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NEW YORK AVENUE CORRIDOR STRATEGY
COMMUNITY DESIRES
Community desires were ascertained through
a number of methods, as detailed on page 3-5
of this report, including stakeholder interviews,
Advisory Committee exercises, a survey and fa-
cilitated discussions at public open houses. Par-
ticipants in these processes were asked a series
of open-ended questions related to their percep-
tions of the Study Area today, and key elements
that they would like to see as part of a future vi-
sion (see Appendix iii). The following summariz-
es the specific questions asked of participants in
the vision process, as well as specific respons-
es received from the community categorized by
topic.
CORRIDOR CHARACTER
With this input related to the perceptions of the
current corridor condition, the community was
then asked to write a phrase or sentence de-
scribing the character of the corridor as they
would like it to be in 2020. Among the comments
received were:
• Extensive redevelopment. First
commercial, then residential
• Superior schools
• Cleaner, walkable and a large number of
trees added
• A community feel
• Sidewalks, parking lots, buildings well
maintained.
• Robust, exciting, updated, refreshed,
revitalized
• Medical facilities
• Great place to visit
• Code enforcement - bury electrical lines -
maintained sidewalks
• WORLD CLASS!
To establish a baseline for the future vision, the
community was asked to write a short phrase or
sentence describing how they view the character
of the corridor today. Key themes derived from
their responses were:

• Old and rundown / old and worn
In addition to these comments related to the spe-
• Dated – not keeping up with styles
cific questions asked about corridor character,
• Little to no landscaping standards met
the following general comments were provided:
• Not aesthetically pleasing
• Signage is busy
• Too much social service
• Lack of City Code enforcement - too much
• Businesses good – ugly signs
trash in homeowner yards
• Braums (desired)
• Poor street/sidewalks
• Appears hodge-podge / no consistency in
• Eyesore to Arlington
signage
• Bad streets
• More police officers
• Tired, busy, maybe exhausted
• Need to stop cutting down trees –
residential and commercial
• HELP!
• Tremendous potential!
• Kids art and theater center (desired)
• Abandoned or open, parking, signage
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FINAL REPORT | SEPTEMBER 2013