SCAN: Southwest Community Association of Neighborhoods (501-c-3)

Ohio River Corridor Plan

(as included in Cornerstone 2020)

Goals and Objectives
CORNERSTONE 2020 COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN FINAL - FOR TRANSMITTAL TO THE LOUISVILLE AND JEFFERSON COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
JUNE 15, 2000

OHIO RIVER CORRIDOR

Goal K1
Recognize the Ohio River Corridor as a place where people connect to the River, in an accessible landscape for gathering, celebration, contemplation, and recreation.

Objectives
K1.1 Provide a publicly accessible strip of land along the entire 37-mile riverfront that allows pedestrians and bicyclists to travel along the River’s edge.
K1.2 Enhance connections providing access for pedestrians and bicyclists between the River’s edge and adjacent neighborhoods.
K1.3 Provide a wide variety of opportunities for recreational use of the River.
K1.4 Enhance and maintain views of the River from the River’s edge, including the Ohio River Corridor Trail, roads, parks, and other public open spaces.

Goal K2
Recognize the Ohio River Corridor as a place where people connect to each other, in formal and casual exchange, finding unity amongst diversity in the sharing of the River.

Objectives
K2.1 Encourage the development of a variety of parks, trails, and gathering places along the River Corridor where residents and visitors enjoy individual, neighborhood, and community recreation.
K2.2 Encourage the development of and promote a diversity of places along the
Riverfront for concerts, festivals, and other community events.
K2.3 Manage development in the River Corridor to enhance and maintain landscape quality and preserve open space.

Goal K3
Recognize the Ohio River Corridor as a place where people connect to nature, in a healthy environment which sustains human needs and conserves natural resources.

Objectives
K3.1 Identify, and preserve and encourage restoration of important natural resources within the River Corridor such as wetlands, steep slopes, and significant habitat
areas.
K3.2 Manage the flood way and 100-year floodplain of the River to protect the public health, safety, and welfare and to preserve open space.
K3.3 Improve the quality of the Ohio River Corridor’s air and water resources.
K3.4 Establish nature preserves, trails, and interpretive facilities to allow people to enjoy the river corridor’s natural resources.

Goal K4
Recognize the Ohio River Corridor as a place where home connects to work, in a rich fabric of culturally and economically diverse neighborhoods, and employment centers.

Objectives
K4.1 Promote a variety of lifestyle choices in existing and new neighborhoods of distinctive character, with a range of housing types and costs, and supported by
local services such as shops, parks, and schools.
K4.2 Provide a variety of industrial and commercial employment and investment opportunities within the River Corridor.

Goal K5
Recognize the Ohio River Corridor as a place where people connect to the past, present, and future, by defining, preserving, and interpreting the community’s cultural heritage
and identity.
K5.1 Encourage the preservation of significant historic and archaeological sites, buildings, and landscapes within the River Corridor.
K5.2 Tell the story of human use of the River by developing a coordinated system of interpretive sites focused on past and present settlement, commerce, and industry.
K5.3 Develop and implement a unified design approach to establish a coherent identity for the public landscapes of the Ohio River Corridor.

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director@scaninc.info