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<br />Lake Street Midtown Greenway <br />Minneapolis, Minnesota <br />The Framework Plan was prepared for an audience of both <br />public and private sector groups and individuals. It is already <br />being used as an 'implementation tool' to heighten discus- <br />sion and strengthen the resolve of corridor stakeholders, <br />working together to create a unique, memorable, safe and <br />sustainable model from which to build a stable, mixed income <br />community that works for everyone for decades to come. <br /> <br />The purpose of the Framework Plan was to bring forward an <br />exciting and engaging vision resulting from the broad-based <br />commitment of the many stakeholders in this corridor and to <br />identify the specific steps needed to realize the vision. <br /> <br />Working closely with neighborhood organizations and pub- <br />lic agencies, the Framework Plan seeks to balance policy <br />issues with an increased demand to get things done - to <br />implement real projects with tangible results for local resi- <br />denb and <br />businesses. This Framework Plan represents a three-year <br />process of neighborhood workshops and public open house <br />events conducted to organize and encourage the communi- <br />ty and political will needed to define priorities, facilitate <br />detailed planning and design recommendations and secure <br />the resources to move projects forward. <br /> <br />Urban Village <br />Minneapolis, Minnesota <br />The "Urban Village" is a proposed housing development on <br />the north rim of the new Midtown Greenway, which links the <br />lake district to the Mississippi River through south <br />Minneapolis. Included in the initiative are a renovated <br />warehouse and new infill housing for a range of income <br />groups. Three teams of architects and developers are work- <br />ing in tandem to develop this innovative project. <br /> <br />As the urban design firm for the Midtown Greenway and <br />Lake Street Corridor Framework Plan, Close Landscape <br />Architecture developed the design concept and guidelines <br />for the public/private interface between the Urban Village <br />and the Midtown Greenway. Included in the public realm is <br />a high quality "promenade" along the Greenway rim, with <br />gracious "landscape galleries" at the top of the ramped <br />access paths connecting to the trail below. Lighting, furnish- <br />ings, landscaping, special paving, walls and ornamental iron <br />fencing will all contribute to this urban civic space. <br /> <br />9 <br /> <br /> <br />