Midtown Moving Forward is focused on establishing the fundamental tasks for redeveloping the Midtown Site, and the City is committed to public engagement to inform plans for creating an equitable and sustainable Midtown District. In this Planning Phase, the City is sponsoring public sessions to facilitate input, ideas, goals, and priorities into land uses and development plans.
As part of a broad citywide public engagement effort, the City of Santa Fe is sponsoring two Midtown Public Planning Sessions in July and September 2021. These sessions will inform the land uses and development plans for the future Midtown District. These planning sessions are exciting new additions to the ongoing public engagement effort sponsored by the City, with its planning team – Strategic Economics land economists, Opticos land planners, and the UNM Design & Planning Assistance Center (DPAC) with the Midtown Engagement Partners (MEP) community planners.
The Planning Sessions create an opportunity to discuss various development topics, such as: how will Midtown be connected to adjacent neighborhoods and commercial areas to create a new city center? What kinds of public open spaces can and should be in Midtown? How will existing buildings be incorporated and reused? Where and what kinds of new housing can be accommodated? What type of commercial development is possible to generate new jobs and career paths? What are green building and environmentally responsible site planning strategies that can be implemented at the Midtown Site? How can the land be reused and acknowledged to create a place that is truly Santa Fe that recognizes its culture, people and history?
The July Planning Sessions (July 20–22) will provide opportunities for engaging the public in small group Listening Sessions on Wednesday, July 21, 9a–4p, and Thursday, 9a–12p (8-10 persons each hour).
Wednesday evening sessions (July 21)—walking tour of the site at 5p; consultant presentation at 6-8p—are open to all.
Thank you for your interest in participating! Please complete the form below so that we plan on your participation—both next week and beyond.
For more information:
www.midtowndistrictsantafe.com If you have further questions call or email Michaele Pride, DPAC Director, at
mlpride@unm.edu or 513-284-9651, or Hally Bert, Project Assistant, at
hbert@unm.edu. Please also see the community-driven website:
https://www.cultureconnects.site