7A, Draft Guiding Plan for B2 District

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· Small Businesses/restaurants, Unique restaurants, inexpensive, ethnic, Small specialty shops: bakery, coffee, book store, Asian take-out, clothing, gifts, drugstore, toy store, green products store, ice cream, shoe repair, cleaners (7) II Small scale neighborhood commercial with a common architectural theme II Food: Co-op, fanners market, interesting restaurants, real restaurants, sit-down, neighborhood bar/cafe - but not a chain, more wine selection (6) · A Sweet Tomatoes Restaurant II Trader Joe's (2) · Someplace to have real ice cream cones - not soft serve · Keep pharmacy and Ace Hardware II No big box retail (3) · Replace Bingo Hall with dining or motel or housing · Close down bingo hall · Farmers market in Arden Plaza parking lot · Remove octagon buildings and replace with not "cutsie" small businesses visible from all sides (no Walgreens, CVS, or Bigbox) II Holiday in as conference center/community center (3) II Holiday Inn converted to senior housing project within current. building II Mixed use on Holiday Inn site (residential above community/retail/office/services) (2) · Mixed-use, including residential (3) · Should have a multi-use zone so that residential could be mixed with the retail II Consider needs of local corporations; Boston Scientific, Land-o-Lakes, Deluxe, etc. · Put library where bingo hall is and have food and gathering place .. Move City hall to Arden Plaza/general area (2) · Ramsey County library portal · Consider public purpose for Arden Plaza - library? · Some kind of community plaza where people can gather - town square · Community Park II A focus place where people can eat and gather, public meeting areas or room in old holiday inn hotel · Community bulletin board II Divided roadway with landscaping II Wide boulevards for pedestrian walkways, landscaping (8) .. Multi-use sidewalk north of Co Road E and west of Lexington Avenue and safe crossing areas to cross Lexington II Walks and trails should compliment the existing trail system · Uniform trees and street lights (2) · Pedestrian friendly square, fountain, occasional street vendors (2) II Good landscaping, pleasant surroundings, outdoor patios, water · Signs along Snelling for Northwestern College · Improve park and hockey rink size/access · Change name of County Road E to.. . community choice · Continued small town feel, Arden Hills community identity (3) · People friendly amenities · Low Building profile, no building taller than 3 stories (2) · Outdoor art · Large setbacks · Buildings that architecturally flow together, that do not "age", blend with environemnt (7) · Quality architecture, not franchise architecture B-4 Guiding Plan for the B2 District