This summer, the City of Urbana launched a Downtown Public Realm Study to begin reimagining how public spaces might be used. Our Editorial Board had some ideas. Right now they are in the “Urban Realm Master Plan + Recommendations” phase, and there are multiple ways you can offer your input.
Head to the study’s website and you can view proposed concepts and give your feedback, do some visual prefencing to indicate what you’d like to see in Downtown Urbana, take a Visioning Survey, plan how you would utilize $100,000 in funding, and more.
According to the website, this phase will culminate in “a series of urban realm plan options will be created and presented to the public and city leadership. A final preferred public realm master plan will be selected and move forward into implementation to make the vision a reality.”
Top image from the City of Urbana.