DEPARTMENT: Center City Development and Operations
DEPARTMENT HEAD: John Jacks
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: District 1
SUBJECT:
Proposed Historic Market Square Visioning Process
SUMMARY:
A briefing by the Center City Development and Operations Department on the proposed Historic Market Square Visioning Process.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Historic Market Square is the crossroads of many of the major developments happening within the downtown district including University of Texas at San Antonio, 2017 Bond Infrastructure Projects, San Pedro Creek Culture Park, Alameda Theatre, and Frost Tower. Historic Market Square has the opportunity to bring some of the past into the present, to tell diverse cultural stories, and to be an incredible hub of cultural activity in Zona Cultural.
As such, the City established a collaborative visioning process in partnership with Historic Market Square tenants La Familia Cortez, Centro, UTSA, Cristus Santa Rosa, and other property owners and key stakeholders to create a clear and unified vision for Historic Market Square. In an effort to ensure stakeholders have an active role in enhancing this key destination, the City engaged Project for Public Spaces (PPS) and Grupo Dise?o Urbano (GDU) to conduct visioning sessions for Historic Market Square and the surrounding area. The consultants have submitted a proposal to develop a vision and framework that can guide Historic Market Square and support additional initiatives in Zona Cultural.
Staff is forming a Steering Committee, with balanced representation of local stakeholders to work with the City, Centro San Antonio, and consultants to guide the visioning process. Additionally, AIA San Antonio, in partnership with Latinos in Architecture (LiA), will provide ongoing review and feedback directly related to stakeholder involvement and public engagement to ensure the visioning session and report are reflective of the community input process and that Historic Market Square con...
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