DRAFT AUGUST 2013 IMAGINE CHARLESTON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN | August 2013 DRAFT AUGUST 2013 ii DRAFT AUGUST 2013 “Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.” Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities iii DRAFT AUGUST 2013 iv DRAFT AUGUST 2013 IMAGINE CHARLESTON | COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PLAN Acknowledgements Sara Hoblitzell, South Hills Neighborhood Association Bobby Reishman, Charleston City Council, Real Estate Executive Committee Sharon Griffith, Lower Donnally Association Developer Plan Sponsors Shawn Means, Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity of Brenda Robertson, Market President , WesBanco Dan Vriendt, Director, Charleston Planning Kanawha and Putnam Counties Chuck Hamsher, Small Business owner/operator Howard Swint, Associate Broker, West Virginia Commercial Department LLC David Molgaard, Charleston City Manager Mobility and Infrastructure Mike Aeiker, Vice President Real Estate Services, Charleston Jim Edwards, Executive Director, Charleston Urban Co-Chair: Bob Orders, CEO, Orders Construction Area Alliance Renewal Authority Co-Chair: Pat Brown, Former Executive Director, Charleston Mike Ellis, certified public accountant, Ellis & Ellis PLLC Mary Jean Davis, Charleston City Council, Chair Urban Renewal Authority Mike Harmon, Triana Energy Bill Mills, Charleston Land Trust Todd Goldman, Real Estate Broker, Goldman Associates of Planning Committee Charlie Maurer, American Electric Power Tom Bird, General Manager, Charleston Town Center Mall Rod Blackstone, Senior Assistant to the Mayor Chris Dodrill, Charleston City Council, Chair, Charleston Susie Salisbury, Vice President Community Land Trust Development, Charleston Area Alliance Doug Hartley, Assistant General Manager, Kanawha Downtown Livability Regional Transit Co-Chair: Stephen Mallory, Chairman, Board of Zoning Doug Malcolm, owner, D.C. Malcolm, Inc. Appeals, Real Estate Developer Technical Committees Jeb Corey, Owner, C&H Taxi, East End Community Co-Chair: Brook Pauley Lord, Generation Charleston Association Alex Alson, Co-CEO, Roark-Sullivan Lifeway Center Neighborhoods and Land Use Richard Rashid, President, RidgeLine Inc. Charlie Loeb, Member, Jackson Kelly, Former Charleston Sara McCarty, Member, Steptoe & Johnson City Council Co-Chair: Adam Krason, Principal, ZMM Architects & Troy Stallard, Charleston Land Trust, Riverfront South John Wells, Commissioner, Charleston Urban Renewal Engineers Inc. Committee Authority, Small Business owner/operator Co-Chair: Valerie George Ellis, Public Safety Council, Julie Cyphers, Generation Charleston Realtor Hon. Meshea Poore, West Virginia House of Delegates Amy Weintraub, Community Activist Quality of Life Pat Bond, Chairman, Charleston Area Alliance Billy Joe Peyton, Chairman, Charleston Historic Landmarks Co-Chair: Cleta Harless, Vice President of Administration Ryan White, Generation Charleston, East End Community Commission and Finance, University of Charleston Association Brian King, Director, Mayor’s Office of Economic and Co-Chair: Jim Strawn, Director of Marketing and Community Terry Pickett, Citizen Planner Community Development Education, Highland Hospital Charles Overstreet, Jr., Chief, Charleston Fire Department Barbara McCabe, Municipal Beautification Commission Chris Sadd, Housing Developer Debby Weinstein, Executive Director, YWCA Data and Plan Support Debra Payne, Executive Director, Religious Coalition for Doug Walters, Educational Consultant RIC and Baker Engineering Community Renewal Jamie Jeffrey, MD, FAAP KEYS 4 HealthyKids Elizabeth Fraser, Kanawha County Library Gerry Workman, Chairman, Charleston Municipal Planning Judy Crabtree, Kanawha Coalition for Community Health Commission, Small Business owner/operator Improvement and KEYS 4 HealthyKids Hanley Clark, Housing Developer, Historic Preservationist John Charnock, Director, City of Charleston Parks & Planning Department Support Kitty Dooley, Chair, Charleston-Kanawha Housing Authority Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation Recreation Department Lisa Fisher Casto, Small Business owner/operator Larry Groce, Executive Director, FestivALL Rev. Lloyd Hill, Charleston Black Ministerial Alliance Rev. Mel Hoover, Unitarian Universalist Church, Community Lori Brannon, Neighborhood Planner Major Jason Beckett, Charleston Police Department Activist Geoff Plagemann, Neighborhood Planner Mark Taylor, Executive Director, Charleston-Kanawha Nell Chilton, President of the Board of Directors, The Housing Authority Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation, Community Activist Marlo Scruggs, Community Development Specialist, BB&T Rachelle Beckner, Generation Charleston Consultant Team Mike Stajduhar, Charleston City Council, West Side Neighborhood Association Pat McGill, West Side Main Street Downtown Business MKSK (Downtown) Ric Cavender, Executive Director, East End Main Street Chair: Will Gillard, Triana Energy LSL Planning, Inc. (Comp Plan) Rev. Ron Stoner, President, West Side Neighborhood Alisa Bailey, President, Charleston Convention and Visitors GAI Consultants (Infrastructure and Design) Association Bureau Russ Young, Citizen Planner, Historic Preservationist Urban Marketing Collaborative (Market) Becky Ceperley, President and CEO, Greater Kanawha Valley Sallie Hart, Real Estate Broker Taylor & Taylor (Historic Preservation) Foundation Community Safety Institute (Crime and Safety) v DRAFT AUGUST 2013 Table of Contents CHAPTER 1: A. Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 3 B. Process ........................................................................................................................................................... 4 INTRODUCTION C. Demographics ................................................................................................................................................ 5 D. Relationship to Other Plans .......................................................................................................................... 6 E. Community Assets and Recent Accomplishments .......................................................................................... 7 CHAPTER 2: A. Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 11 B. Land Use ...................................................................................................................................................... 12 NEIGHBORHOODS C. West Side ...................................................................................................................................................... 17 AND LAND USE D. East End ....................................................................................................................................................... 18 E. Kanawha City ............................................................................................................................................... 19 F. South Hills and Corridor G ........................................................................................................................... 20 G. North Charleston ......................................................................................................................................... 21 H. Edgewood .................................................................................................................................................... 21 I. Oakridge/Greenbrier ................................................................................................................................... 21 J. Neighborhood Best Practices Tool Kit .......................................................................................................... 22 Subarea Application: Patrick Street Gateway ................................................................................................... 25 K. Neighborhoods and Land Use Actions........................................................................................................ 26 CHAPTER 3: A. Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 29 B. Opportunities and Challenges ..................................................................................................................... 30 TRANSPORTATION C. Transportation Best Practices Tool Kit ......................................................................................................... 32 Subarea Application: MacCorkle Avenue .......................................................................................................... 34 D. Infrastructure ............................................................................................................................................... 39 Subarea Application: Kanawha Boulevard ....................................................................................................... 42 D. Mobility and Infrastructure Actions ............................................................................................................. 43 vi DRAFT AUGUST 2013 IMAGINE CHARLESTON | COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PLAN CHAPTER 4: A. Introduction ................................................................................................................................................