MASTER PLANS UPDATE
Ohio Avenue Placemaking Campaign
In 2020 a leadership team was formulated with FURA chairman serving as champion of the program. The Team represented a diverse mix of partners to steward a community outreach effort (during COVID times) which embodied the Ohio Avenue Placemaking Campaign. Over the course of a compressed five months, the Campaign garnered over 190+ positive public feedback surveys and resulted in identification of Short Term Wins and Long Term Mission for the district’s Ohio Avenue corridor.
The Campaign culminated during the week of October 19-23 with nightly musician performances held at the Lawn of City Hall for free community “socially-distancing” enjoyment under an inaugural hosting of the city’s #ARTSmonth Awareness program.
On 5.11.21, City Council received a report out on the Campaign's deliverables, quantified public feedback, and outlined next step alternatives of Placemaking 2.1 for the corridor. Click here to view the City Council presentation.
The Campaign received its resource(s) funding via a State of CO grant awarded in late 2019 via the Rural Technical Assistance Program‘s Community Placemaking category.
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Town Design and Aesthetics Guidelines
The US 85 urban renewal area districts, known as Olde Town and Gateway, provide an extremely important first impression for the City. Redeveloping, revitalizing and creating design standards for these districts facilitate an environment for future investment, development and growth while maintaining the small town, unique atmosphere that the City of Fountain embodies.
In 2020, City Council adopted the Design+Aesthetics Incentive Program as a tool specifically designed spur private capital investment within Olde Town. This program was a spin off deliverable of the overall Town Design Guidelines and Interstate Gateway project which was initially funded through the Fountain Urban Renewal Authority in 2018. To learn more, please visit FURA’s site page online at http://www.furaco.org/district-design-aesthetics.html
Also, a revised Zoning Ordinance, Signage Code, and Olde Town Overlay District were adopted by City Council over the course of 2019-2020. To learn more, please visit city Planning department.
Olde Town Revitalization
This 2014 master plan initiative really set the expectations of the district vision and identified a punch list of focus areas to pair projects, guide resources and identify funding programs. The plan identified areas such as: infrastructure, Main Street, monument gateways, banner programs, downtown beautification, way finding signage, and partnership engagement. Click here to learn more.
To learn how to become involved with district revitalization, please visit the Olde Town Steering Committee section of the website.