Tulsa Comprehensive Plan - PLANiTULSA
Tulsa Comprehensive Plan - PLANiTULSA
Tulsa Comprehensive Plan - PLANiTULSA
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Achieving the Vision: Strategies<br />
Step 4: Conduct Neighborhood<br />
and Small Area <strong>Plan</strong>ning in Key Areas<br />
<strong>Tulsa</strong> already has a strong tradition of neighborhood-level<br />
planning. Small area or neighborhood plans can serve a range<br />
of places, from single corridors to districts of thousands<br />
of homes and businesses. The City of <strong>Tulsa</strong> <strong>Plan</strong>ning<br />
Department should lead the neighborhood planning process in<br />
key areas where redevelopment will help move the city toward<br />
the vision.<br />
<strong>PLANiTULSA</strong>’s engaging and inclusive public<br />
involvement process will serve as a model for<br />
planning in key redevelopment areas.<br />
Because so much of <strong>Tulsa</strong>’s future development will take<br />
shape as redevelopment and reinvestment, working with<br />
existing residents and stakeholders will be an important<br />
part of achieving the vision. The neighborhood planning<br />
function should continue its use of citizen engagement,<br />
visioning, and design and enhance it with additional techniques<br />
developed during the <strong>PLANiTULSA</strong> process. Neighborhood<br />
plans should include an implementation and funding plans<br />
consistent with <strong>PLANiTULSA</strong>, and be supported by a crossdepartmental<br />
team to move them forward.<br />
Collaborative efforts between the city,<br />
developers, and area foundations will jumpstart<br />
key catalyst projects based on the<br />
<strong>PLANiTULSA</strong> prototyes.<br />
Step 5: Develop Key <strong>PLANiTULSA</strong><br />
Prototypes as Demonstration Projects<br />
The <strong>PLANiTULSA</strong> team developed several innovative mixeduse<br />
building models that illustrated — both physically and<br />
financially — how infill development could take place in the<br />
city. They represent the kinds of new development <strong>Tulsa</strong>ns<br />
supported during the public input process, and will help guide<br />
development of the city’s new zoning code.<br />
The city should form a strategic partnership with the<br />
development community and area foundations to locate<br />
and build several of these models as actual projects. The<br />
designs and locations should be carefully chosen to ensure<br />
success and build momentum for further development. The<br />
city should use the experience to establish a standard easyto-implement<br />
development process that will enable similar<br />
projects to be built by the private sector without city or<br />
foundation involvement.<br />
44 | TULSA ViSioN - July 2010
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