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

• Get rid of the used car lots. • Get rid of the car dealerships and oﬀ er tax incen ves for small bou ques and restaurants to open in the area. • Entertainment oriented mul purpose area while Embracing the history and ridding the of junk • not my area of exper se • More shops and restuarants • it either needs to be a des na on to itself of a business will have a hard me suceeding - games only bring so much business. you need to appeal to who is already down there too • Make be er houses • Not sure. • Small me movie theatre to show current and old movies. Something close for those coming for the games and such. A dinner theatre might be good. Just some thoughts. • Make the area more a rac ve add bu erfl y gardening area • Shops and restaurants. • Provide surface parking and easy access for customers • I will leave that up to the people who are suppose to know but the car lot situa on has lowered the look and does not invite people to come gather. The entertainment district will enjoy the corridor if it supplies them with other places to spend their money. • give tax breaks to small business owners and corps. for signing mul year leases..... • Get rid of everything to which you would not want to expose your parents or children and possibly oﬀ er tax incen ves to develop commerce that meets your mission statement. • If you build it and make it look AND FEEL safe, you can get increased usage from the downtown area/UT Arlington. • Get rid of the pawn Ques on 19. Any addi onal comments, concerns or recommen- da ons? Responses • A great deal of planning has occured. I am very hopeful that this planning will make a diﬀ erence. • Strongly support uses that want to spend private dollars and improve a property or bring a new business. • Many small improvements in the area can make more impact than one big development. Many small Grants or Funds from city to small businesses or property owners might be more benefi t to the area than a big Grant to one development project. • Government needs to facilitate the vision of private developers, not impose its vision • It is a long slow expensive endeavor. • Unfortunately when no one was “looking” or cared, the majority of the property on Division was bought by outside sources, foreign invest- ments, and people that in general could care less about our history or redevelopment. In order to go forward, these proper es must be reclaimed by local businesses with the same goals as our own. Unfortunately, these par es know that and are trying to sell their proper es at unreason- able prices.....I’m not sure how to resolve greed. • Relocate the car lots oﬀ of Division St. • Un l you do away with the pedestrian traﬃ c that appears to be threatening - and yes, prob- ably relocate the night shelter, and get a good model for redevelopment of not only Division but Main St., Center, Mesquite, etc. li le can be done, BUT.....there is great poten al for redevel- opment of whole area. • Clean or remove the low cost Motels • Division Street has been allowed to become an una rac ve low-end appearance drive. I was on the 2005 Division Street Commi ee and these • same issue were discussed. People will need some incen ve to change the businesses that provide their income. Un l the city can oﬀ er the se led in business owners righ ul compensa on to change appearances and/or move to allow new businesses to come in the area, the same issues will be discussed, handled and dropped. The responses above are stated exactly as they were provided by Ci zens. 96 Division Street Corridor Strategy City of Arlington

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