Division Corridor Strategy Final Report Division-Corridor-Strategy-Final-Report

Ques on 16. How would you redevelop the Division Street Corridor? Responses • Con nue what is happening on Center St. linking UT Arlington, City oﬃ ces, sports facili es • complete change of character. Restrict/prohibit any addi onal car dealerships. Consider the larger tracks and seek resturant and entertain- ment type of venues. Place the power poles to the rear of the proper es. • 1 of the old motels upgraded to bou que rooms and bar, some service businesses and bars. Try for a hip Aus n thing, although the coﬀ ee place downtown failed. • mixed-use projects • Develop a variety of uses-more than just used car lots I would put plants and fl owers around each corner. Lamp Posts. Coﬀ ee Shop. Sandwich,Soup, and Salad Restaurant. • City of Arlington can come up with theme for the area and work with the property owners to repaint/repair the proper es exterior to improve the proper es appearance per city’s theme. If the city giving out micro fund (such as $800 – $1,500) to each property owners in the area to repaint exterior or improve curve appeal, $500,000-fund can make 500 proper es look be er and the area will be drama cally more a rac ve. (Please note that Base on our experi- ence, we can repaint exterior for a whole house with in $1,5 00.) • By ge ng government regula on out of the way so that the free market can work to reward risk takers • U li es underground with a 15-25 foot set back par al landscaped parkway requirement with a strict unique sign criteria. • Remove/restrict the car lots....how sad that when we are trying to revitalize this area with retail...a prime loca on at mesquite and division is changed into yet another used car lot...and by a board member as well...shame on you. Remove old motels. • Mixed Use development • Need to determine what the area will support from a fi nancial point. Breakfast Restaurant Appendix • The concentra on of many used car dealers wedged in between downtwon and our enter- tainment district. • Center point loca on between UT Arlington and the entertainment district • access to UT Arlington/Downtown/Entertain- ment district with high traﬃ c volume • used car lots • Traﬃ c volumes - This is good for business. Also, there are many long me business and property owners. • Vehicle sales and repair • lots of traﬃ c - old • History • History • The Old Highway feel it has in respect to the small town Arlington used to be. • Its history - LOVE that the Vandergriﬀ building is seeing new life! • It’s history • Nothing • it is in the midle of the entertainment district!! • The old buildings, the history, the levat pavilion • Low traﬃ c volume • It’s history as a thoroughfare between Dallas and Fort Worth. • Poten al for quaintness if the Tote-the-Note lots were gone. • Aging used car lots and junky businesses. • the old- me motels.. renovate them into period bou que motels • used car lots and sleazy motels • small town feeling • Nothing • S ll has a small-er town feel in a large city. • History. • Loca on to UT Arlington and Entertainment • loca on • Proximity to downtown and entertainment districts • I really can’t think of any good characteris c now. • Loca on • car sales right now • The poten al to be used by thousands and thousands of people. • Historic Appeal • family entertainment. The responses above are stated exactly as they were provided by Ci zens. Division Street Corridor Strategy City of Arlington 91

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