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Arbor Hill Neighborhood Plan Guiding Principles

Homeownership and Rental Housing

Guiding Principles:

• Support new, lower density housing
• Rehabilitate existing housing and build compatible infill housing
• Provide a variety of housing types for all ages, family sizes and incomes
• Use high quality designs and materials
• Support existing homeowners.

Arts, Culture & Heritage

Guiding Principles:

• Preserve the historic integrity of the neighborhood by maximizing the reuse of historic dings
• Support cultural institutions' applications for grant funding within or about Arbor Hill
• Promote Arbor Hill as a place for arts, culture and heritage, recognizing the neighborhood's rich history, including the African American experience
• Expand public participation in the arts

Business and Job Development

Guiding Principles:

• Support Henry Johnson Boulevard and Clinton Avenue as the neighborhood's primary commercial corridors
• Promote the growth of quality small businesses, which serve and employ neighborhood residents
• Support the development of marketable retail sites
• Build upon the emerging cluster of ethnic restaurants and grocers
• Make streetscape and other enhancements to improve the image of Arbor Hill's commercial corridors

Quality of Life

Guiding Principles:

• Foster understanding, cooperation and trust between the community and the police department to improve public safety

• Make physical improvements to enhance public safety
• Support efforts to clean and beautify Arbor Hill
• Improve existing and develop new neighborhood green spaces
• Calm traffic and make other improvements to make Arbor Hill more pedestrian-friendly
• Give priority for on-street parking to residents, particularly where off street parking options do not exist
• Encourage stronger physical connections to the downtown