On January 30, 2020, the City and its Small Area Plan consultant team held a public meeting with stakeholders to present initial concepts for Northfax and solicit feedback on the plans. The consultant's initial recommendations for Northfax included:

• Create a sense of place with an environmentally-focused identity
• Balance land use through adding retail and residential uses
• Strengthen multimodal connections to adjacent neighborhoods

During the meeting, attendees broke out into small groups and participated in a charrette to develop concepts they'd like to see in Northfax, then presented the concepts to the meeting's attendees. Some common themes stakeholders presented included:

• Desire for green space, open spaces for events, and appropriate greenery
• Connecting Northfax to surrounding neighborhoods, especially for pedestrians and bicyclists, and enhanced transit options
• Introduce desirable and well-planned retail destinations, residential options that support retail, and appropriate office/work spaces that adapt to weaknesses in the office market

Each team's concepts and a summary of their presentation are below. Click on the images to open a PDF version of the concepts along with notes on each team's concepts.

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