Improved Neighborhood Corridors
The infill projects discussed earlier mainly focus on residential opportunities; however, there are commercial development opportunities along four of the neighborhood's major vehicular corridors: Main, Broadway, Central and Murdock Streets. These thoroughfares are already benefiting from commercial and business activity that serves the neighborhood and beyond. In particular, Main and Broadway seem to function more as 'District Corridors' and Murdock and Central as 'Neighborhood Corridors' indicating differing roles as local versus city thoroughfares. Because Broadway is two-way, a substantial amount of auto-oriented development is already occurring along the street. Main Street is one-way south and has retained more of the traditional building fabric, so commercial development along this street has been more office-oriented.

The strategy for redevelopment along these neighborhood corridors should be threefold:

1. Identify uses that would benefit the neighborhood - Discussions with residents throughout the planning process indicated a desire for a full-service grocery within the neighborhood; however, the likelihood of that happening at this point without significant public involvement is probably slim. Although it was beyond the scope of this project to determine an appropriate mix of commercial uses; as the residential base of the neighborhood grows, identifying potential uses and embarking on a recruitment effort will become important tasks.

2. Develop design and appearance standards - Standards for development along these corridors must be developed soon, even as residential redevelopment is the primary focus so that potential conflicts in appearance are mitigated.

3. Strengthen code enforcement and inspection activities - Once standards are in place, efforts to monitor and enforce those standards must be rigorous.