Public Involvement
June 7 & 8, 2006 Envision Carson City presented “Downtown Carson City, Your Vision Revealed” and reached out to citizens to again generate feedback to the ideas that were forming that were defining the vision for downtown.
Members of the Envision Carson City team made hundreds of presentations to various groups, allowing residents to react to images of what makes an ideal downtown.
The public involvement process found there was a high level of support for a healthy mixed-use downtown.
Key Partners
In addition to the business, technical and community leaders, several entities supported the downtown vision: the Carson City Chamber of Commerce, the Carson City Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Northern Nevada Development Authority and Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada, the latter two by virtue of Carson City’s downtown plan walking in step with two regional economic development initiatives, Target 2010 and eNVision Northern Nevada spurred by AngelouEconomics.
The Urban Land Institute selected Downtown Carson City to be the focus of a Project Analysis Session at its 2007 Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada. A two-hour session from seven ULI panelists offered downtown vision review. Chaired by William H. Hudnut, III, Senior Resident Fellow, ULI/Joseph C. Canizaro Chair for Public Policy, former four-term Mayor of Indianapolis and Congressman, author, public speaker, TV commentator and think tank fellow – panelists offered high praise for the downtown vision and immediate, interim and long term recommended steps all of which are impetus for ongoing execution. See full report here.
