What is the future for area between Salinas River and Railroad Ave.?
Presentation set for Thursday, Oct. 27
A class of city planning students from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is developing an urban design vision for the area between the Union Pacific Railroad tracks and the Salinas River from 1st Street to 24th Street in Paso Robles. The class will be presenting its first round of ideas this Thursday, Oct. 27, at 6 p.m. in city council chambers at Paso Robles City Hall, 1000 Spring St., Paso Robles, Calif.
City councilmen, city planning commissioners and the public is invited to come share ideas and make suggestions at the workshop.
Anyone interested is also invited to participate in an online survey about the area. The survey is available on line at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VisionsforPaso
Original story Oct. 4:
Cal Poly students seeking community feedback for urban design project
– A class of thirty-five city planning students from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is developing an urban design vision for the area between the Union Pacific Railroad tracks and the Salinas River from 1st Street to 24th Street in Paso Robles, and they are seeking feedback from the community.
Led by professors Hemalata Dandekar and Vicente del Rio, with the approval of the City of Paso Robles’s Community Development Department, the students will develop an integrated concept plan for this area which, although in a prime location with various important businesses, still needs to realize its full potential. Currently the area is poorly integrated to the rest of the city, lacks in accessibility and walkability, contains several underutilized parcels, and presents a strong barrier to the river. Recognizing that existing land uses are important to the city’s economy, the students will study ways to exploit the area’s full potential in relation to the city’s overall vision and projected growth. The class will come up with design ideas on how to invest in that area, complement the downtown activities, serve the adjacent neighborhoods, and connect to the river corridor and open spaces.
This week, the students are performing surveys on the project site, including brief interviews with people who reside and work in the area. Through these interviews the students want to gather people’s perceptions and ideas that will inform their concepts. This brief interview is also available as an on line survey so that the class hears from as many respondents as possible. The survey is available on line at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VisionsforPaso
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