Placemaking
Placemaking is the collaborative process of planning, designing, and managing public space in order to promote high-quality living and evoke a “sense of place.” This process helps establish a city as a desirable place to live and guides the selection of site amenities that support its vision. It is placemaking that will distinguish Pearland from other communities within the Greater Houston area.
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RECOMMENDED ACTIONS Î 8.1 Placemaking Guidelines: Develop or update design guidelines that require the implementation of established placemaking practices in key place type areas and incentivize the use of natural areas and sustainable resources in the design of Pearland neighborhoods and amenity areas. Î 8.2 Lifestyle Amenities: Create design guidelines that ensure employment centers are developed with lifestyle amenities (walkability, green space, on-site or nearby retail, etc.) that attract highly skilled, high-income workers. Î 8.7 Tourism Ads: Increase advertising efforts for existing ecotourism, sports tourism, the Pearland GeoTour, Pearland Mural Tour, the Pear-Scape Trail, and other local attractions.
placemaking is not just with signage, banners or entry monuments, but also with the design of streets and trails, the siting and design of buildings and the use of streetscaping and strategically located open space.
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