Alternative Futures Community Workshop

June 6, 2000

On June 6, 2000 over 35 people joined the Strategy for Prosperity Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) to identify land use and circulation features important to the community's future. The workshop agenda included review of the April 25, 2000 community workshop results; identifying desirable economic activities; identifying existing places the community values; future places desired; and how places are connected together. Participants worked as members of planning teams.

Summary Highlights

The planning teams identified desirable land uses, special places and connections. They also discussed what they felt was the most challenging decision the community would have to make.

 

Desirable Economic Activities and Land Uses:

• Grocery Store
• Downtown Specialty Shops
• Light Industry
• Airport

 

Special Existing Places:

• Town Park
• Downtown Area/Esmerelda Street
• Library
• Old Granary/Bently Nevada
• County Building
• Old Architecture

 

Special Future Places:

• Specialty Shopping in Downtown
• Access to the Greenbelt
• New School and Park
• Shopping Center
• Community Center

 

Important Connections:

• Esmarelda Street
• 6th/Buckeye
• County Road
• Lucerne
• Open Space Linkages

 

Most Challenging Decision:

• Property Ownership
• Location of Light Industrial
• Multi-family Housing
• Zoning
• Parking
• Funding
  

TEAM #1

 

Location of economic activities or land use:

1. Airport

2. Grocery store, shopping center

3. Downtown specialty shops

 

Most important existing places:

1. Town park

2. Downtown-Esmeralda Street

3. Old Bently NV buildings

 

Future new place:

1. Community center

2. School/park

3. Shopping & services (multiuse/commercial)

 

Community connections:

1. 6th St./Buckeye

2. Esmeralda

3. County road

4. Alleys

 

TEAM # 2

 



 

Location of economic activities or land use:

1. Community center

2. Greenbelt access along river

3. Grocery store site

 

Most important existing places:

1. Historical Downtown area

2. Library

3. Consistent architecture

 

Future new place:

1. 88/395 monument ("Town of Minden")

2. Community center -1905 Farm Museum (County) Road)

3. Preserve "Old Minden" architecture

4. Preserve greenbelts

 

Community connections:

1. Downtown to

2. Community center to

3. Library

 

TEAM #4 (no Team 3)

 



 

Location of economic activities or land use:

1. Expanded historic downtown business & parking

2. Market & light industry

3. Downtown community

 

Most important existing places:

2. Westwood Park

3. Library

4. Esmeralda Street

 

Future new place:

2. Mack Ranch Park

3. Community Center

4. Martin Slough Linear Park

 

Community connections:

1. 6th Street/Buckeye Road & pathway

2. Lucerne

3. Ironwood Road & bikeway

4. County road

5. Mackland

TEAM #5

 



 

Location of economic activities or land use:

1. Anchored shopping center

2. Downtown Parking

3. Airport development

4. (Light industrial )

5. (Increases tax base)

 

Most important existing places:

1. Town park

2. Historic Court House

3. Esmeralda

Future new place:

1. Community center

2. Specialty retail

3. Parking

 

Community connections: NA

 

*Esmeralda-make walking thoroughfare with specialty shops Hwy.395-6th

TEAM #6

 



 

Location of economic activities or land use:

1. Small business core-downtown

2. Light industry-Old Bently property

3. Supermarket-Dreyer's ranch

 

Most important existing places:

1. Historic Minden

2. Town park

3. Silos

 

Future new place:

2. Community center/linear park at Martin Slough

3. School

4. Supermarket

 

Community connections:

1. County road

2. 10th Street

3. Esmeralda

4. 6th Street

5. Lucerne

TEAM #7

 



 

Location of economic activities or land use: NA

 

Most important existing places:

1. Park

2. Bently wool and dairy building & old buildings

3. Mackland

 

Future new place:

1. Most housing in Bench lands w/same schools

2. Above ground Hwy. 395 crossovers at Fourth St. & Lucerne

3. Parking above or below community center near senior apartments

4. Senior housing walking distance from shopping center

5. Future parking on grass ball fields in flood plane

6. Manufacturing near walking shop center

7. School in new Mackland built/on same grid & size as old Minden around community parks

8. Create artist colony & events center in old buildings on Hwy. 395

 

Community connections: NA

TEAM #8

 



 

Location of economic activities or land use:

1. Commercial/retail center

2. Downtown core

3. Public facilities

 

Most important existing places:

1. Esmeralda-Court House to 395

2. Historic Bently properties-Creamery etc.

3. CUI

 

Future new place:

1. New park-Martin Slough

2. Bently/Community center-keep historic buildings

3. Minden entry/retail

 

Community connections:

1. 395

2. 6th/Buckeye

3. County road

4. Esmeralda

5. Martin Slough Park

 

TEAM #9

 



 

Location of economic activities or land use:

1. New homes

2. Community center

3. Downtown based retail

 

Most important existing places:

1. Main Street

2. Town square

3. County building

 

Future new place:

4. Bently site retail

5. Downtown grocery gateway

6. Community center

 

Community connections:

4. Bently/Downtown

5. Residential/Community center

6. School/Downtown

 

*Where to put light industry

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