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redevelopment concept for the courthouse and riverfront areas, review the policies regarding housing preservation for residential neighborhoods surrounding downtown, and complete an update to the Central Area Transportation Plan. All of these are complete except the riverfront area plan, which is underway. ? Create great neighborhoods, create great streets ? Create and connect special places ? Connect downtown to the River ? Strengthen downtown as a regional center ? Expand housing cultural and recreational opportunities ? Transform Franklin Boulevard into a gateway into downtown ? Capitalize on development opportunities SECTION B – DOCUMENTS AND EFFORTS THAT REFERENCE DOWNTOWN 15.Cultural Policy Review Date: 2007 Context: City Council authorized a cultural policy review in the spring of 2005. Funding was approved for two years in support of the City Council Goal to promote the Arts & Outdoors, which included the City Council’s endorsement of branding Eugene as the “World’s Greatest City of the Arts Outdoors>” The City contracted with WolfBrown in June 2006 to conduct the year-long process. The purpose was to examine current conditions, services, and gaps in the cultural sector, to identify goals and strategies to strengthen that sector, and to provide options to assist the City in defining its role in support of Eugene’s arts and culture. Public Involvement: The consultants: 1) conducted a cultural assessment through over 50 confidential interviews and a dozen focus groups with representatives of all sectors of the community, 2) Designed and conducted a public process of community meetings, attended by over 300 individuals, 3) implemented a “cultural” consensus” survey of Eugene residents’ interests in an priorities for arts and culture that was completed by almost 2,500 individuals and 4) worked with a specially-appointed Mayor’s Committee that provided community perspectives and feedback. Council Involvement: The CPR report was unanimously accepted by the City Council in __. Downtown Related Outcome: The CPR report provides details of the review and offers a vision, goals and strategies, and an approach to implementation designed to enhance and strengthen the cultural sector. Of the report’s five key findings in issue areas, Downtown and the Built Environment related to art and culture was identified as having the ability to enhance revitalization efforts and highlight the value Eugene places on arts and culture. The summary vision for 2017 includes two sentences on downtown: “…Eugene’s downtown is alive with an appealing mix of creative experiences for people of all ages. The Hult Center, its Resident Companies, and a thriving gallery district provide a downtown anchor for cultural programming…” Of the five goals and sixteen strategies that were identified to strengthen and enhance Eugene’s cultural sector so it can contribute even more to the future vitality of the City, Goal V most relates to downtown: To integrate arts and culture into the fabric of downtown Eugene and other neighborhoods as part of a comprehensive strategy of revitalization. The basic strategies of which are summarized below. ? Enhance public art and culture as a critical catalyst for downtown livability and economic vitality ? Support downtown housing