Lifestyle Villages Major open space amenities such as parks, trails and water bodies can be powerful catalysts for new development/redevelopment. People from diverse backgrounds are drawn to amenities that support a more active, outdoor lifestyle. There are two such major public open space amenities within the East Berry Street study area that can be leveraged to catalyze new development - Cobb Park and Lake Arlington. Currently, neither amenity has been fully embraced by surrounding development, but the opportunity is there. Cobb Park Cobb park is a beautiful natural open space that follows Sycamore Creek and eventually merges with the Trinity River to the north. The park system extends to the north and has potential to extent to the south as well. The privately owned land in the vicinity of East Berry Street, a substantial portion of which is vacant, does not take advantage of the parks proximity. However, this can be seen as an opportunity to create a redevelopment vision for the area that can be implemented through appropriate zoning tools that ensure that future development takes full advantage of the park. Lake Arlington Lake Arlington lies at the eastern edge of the study area. The potential node area is sandwiched between the lake and Loop 820 and currently consist of light industrial and storage uses. East Berry Street terminates at Cravens Road which is bordered by undeveloped, privately owned land. Views of the lake are obscured by trees on the vacant land. The lake offers a major opportunity as an amenity for walkable mixed-use development and a destination for the whole corridor. The properties are already zoned for mixed-use - MU-1 and MU-2 (along Loop 820). The zoning in and of itself has yet to yield redevelopment of this area. This could be due to existing legacy industrial and storage uses and lack of earmarked public realm improvements in support of mixed use redevelopment. In addition, the market has yet to realize the untapped potential of the lake and its vicinity. The area could also benefit from a clearer vision that would coordinate private and public investment.
Lake Arlington
Cobb Park
Sycamore Creek in Cobb Park
LAND USE
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