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Conceptual Development Plan
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Overall Strategy for Downtown
The plan for downtown provides a strategy to ensure that downtown is an active mixed-use area.
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Land Use Strategy
Currently there is no clear land use strategy for downtown Middletown. The area is zoned Central Business. The uses allowed in the B-1 zone vary greatly.
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Downtown & Its Relationship To The Waterfront
The Connecticut River is the single most important asset in Downtown Middletown. The riverfront represents the competitive edge the downtown possesses over most communities.
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Susceptibility to Change Analysis
In order to identify future development opportunities a susceptibility to change analysis was undertaken
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Future Development Opportunities
Learn about future development opportunities.
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Urban Design, Preservation & Rehabilitation
The plan seeks to provide a strong identity to the downtown.
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Arts & Cultural Activities
The plan envisions downtown as being the hub of regional arts and cultural activities.
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Downtown Neighborhoods
To residents of the downtown, the downtown is their neighborhood. If their neighborhood represents a safe and pleasant living environment they will invariably dine, shop, socialize and recreate in the downtown.
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Vehicular & Pedestrian Circulation & Parking
Middletown’s existence as a central city has historically been directly related to its accessibility to the primary mode of transportation during each era.
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Retail Revitalization & Downtown Management
This plan recognizes that the suburban mall possesses many advantages over a downtown area. This plan recognizes that a downtown cannot compete in the same market with a suburban mall.