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2. Connect special places downtown with enhanced street designs, public art, directional signs, transit routes, and historic markers to create an inviting and memorable route through downtown. 3. Promote adjacent park and open space areas as a valuable complement to downtown's urban places. Improve connections between downtown and nearby nature areas. 4. Encourage listing of appropriate structures and sites of historic importance in the National Register of Historic Places or as City of Eugene Historic Landmarks. Implementation Strategies A. Encourage the creation of new special places especially along the Great Streets. B. Amend the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan to redesignate the train station from industrial to commercial land use, and rezone to a commercial zone such as C-2 or C-3. C. Create an artful directory sign program throughout downtown that directs people from special place to special place. E. Prepare an open space plan for downtown that includes the Park Blocks, parks adjacent to downtown and the riverfront path system. F. Provide places downtown that appeal to children and families. Consider places to play or learn about the city. Design places with kids in mind. G. Identify areas along streets that can be enhanced by landscaping, art or pedestrian amenities. H. Support programming for music, art and other events in the special places downtown. I. Maintain views and access from downtown to nearby open space areas. Include signs and sidewalk improvements. J. Create a civic design review board to assist in and approve the designs for all civic facilities, particularly in our downtown core. K. Reinforce the continued use of the Park Blocks for the Saturday Market and Farmer's Market. 23