2014.01.15 - Milliken Design Guidelines
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
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 />
41