The purposed redesign of Waupaca's Main Street celebrates the city's past, 自然资源和工业.

Suspended lighting recalls what the street historically looked like.

A wave worked into the sidewalks flows like the nearby Waupaca River and leads to other connections in the downtown district.

Gears are the focal point in the intercetion of Main and Fulton streets, 代表威尼斯注册送38元.

"This is really about creating a vision and destination for downtown Waupaca and about growth and development downtown,布伦南·凯恩说, the city's director of 社区 and economic development.

他是在周一发表上述评论的, April 24 at Danes Hall as the draft redevelopment plan for downtown was unveiled to the 社区.

Reconstuctin of Main Street, from Badger to Water streets, is scheduled to begin in 2021.

Infrastructure under the street is more than 100 years old.

The redevelopment plan for Main Street is the work of RDG Planning & 设计.

"It's a project for the whole 社区," said Cory Scott, a partner in the form.

The design process included numerous meetings and opportunities for public comment.

Scott said throughout the dicussion, five themes emerged at the top.

他们要建立记忆, 刺激私人投资, 产生连锁反应, celebrate the natural environment and attract new customers.

When the city's consultant looked at historic photos of Main Street, the firm looked for patterns in the old streetscape.

"There was something going on above and something going on below, and the building (Danes Hall) was the focal point,斯科特说.

街道上方悬挂着吊灯.

有轨电车沿着街道行驶.

He said the plan builds around those memories.

“我们的想法是把它变成一个区, 所以如果你把车停在这个地区的任何地方, 你已经到达,斯科特说.

He said the project is also not just about Main Street, but about redevelopment and reuse throughout the downtown area.

There are a number of opportunities for that, Scott said.

While Main Street is the principal corridor, the plan seeks to make connections to its side neighborhoods.

He said the Waupaca River is currently a hidden asset, and the idea is to connect Main Street to the river.

The plan includes turning Session Street into a one way street, from Washington to Main streets.

Doing so would make a grand entrance to the river, 赖安·彼得森说, RDG的合伙人兼景观设计师.

Scott said a sense of arrival may be created throughout downtown with vertical and horizontal structures.

It would say "Waupaca" on the horizontal structures.

The vertical elements could be made out of metal and sponsored by businesses, 组织或个人.

该设计还包括凸起, greenspace and planters to create a pedestrian-friendly streetscape.

Peterson said bumpouts play a major role in slowing down traffic.

The plan also includes shifting North Main Street a bit to the east to realign it with Water Street.

"We're really trying to calm traffic and put people first," he said

Development of a plaza is proposed near Granite Street to attract people to the north end of Main Street.

Peterson said the proposed design for downtown includes layers to make people pause and want to get out of their cars.

The gears in the pavement at the intersection of Main and Fulton streets are one such example.

"It's something you won't forget," Peterson said.

He sees the design for Main Street as celebrating Waupaca's past and present.

"You get the feeling of being in a space," Peterson said. "And then you add greenspace to provide color and reenergize downtown."

Scott said the deisgn makes downtown more walkable, festive and comfortable.

The consultants also want to help the city attact more customers, see new businesses open and make people want to spend the entire day in the 社区.

The city is waiting to learn if the Wisconsin Department of transportation will grant the design exceptions the city requested to maintain as much front-in angle praking as possible.

The public comments from this weeks open house will be used to finalize Main Street's redevelopment plan, 哪些需要被城市采纳.

The Waupaca Common Council will also need to decide on a funding level for the project.

RDG provided three potential funding levels to the city: $4.800万，5美元.300万美元和5美元.800万年.

Each of those level would cover all new paving. sewer and utility services to the buildings, Peterson said.

The lowest funding level would include basic streetscape amenities. The other two levels would include more placemaking ideas.

“肾上腺脑白质退化症”. Scott Purchatzke was among the council members who attended the April 24 open house.

“这些概念很美. There will be more fine-tuning, removals or additions," he said. "It will make it so beautiful that people want to come downtown and want to establish their business downtown."