To: Falmouth Route One Business and/or Property Owners and Falmouth General Public

MEMORANDUM

To: Falmouth Route One Business and/or Property Owners and Falmouth General Public

From: Community Development Committee (CDC) –
Councilor Bonny Rodden, Chair; Councilor Teresa Pierce; Councilor Faith Varney
Date: January 6, 2011
Re: Proposed Route One Vision and Design Concepts

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The Town’s Community Development Committee (CDC) wants to know what you think about development along Route One South from Route 88 to the Falmouth Shopping Center.

In 2002 the Falmouth Town Council directed the formation of the Route One Corridor Committee. The intent of the committee’s recommendations was to “begin the transformation of the corridor from an automobile-based suburban service center to a pedestrian-friendly, pedestrian-scaled New England village center.” The Route One Corridor Committee finalized its report in 2005, however it was never adopted by the Town Council.

The CDC was assigned by the Council to review and finalize the proposed 2005 Route One Study. The CDC is in agreement with almost all of the 2005 study’s recommendations and has taken the best of the 2005 plan and infused it with its thinking of 2010 and what it learned from the Falmouth Shopping Center Community Event held in October 2009. In coming up with these recommendations, the CDC met with several members of the former 2005 Route One Study Committee and had input from the public.

The CDC presented its Design Concept Recommendations to the Town Council on September 27, 2010. These recommendations can be viewed at http://www.town.falmouth.me.us/Pages/FalmouthME_BComm/RouteOneFolder/DocumentsList . If you would like to receive a hard copy, please call Theo Holtwijk at 699-5340.

At this time the CDC would like feedback from you on these key concepts before the Town Council considers final recommendations. The Town Council is expected to discuss the key concepts again on January 24, 2011. The CDC will meet again on January 18, 2011 at 8:00 AM.



Several options are provided for your input:

Reply by January 17, 2011 to a short survey that has been posted at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PZJ7LXZ

Send a letter or e-mail with your comments or questions to Theo Holtwijk, tholtwijk@town.falmouth.me.us, attn.Community Development Committee,

Subscribe to receive Town Council or CDC Meeting Agenda notices and speak at a meeting – see http://www.town.falmouth.me.us/subscriber

Your voice matters. Please let the town hear from you. Thank you.