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With the above guidelines in mind, the Downtown Desi n Committee, with ci staff and consultant as i g • ry s stance, sponsored the following public design events: Partici ata Plannin Worksho ~n the 1 nth, ~ 7th and ~ 9th of September 1990, the Downtown Desi n Committee hosted and the ci staff and c n • •g v sultant conducted, a series of special participato downtown • ~ 'Y planning and design workshops with downtown. retailers, roe owners nei hborhood • P P ~' g residents, and other interested parties ~n a storefront desi n studio established on the round floor f ' ' g g o the Broadway Build~n on East Broadway. fiver 95 eo le si ned u and artici aced on a first m '' ~ P p g P p p co a bass ~n t o five~workshop sessions. With the consultant team's facilitation, the participants were or anized into small 10-20 person work groups that 1) evaluated existing downtown land/ uildin use conditions and identified alternative mark ' • • g, • et~ng strategies for vacant or underut~l~zed bu~ld~ngs; 2) developed preferred activities plans for the downtown which accounted for differences in seasons and weather; and 3) identified and made s ecific comments concernin existin h sisal f .. P g g p y eatures that the groups liked or disliked about the present mall. Each small work group's participatory design products and comments were recorded b artici atin Downtown Desi n Commi '' y P P g • g ttee facilitators, displayed on the walls of the storefront deli n study, and summarized into tabular form f g or review. The participants also completed a survey at the end of the sessions that asked the reasons far their participation in the workshop, their o . inions concernin the conduct and us f P e ulness of the sessions, and their characteristics concernin t eir interests and use of g the downtown. Eu ene Celebration Surve On the 21st, 22nd and 23rd of se tember 1994, the Committee hosted an ' P d city staff and the consultant conducted, a downtown desi n evaluation with the attendees of the Eu en Cel g g e ebrat~on at the storefront design studio on East Broadwa .The consultant or anized and dis la ed th r ' ' y g p y e esults of the partic~patvry design workshops yn the walls of the storefront studio. Celebration attendees were encouraged to view the results on the artici ato desi n worksho s then cam 1 P P ry g p , p ete a deta~~ed survey asking about seasonal and weather ~m acts on the use of downtown s aces likes an ' ' ' ' P p d dislikes of existin mall physical improvements, preferences about some alternative strategy approaches to t e downtown and their characteristics concerning downtown utilization, ~ , fiver 572 people visited the studio to review the results of the artici ato worksho s corn fete the d it P P ry P'• p eta ed survey, and provide open-ended comments on the rocess or desi n of their choosin . P g g The consultant collated and used the results of the artici ato desi n workshy s and th P p ry g p e Eugene Celebration surveys and comments to develop a series of alternatives dealin with 1) downtown atewa and corridor a r g g y pp oath concepts, 2) three downtown vehicular and pedestrian access strategies, 3) a vehicular and edestrian access matrix that introduced P the convertible street concept, and 4) example street develo meat confi uratiyns illustratin th i P g g e mpact of different pavement, sidewalk, and street tree lantin dimensions. These initial conce is w r P g e e reviewed, discussed, modified, and redefined to the .p. Committee's satisfaction follvw~ng a number of detailed worksho s involvin the P g Committee, city staff, and consultant. 3~