Five Points Concept Study

Marysville, Ohio

Why

The City of Marysville has a beautiful historic downtown and significant new commercial and industrial development. While this growth is welcome, it is creating development pressure in culturally and aesthetically important areas of the community.

The Five Points area of Downtown is the fulcrum between highway-oriented development and the historic urban Downtown. This area currently has a number of fast-food restaurants, strip centers, and gas stations intermingled with historic homes and commercial buildings. Developers are purchasing both historic and non-historic properties for redevelopment and are proposing inappropriate development for this area.

How

The City requested this project to have a quick production schedule in order to influence current development proposals. Two concept plans were provided which demonstrate different strategies to handle infrastructural modifications. The City of Marysville staff and Designing Local participated in a charrette to develop preliminary approaches to development types, traffic movements, open space enhancements, and shared use trail enhancements.

Using this as a starting point, the Design Team created site plan sketches, development benchmarks, and compendium document to communicate the future development intent for this area.

What

The concepts are being used by the City of Marysville to guide new development in the study area. During the conceptual review process, City staff utilizes the concepts to demonstrate the overall vision for the study area and how each individual development is able to support this vision.

Client

City of Marysville, Ohio

Team

Designing Local (Lead)

Services

Placemaking

Urban Design

People

Matt Leasure (Lead)