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2014.01.15 - Milliken Design Guidelines

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Project Area Recommendations<br />

Broad Street Improvements<br />

Project Area Priority Rankings<br />

Must-Do’s – Safety/Regulatory Items<br />

• Replace heaving/cracking sidewalk areas<br />

• Increase the size of rock mulch tree growing<br />

areas to allow for more space for tree roots to<br />

grow, and to remove the areas of broken/heaving<br />

sidewalks. Use a concrete curb to contain rock<br />

mulch within tree growing areas (stage one of<br />

tree growing area improvements)<br />

Low-Cost, High-Impact Projects<br />

• Use volunteer hours to install plant material in<br />

existing/new planter pots<br />

• Activate vacant lots with food truck stations,<br />

gathering places, outdoor yoga/exercise areas,<br />

community garden plots, temporary signage/art,<br />

putting greens/temporary miniature golf or a<br />

‘Colorado Beach’ with sand, adirondack chairs<br />

and a volleyball net<br />

• Fill vacant storefronts with “Come ‘Round to<br />

<strong>Milliken</strong>” themed displays of community history,<br />

culture, home-based retail (QR codes can link to<br />

independent websites for home-based <strong>Milliken</strong><br />

industries and businesses)<br />

Low-Cost, High-Impact Projects (continued)<br />

• Add color and vibrancy to the downtown<br />

streetscape by ‘yarn-bombing’ the downtown<br />

tree trunks and/or light poles<br />

• Coordinate with CDOT to paint colorful additions<br />

to the crosswalk striping at intersections (paint<br />

can be added to both crosswalk lines and larger<br />

ground murals in intersection squares)<br />

• Add kinetic, spinning art pieces within the<br />

downtown sidewalk areas (smaller art pieces are<br />

more affordable than larger sculptures – consider<br />

sizing and encourage donations of art pieces that<br />

correspond to the round/moving/kinetic<br />

aesthetic)<br />

• Purchase customizable sandwich boards that can<br />

be rented by downtown businesses, and discuss<br />

the proper location for the boards with business<br />

owners<br />

• Continue the façade improvement dollar-match<br />

program<br />

• Work with CDOT to ensure ‘sharrows’ are painted<br />

in auto travel lanes<br />

Chapter 3: Recommendations<br />

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