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A Community Design Workshop

           May 21 - 23, 2003


   See the Imagine Muskegon Presentation at:
            www.Shorelinecity.com



     Recent Downtown Planning

* Masterplan update -- 1997
* Downtown/Lakeshore redevelopment plan --
 1997 amendment
* Waterfront redevelopment sub-plan -- 1997 
 amendment
* Downtown and Lakeshore Community 
 Planning Workshops ­ 2001 amendment
* Recommendation for multidisciplinary design 
 team



           Mission Statement


 "To gather and reflect significant community 
consensus for a Muskegon downtown conceptual 
plan that sparks the imagination of citizens and the 
        redevelopment of the downtown."









                                    Sponsors:
* 5/3 Bank                     * Muskegon Conservation 
* City of Muskegon               District
* Community Foundation for     * Muskegon County 
  Muskegon County              * National City Bank 
* Grand Valley State           * Neighborhood Investment 
  University                     Corporation 
* Hackley Hospital             * Nelson Neighborhood 
* Heritage Association           Patron 
* Huntington Bank              * Parmenter O'Toole 
* Muskegon Chamber of          * Sappi Fine Paper
  Commerce                     * Save Our Shoreline Inc.
* Muskegon Chronicle 



Format and Schedule for Design Process

  Wednesday May 21        Design Workshop Sessions
  10:00 am to 11:30 am    Businesses & Shoreline Property Owners
  12:00 pm to 1:30 pm     Investment & Development Groups    
  2:00 pm to 3:30 pm      Institution & Government
  4:00 pm to 5:30 pm      Cultural, Environmental & Tourism
  7:00 pm to 9:00 pm      Public (Population At-Large)

  Thursday May 22         Planning Session
  8:00 am to 5:00 pm      Planning team convenes to discuss information
                          received and discoveries made during workshop 
                          sessions, then break out into planning tasks.

  Friday May 23           Planning Sessions & Conclusions
  8:00 am to 5:00 pm      Planning team reconvenes to evaluate various ideas
                          formulated during breakout planning tasks and  pinpoint 
                          planning solutions, conclusions and recommendations.

  End May to Mid  June    Create Presentable End Product
                          Planning team formulated solutions, conclusions and 
                          recommendations into a presentable format.



    Day 1...
"Storyboards"



    Day 1...
"Storyboards"









Summary of Public Comments



Overall Conceptual Design