Morrisville Town Center Plan - 2007

Chapter 4: Implementation

The Town Center Plan lays out a vision for how Morrisville’s historic crossroads should develop in the years ahead. This chapter identifies a number of implementation measures to pursue this vision (see Table 1). Each measure represents a separate project with a lead agency, supporting organizations, funding source, and approximate start time, where this information is currently known. Additional details about each implementation project, including a schedule, public involvement opportunities, budget, and deliverables, will be developed as part of the scoping work for that particular initiative.

these projects are described in Appendix 10. The Morrisville Planning & Zoning Board (PZB) will monitor progress on this work. The Morrisville Planning Department will provide periodic progress reports to the PZB to help it oversee implementation of the plan. As Table 1 illustrates, a variety of projects are needed to pursue the Town Center vision. It will take years to fully realize this vision. The work of implementing the plan, however, is already underway. Each new implementation project will improve life in Morrisville and make an important contribution to creating a vibrant center of community for the town. We hope you will join with the Town and community in this work. Together, we can make this plan a reality.

This plan is a living document. As conditions on the ground in the Town Center evolve, it will be important to revisit the plan on a periodic basis, preferably every three to five years, to make appropriate updates. In this way, the vision for the Town Center will continue to remain both inspirational and relevant. The next step in the short term is to conduct more detailed scoping for a number of the projects listed in Table 1, and to begin implementing them. A range of potential implementation strategies for carrying out The Town Center Plan calls for a civic/cultural area that might include a plaza and public gathering space such as the one pictured here. One initial step in following up on this recommendation is to conduct a preliminary needs assessment for a civic/cultural facility that might anchor this space. (Photo by Ben Hitchings, Town of Morrisville)

The Town Center Plan identifies a possible site for a reconstructed train depot like this one that exists to- day along the North Carolina Railroad in Thomasville. (Photo courtesy of the City of Thomasville)

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