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Implementation: The planning department in conjunction with the<br />

<strong>Downtown</strong> Development <strong>of</strong>fice will petition city council to purchase the four parcels that<br />

comprise the Laderberg lot, including the vacant Laderberg building. Following council<br />

approval, the <strong>Downtown</strong> Development <strong>of</strong>fice will market the entire property to a<br />

developer while the Department <strong>of</strong> Public Works re-aligns Commerce Road. The city<br />

will purchase the land within two years and resell the property within three years. New<br />

construction and renovations project will be completed within five years.<br />

Strategy 2.1.3: A two-story mixed-use development, with <strong>of</strong>fices on the<br />

first floor and residential units on the second, will be constructed in the present First<br />

Baptist Church parking lot. This building should conform to the CBD design standards.<br />

As this church will loose parking spaces from the loss <strong>of</strong> part <strong>of</strong> their parking lot,<br />

Parishioners <strong>of</strong> the Church may use the <strong>Suffolk</strong> Center parking lots if additional parking<br />

is needed.<br />

Existing Conditions<br />

Proposed Development<br />

Finney<br />

N. Main<br />

Oakdale<br />

Implementation: The planning department in cooperation with the <strong>Downtown</strong><br />

Development <strong>of</strong>fice and the <strong>Suffolk</strong> Business association will petition the First Baptist<br />

Church to subdivide the parking lot fronting North Main Street. Sale <strong>of</strong> the land and<br />

construction <strong>of</strong> the building will begin within four years.<br />

Strategy 2.1.4: After the extension <strong>of</strong> Finny Ave, the land on the southern<br />

portion will be divided into seven parcels. Six <strong>of</strong> the new parcels between Pine and<br />

Chestnut will be zoned RM. Two story single-family housing units will be constructed on<br />

these parcels. The seventh parcel between Pine and Clay will be reserved for a city<br />

library to be completed at a later time.

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