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Ques on 18. How would you improve the economic environment within the Division Street Corridor? Responses • Property occupants • Provide redevelopment incen ves with major tax relief for 5-10 years and elimina on of various City fees. City to aid in development of City street frontage and parking where feasible. • City makes it so so hard to do redevelopment • Assist with infrastructure improvements • Develop with retail en es that employ 5-10 employees per space • Making a place for the homeless some where else. Ge ng rid of the ladies of the night completely. • Move used car lots away. • By ge ng government regula on out of the way so that the free market can work to reward risk takers • See the above and some of the development that has been happening in the last few years. Area UT Arlington mul family projects are a rac ng corridor opportuni es. • If you build quality businesses....just as we have restaurants....THEY WILL COME. • Assemblage of car lots and then redevelop that land. • bring a en on to what is available • Eliminate excessive regula on. • Ristrict the appearance of Low Cost Motels • tax incen ves for progressive redevelopment • Developments that would oﬀ er par cipa ve incen ves to exis ng business/property owners to share in the long term profi ts if their land use was changed for example - from a car lot to a hotel. • Slowly try to change the business base from car sales to businesses that generate more sales tax. • Promo ng local small businesses • Shopping of all types such as main street in Grapevine. • Upgrade business. Those car lots have to go. • Incen ves to upgrade building facades, landscaping, repair parking lots and driveways, underground u li es and other infrastructure improvements to promote change. • diversify businesses • Change the zoning to en ce more businesses and other uses to be interested in the area • There are few vacancies, so it seems the economic ac vity is doing well. Making it more a rac ve to other uses, like improving pedes- trian and bike infrastructure as well as reloca ng power and u lity lines would help. • Maybe oﬀ er some assistance to Small Businesses want to remodel and update old buildings, Get Rid of the old Car Lots, Foster businesses that want to be part of the community, • Tax incen ves for new development. • Try to extend the UT Arlington campus east • unsure • Let the property owners do that • Require exis ng and future businesses to maintain nice frontages. Require the City to police and monitor the area and enforce code viola ons. • Make the area more physically a rac ve to incen vize businesses to move to the area. • Implement a marke ng program with a coop- era ve funding plan between the city and the property owners. Call it: “Discover Arlington’s Division Street” • Add something for visitors to do- places to spend their money. Avoid big box stores. • public infrastructure investment • Make it look nice • remove the auto dealers and junk stores and keep the small businesses. • Get rid of some of the used auto dealerships that look rundown or renovate them and add shops and restaurants or even new apartments. • Put a moratoreum on used-car dealerships. • More retail and entertainment • I don’t know enough to give an educated opinion • Cool resturants, shopping, bars. • More jobs Appendix • Zoning to require retro looking neon signage, buildings need to at least maintain the vintage look. • Would change the character that does not give the impression there is a drug problelm in the area... • What dis nct character The responses above are stated exactly as they were provided by Ci zens. Division Street Co rridor Strategy City of Arlington 95

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