails 0 96 108 60 0.9The Crossings 12 49 20 0 0.8Townfair 0 0 0 0 1.4