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Theme 2: Our Streets and Trails
Our vision for our streets and trails is to build safe bicycle and pedestrian connections between our schools, the reservoir, downtown, and the river. Then, look further out and better connect to Gilboa and Glandorf. We have eight principles and objectives that are guiding that vision.
Theme 1: Our Public Space
The first of the four themes of Ottawa’s Strategic Plan that we will be exploring, is our public spaces. During our surveying of residents, investment in Ottawa’s trails and recreation was the most popular type of public investment residents would like to see. Our vision is to reconnect our existing parks and river, fill in gaps in our public realm, and redesign Main Street and other priority streets as interconnected, active parts of our public space system. To begin exploring this, let’s first start with digging a bit into what we mean by ‘public space.’
Alley Beautification
The alley between Always Blessed (232 Main St) and RMS of Ohio (224 Main St) holds immense potential as an underutilized space that can be transformed into a vibrant and welcoming place for our residents. We envision this alley as a place where you can sip on your morning coffee or take your lunch outside. A quiet escape in the middle of our downtown. Our vision has a few tables and chairs, overhead lights, and an inviting atmosphere surrounding throughout. We see opportunity to host small events to highlight community artists and projects. We envision this space being dynamic and changing over time to continue to draw your eye to what was just a gap and now will be a celebrated space in our public realm.
