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Albina Community Plan

Albina Community and neighborhood plans

Looking toward a more positive future, the Albina Community Plan ("ACP") provides the principal policy context upon which the Portland Development Commission's work in Northeast Portland, including the Fremont/MLK Vision Study takes place. Built on three years of community input, the 1993 plan directed the Commission to extend the Convention Center Urban Renewal Area boundary to include the MLK Boulevard and Alberta Street corridors. It also charged the Commission to prepare a revitalization strategy, to work to assemble larger development sites, and to facilitate opportunities for neighborhood business development and job creation on MLK Boulevard with tools such as renovation grants and economic loan programs. The ACP was prepared in conjunction with specific neighborhood plans in the area, including King, Eliot, Boise, Irvington, and Sabin.

The ACP identified commercial "nodes" in order to reinforce existing business clusters and to create attractive, buildable sites for new development. A node is characterized by a grouping of similar uses, such as retail businesses, which can create a sense of identity and serve to attract additional, similar activity. The NE Fremont Street and NE MLK Jr. Boulevard area is one such potential node. It was identified in the ACP as a "minor or neighborhood gateway," a hub of activity and an entrance or point of transition to the neighborhoods. The identity of this gateway area could be reinforced with such amenities as landscaping, public art, structures, and special lighting or signs. The land uses prescribed include a pedestrian-friendly mix of commercial, residential and employment opportunities.

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