Parramore Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan Vision for a Healthy Community Acknowledgements
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City of Orlando Parramore Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan Vision for a Healthy Community Acknowledgements Mayor and City Commissioners Parramore Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan Ambassadors Mayor Buddy Dyer Lake Dot Action Team District 1 Commissioner: Jim Gray Joseph Fitzgerald, President – William Booth Towers Residents Association District 2 Commissioner: Tony Ortiz Mata Dennis, Orlando Day Nursery District 3 Commissioner: Robert F. Stuart Karen Aldrich, Orlando Day Nursery District 4 Commissioner: Patty Sheehan Bridget Monroe, President – Arlington/Concord Neighborhood Association District 5 Commissioner: Regina I. Hill Pam Woodley, Arlington/Concord Neighborhood Association District 6 Commissioner: Samuel B. Ings Callahan Action Team Ann Brown, President – Callahan Neighborhood Association Lynn Nicholson, President – Terry Avenue Townhomes Homeowners Association Robert Spooney, Pastor – Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church Dr. Felicia Williams, Pastor – Hurst Chapel Beatrice Sotomeyor, Manager – Callahan Oaks Delrico Griffin, Resident – Callahan Oaks Leroy Pernill, Dean – FAMU Law School Regina Hill, Resident / Commissioner Beverly Burgess, Resident Holden/Parramore Action Team Nick Aiken, Nikki’s Place Southern Cuisine Elaine Aiken, Nikki’s Place Southern Cuisine Mary Longstreet Kay Rawlins, Orlando City Soccer Club Clive Beaumont, McFall Homeowner’s Association Tommy Davis, Elks Lodge Dr. Tommy Dorsey, Dr. Tommy DDS & Orlando Minority Youth Golf Association Dorothy Gray, Griffin Park Resident Association Glendy Hamilton, Pastor – Harvest Baptist Church Dr. Richard Harris, Pastor – Shiloh Baptist Church John Henry, J Henry’s Barber Shop William Martin, Jackson Court/Division Oaks Resident Association Rev. Rollie Murray, Pastor – Bethel Baptist Missionary Church Parramore Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Holden/Parramore Action Team continued City Departmental Staff continued US Housing and Urban Development Representative Bill Palmer, Palmer Feed Store, Inc. Karen Elzy Naomi Friedman Nettie Williams, Pastor – True Gospel Holiness Church Richard Forbes Marcia Goodwin VHB Team Pastor’s Committee Dean Grandin Jim Sellen – Project Manager Gerald Bell, Christ Open Door Community Church Susan Harris Curt Ostrodka – Deputy Project Manager Glendy Hamilton, Harvest Baptist Church April Hastings Dr. Richard Jackson, M.D. Rick Harris, Shiloh Baptist Church Walter Hawkins John Jennings Cynthia Harris, Carson Chaney House Lisa Henry Tyler Johnson Larry Mills, Sinai Baptist Heather Hohman Robert Karn Rollie Murray, Bethel Baptist Missionary Church Bruce Hossfield Laurence Lewis F.L. Patton, Christ Open Door Community Church Jim Hunt Gina Martini Robert Spooney, Mt. Zion Baptist Church Jonathan Ippel Geoffrey Morrison-Logan David Swanson, First Presbyterian Barbara Jones Steve Osieki James Watkins, Great St. Paul AME Church Colandra Jones Vashon Sarkisian Nettie Williams, True Gospel Holiness Church Cindy Light Rohan Sadhai Brenda March Ken Schwartz City Administration Reggie McGill Katie Shannon Byron Brooks, Chief Administrative Officer Mike Mills Paul Yeargain Kevin Edmonds, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Tisa Mitchell Grace Zhang Deborah Girard, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Bridget Monroe Alana Brenner, City Clerk Veronica Anderson, Anderson & Associates, P.A. Kelly Moody Bob Ansley, Orlando Neighborhood Improvement Corporation Patricia Newton City Departmental Staff Ginger Corless, Tindale Oliver Associates Michael O’Dowd Paul Lewis – Project Manager David Hamstra, Pegasus Engineering, LLC Charles Ramdatt Fabian De La Espriella – Deputy Project Manager Ginger Hoke, Hoke Design, Inc. Linda Rhinesmith Stacey Adams Byron Lastrapes, Rhodes + Brito Architects John Rhoades David Barilla Thomas Lavash, WTL+a Denise Riccio Michelle Beamon Nando Micale, WRT Holly Stenger Brooke R. Bonnett Tom Moriarty, WTL+a Frank Usina Alison Brackins Tara Salmieri, Plan Active Studio Matthew Wiesenfeld Michele Brennan Sarah Stack Jason Burton East Central Florida Regional Planning Council Diane Trees, University of Central Florida Thomas Chatmon Jessica Benn Bill Owen, WHOwen Consulting Elisabeth Dang Andrew Landis Rich Unger, Community Planning Advocates Pat Dellacona Cynthia Lambert Silvia Vargas, WRT Mary-Stewart Droege Fred Milch Anoch Whitfield, Tindale Oliver Associates Lisa Early Parramore Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan CHAPTER Body Text This Page Itentionally Left Blank Parramore Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan CONTENTS Table of Contents Executive Summary & Action Plan ...................................................................................................................................... 1 3. Financial Feasibility of Selected Catalyst Projects .............................................................................................59 Chapter I: Plan Introduction ...........................................................................................................................................................17 Key Objectives and Assumptions .............................................................................................................................................59 a. South Street Development .........................................................................................................................................................60 1. What is a neighborhood plan and why are we doing it? .......................................................................18 b. Orange Blossom Trail and Church Street Gateway ............................................................................61 2. Setting and Context .............................................................................................................................................................................................18 c. Parramore Square Development with Park ....................................................................................................63 d. Community Facility and Farmer’s Market Concept ...........................................................................64 a. History ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................18 b. Social Conditions ........................................................................................................................................................................................21 4. Streets as Redevelopment Catalysts.........................................................................................................................................66 c. Neighborhoods ..............................................................................................................................................................................................22 5. Additional Policy Considerations ...................................................................................................................................................67 d. Relationship of Parramore to Downtown Orlando and the City ................................22 a. Housing Policy Recommendations...............................................................................................................................67 e. Health Conditions in Parramore ........................................................................................................................................23 b. Addressing Homelessness ..........................................................................................................................................................69 f. Environmental Conditions in Parramore .............................................................................................................24 c. Proposed Growth Managment Plan Subarea Policies ..................................................................69 g. Summary of Previous Planning Initiatives .......................................................................................................24 6. Proposed Transect Based Overlay .................................................................................................................................................72 3. HUD Livability Principles ..............................................................................................................................................................................26 a. Base Transect Map .....................................................................................................................................................................................73 4. Healthy Community Design Principles ................................................................................................................................26 b. Proposed Parramore Transect Based Overlay Guidelines ......................................................74 Chapter II: Listening to the Community.............................................................................................................29 c. Definitions ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................79 1. Community Outreach ........................................................................................................................................................................................30