SUSTAINABILITY objectives and goals
The Sustainability Plan set forth many objectives to address the needs of the community:
A. Improve districts that support job creation and economic prosperity by reinforcing the Central Corridor which is the heart of the city, provide Wi-Fi and technological infrastructure, have specific areas for green and technical industry, improve the riverfront area and have more public recreational activities, and design developmental incentives for those who implement transit oriented development.
B. Design Smart neighborhoods that are healthy, small and utilize public transit by putting compact communities and mixed use main street development on the top of the development list, revamp street designs to make sure they are walkable and bike able, create Citywide plans that ensures bikers and walkers access to all parts of the city, encourage “walkable” development, increase the number of safe routes for kids to and from school, and get the community involved in bettering their own neighborhoods.
C. Increase the amount of civic amenities, streets, and public areas by creating more gathering spaces throughout the community, raising more funds for public activities, increasing public access to school grounds, revamping schools, playgrounds, gyms, and fields to promote being outdoors, and maintaining neighborhoods and public gathering places.
D. Improve and support more use of greenscapes, parks, and urban tree canopies across the City by making sure everyone has access to these areas, creating a trail system, improving funding and care of public parks and open spaces and give them visual identity, increasing the urban tree canopy system, and creating a reforestation campaign
E. Encourage conservation and revitalization of resources and the biodiversity found within the city by increasing the use of the Mississippi Riverfront and developing the better access to the riverfront areas, improving the cleanliness of the waterways, implementing protection of resources, protecting native plants and private land, and devising a plan to connect and protect wildlife areas throughout the city.
F. Protect historical districts of the city including landmarks, buildings, and landscapes by encouraging reuse of buildings, redeveloping historic homes and properties, protecting buildings from thieves, and reusing historic building materials in new designs.
G. Provide more affordable housing in areas that utilize public transit more often than other areas by promoting families of all economic levels to live in these areas.
H. Develop more sustainable uses for under used land and buildings by maintaining vacant lands, promoting the sale of vacant lands, creating incentives to buy vacant land, eliminating illegal dumping, and encouraging the community to beautify vacant properties.
I. Develop a community based urban agriculture industry by updating zoning codes, defining urban faming, and creating policies that allow leasing of vacant lots in exchange for the community to plant gardens.
J. Use integrates sustainability in everyday life by getting the public involved in planning and improving the neighborhoods around them, use zoning to encourage healthy and active communities, encouraging mixed used urban corridors, developing policies for transit oriented districts, and using sustainable parking and transportation. [1]
A. Improve districts that support job creation and economic prosperity by reinforcing the Central Corridor which is the heart of the city, provide Wi-Fi and technological infrastructure, have specific areas for green and technical industry, improve the riverfront area and have more public recreational activities, and design developmental incentives for those who implement transit oriented development.
B. Design Smart neighborhoods that are healthy, small and utilize public transit by putting compact communities and mixed use main street development on the top of the development list, revamp street designs to make sure they are walkable and bike able, create Citywide plans that ensures bikers and walkers access to all parts of the city, encourage “walkable” development, increase the number of safe routes for kids to and from school, and get the community involved in bettering their own neighborhoods.
C. Increase the amount of civic amenities, streets, and public areas by creating more gathering spaces throughout the community, raising more funds for public activities, increasing public access to school grounds, revamping schools, playgrounds, gyms, and fields to promote being outdoors, and maintaining neighborhoods and public gathering places.
D. Improve and support more use of greenscapes, parks, and urban tree canopies across the City by making sure everyone has access to these areas, creating a trail system, improving funding and care of public parks and open spaces and give them visual identity, increasing the urban tree canopy system, and creating a reforestation campaign
E. Encourage conservation and revitalization of resources and the biodiversity found within the city by increasing the use of the Mississippi Riverfront and developing the better access to the riverfront areas, improving the cleanliness of the waterways, implementing protection of resources, protecting native plants and private land, and devising a plan to connect and protect wildlife areas throughout the city.
F. Protect historical districts of the city including landmarks, buildings, and landscapes by encouraging reuse of buildings, redeveloping historic homes and properties, protecting buildings from thieves, and reusing historic building materials in new designs.
G. Provide more affordable housing in areas that utilize public transit more often than other areas by promoting families of all economic levels to live in these areas.
H. Develop more sustainable uses for under used land and buildings by maintaining vacant lands, promoting the sale of vacant lands, creating incentives to buy vacant land, eliminating illegal dumping, and encouraging the community to beautify vacant properties.
I. Develop a community based urban agriculture industry by updating zoning codes, defining urban faming, and creating policies that allow leasing of vacant lots in exchange for the community to plant gardens.
J. Use integrates sustainability in everyday life by getting the public involved in planning and improving the neighborhoods around them, use zoning to encourage healthy and active communities, encouraging mixed used urban corridors, developing policies for transit oriented districts, and using sustainable parking and transportation. [1]
[1] "City of St. Louis Sustainability Plan." The City of St. Louis Missouri. N.p., 17 Jan. 2013. Web. 31 Aug. 2014. <https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/planning/documents/upload/130219%20STL% 20Sustainability%20Plan.pdf>