EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Invest in TOD
Create Corridor Coalition(s)
→ Create corridor coalition(s) of public, private, and non-profit partners to coordinate and work in concert on community betterment strategies related to neighborhood stabilization, pathways to home ownership, small business growth, and pathways to living wage employment opportunities.
→ Create a working group with JAXUSA Partnership, the Jacksonville Chamber’s nonprofit regional economic development initiative, to develop a more comprehensive strategy for targeting jobs to locate in the corridor.
→ Work with developers to update the Jacksonville Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Overlay District ordinance in ways that streamline development review and incentivize private development. → Use corridor coalition(s) to help plan for and design TOD around Green Line stations.
→ Continue green infrastructure/resiliency strategies throughout the corridor leveraging momentum from the 2023 Resilient Jacksonville plan.
Leverage Public Land
Create TOD Plans & Policies
→ Convene public agencies (JTA, JEA, JHA, and City) to comprehensively review how land they own can be used for new mixed-income housing and job generating uses to support station area vision plans.
Invest in Transit
Support Sustainable Development
→ The City of Jacksonville, Jacksonville Housing Authority (JHA), and JTA should coordinate and prioritize policies and programs to stimulate community-building and private reinvestment in the corridor. This could include adding new criteria into decision-making that prioritizes economic development incentive funding, bicycle and pedestrian improvements, infrastructure, transit operations, and community-building efforts to kick- start momentum for this corridor.
→ Invest in the Green Line to make it a BRT Gold Standard corridor. Achieving this standard will improve transit, walking and bike access to jobs and other destinations for residents in the corridor. The improved access will also stimulate private investment in the corridor. → Target station area improvements to make pedestrian access to stations safer and more attractive. Consider expansion of the transit circulator options around Gateway to better connect grocery stores and other amenities to nearby zero-car households.
→ Advance strategies that encourage pathways to home ownership, small business growth, community building events, etc. to ensure existing residents benefit from and contribute to ongoing plans and redevelopment opportunities. → Use coalition(s) to create incubator spaces at Gateway and other locations along the corridor that promote small business growth and job creation in the logistics, construction trades, hospitality, and medical industries.
Track Success
→ Establish targets and goals. → Set-up interactive, digital dashboard to track development, housing, Quality of Life statistics, and other key indicators.
The Green Line’s UF Health/Shands and VA Clinic station areas marked by pins; panoramic view to the South looking down Boulevard Street.
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Northwest Jacksonville Connects: Green Line TOD Study Final Report | Jacksonville Transit Authority
Northwest Jacksonville Connects: Green Line TOD Study Final Report | Jacksonville Transit Authority
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