LIVABLE CENTER STUDY
City of Texas City, Texas
The conceptual approach of this Study seeks to leverage and build upon the City’s existing assets by focusing on the areas with the most development opportunity. Encompassing approximately 4,007 acres, the Study Area is very large and faces a variety of unique challenges that differ from one quadrant to another. Because of the variable challenges faced across such a large study area, a nodal approach was implemented so that focus could be given to catalytic improvements applied in and around existing community assets at key intersections that, if successful, will build a foundation from which future efforts can succeed. Nodes are defined as "integrated centers of activity, points where one corridor crosses another, such as the intersection of two streets or a street and a river." By virtue of their concentrated configuration and high potential for synergy, node-oriented recommendations are both easier to implement and conducive to catalyzing future successes.
The market study, economic framework, transportation and infrastructure analysis, along with the urban design conceptual plan were then synthesized into recommendations that were ultimately quantified to conclude a practical and implementable framework document that will allow the Study Area vision to become a reality.
