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Kick-Off Workshop
10/19/2017
downtown kingsport master plan
Agenda
• About the Downtown Kingsport Master Plan• Team Introductions• Process• Schedule• Website + Survey• Existing Conditions Report• Activities
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About the Plan
• The Downtown Kingsport Master Plan will become an official policy document of the City to facilitate the direction, type, location, and scale of new development and associated downtown improvements for the next ten years.
• The plan will include components of traditional downtown master plans with a heavy emphasis on:• Public improvements and streetscape upgrades.• Demonstrating a path forward for the existing downtown Academic
Village• Creating a vision to reinforce and magnify Kingsport’s downtown role as
the economic and cultural heart of the community. • Consensus building
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Team Introductions
Planning + Landscape Architecture + Architecture
Economic Analysis
Transportation + Connectivity
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Process
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Schedule
• 3-day Visioning WorkshopNovember 28-30, 2018
• Draft Plan PresentationJanuary 11, 2018
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Website
www.downtownkingsportplan.com
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Survey
Existing Conditions
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Kingsport At-a-Glance
52,8982016 Population
26%Baby Boomer Population
21%Millennials
19%Gen X
21%Under age 18
44.3%Median Age
39%Households have children
$37,465Median Household Income
25%Bachelor’s Degree or Higher
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Kingsport At-a-Glance
Top 3 IndustriesEducation/healthcare,
manufacturing, and retail
86%Drive to Work
>1%Take transit or can walk to
work
44%Employed residents work in
Kingsport
$582Median Rent
$135,700Median Home Value
63%Owner-Occupied Housing
65%Housing Units are Single-
Family
65%Houses built before 1980
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Previous + Ongoing Plans
• Kingsport Gateways / City Development Plan
• KMTPO Long Range Plan• KMTPO Bicycle & Pedestrian
Plan• Midtown Transformation
Plan• Proposed Main Street design
+ Survey
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Existing Zoning
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Existing Land Use
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Future Land Use
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Known Vacant Properties
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Ownership
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Properties with buildings at least 50 years old
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Community Facilities
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Parking
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SidewalksGreenbelt: ~0.5 miles
Greenbelt: ~0.6 miles
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Greenbelt: ~0.5 miles
Greenbelt: ~0.6 miles
Bike & Pedestrian Plan
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Key Findings
• Zoning is extremely permissive towards downtown development
• Little to no residential in the study area• Strong urban core and sidewalk system, but development
quickly becomes more sprawl-like as one moves away from it
• No major environmental constraints• A lot of surface parking that can be redeveloped• Academic Village will present a unique opportunity for
downtown
ActivitiesWe want to hear what you think!
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Needs + Opportunities (:20)
Directions:1. Split yourselves into groups at tables2. Each group will get a set of handouts that will ask you to list
the needs and opportunities relating to:• Land use• Transportation• Housing• Economic Development• Architectural and Landscape Design
3. Assign a spokesperson for your group to present your findings
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Areas of Improvement (:20)
Directions:1. Each group will have a map, pens and markers, and stickers.
Use the stickers to tell us what needs improvement, and where opportunities exist to create new greenspace.
Building Improvements
Streetscape Improvements
New Greenspace
Miscellaneous Ideas
2. For “Miscellaneous Ideas,” list out your idea(s) on the map3. Elect a spokesperson for your group to present your findings
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Next Steps
• Take input from this meeting, and begin to craft ideas• Develop goals for the plan based on tonight’s input• Visioning Workshop
• 3 day event• Presentation on economic development topics• Begin Design• Open house• Final presentation