tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post4298232903962738367..comments2024-03-25T17:49:41.408-07:00Comments on Salem Breakfast on Bikes: Two Studies: West Salem Business District and Cherriots Flexible TransitSalem Breakfast on Bikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-11996120486758714762014-06-14T08:12:07.387-07:002014-06-14T08:12:07.387-07:00Susann, you are exactly right, and one of the memo...Susann, you are exactly right, and one of the memos - which I did not directly mention - directly addresses the deficit in retail/services in West Salem and the market opportunities. The City's website seems to be down, but I will add a clip from that report in an update to the post when I can access the memo again over the weekend or early next week.Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-544454867085119882014-06-14T01:50:08.524-07:002014-06-14T01:50:08.524-07:00I will add...this is why Salem needs to resurrect ...I will add...this is why Salem needs to resurrect the comprehensive planning process (used to be called "Salem Futures") before we get too far down the road.<br /><br />This idea of piecemealing this part and that part of the development is foolish and wasteful. If we want some logic as we move forward in Salem, we need to be doing comprehensive planning that looks at the big picture of what is needed for logical and efficient growth. Otherwise we are just building an extended mess like we already have!Susann Kaltwassernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-6788128128193658162014-06-14T01:45:40.958-07:002014-06-14T01:45:40.958-07:00One of the things that I noticed before I even mov...One of the things that I noticed before I even moved to West Salem was the fact that everyone looks east for development...or redevelopment. I asked why are we not looking west? <br /><br />I was not encumbered by the mindset that seems to be fixating people on the river and east of the river, but just looking at the realities on a map.<br /><br />Seemed to me that what West Salem needed to do was look west to create a second business area. <br /><br />Now that I live here, I can see the fallacy of the planner's thinking. They keep thinking about making Wallace Road bigger instead of thinking where can we logically create places for people to get basic services within a mile of their homes?<br /><br />Everywhere in Salem you can get the basic needs of food and gas within a mile or mile and a half of your home.<br /><br />But in West Salem, everyone has to funnel down to Wallace Road or Edgewater to get groceries, a pizza, or gas.<br /><br />This puts more people in their cars and less people on foot or bike.<br /><br />What we need is to think about a second business zone to the west, like on Doaks Ferry....before it is totally consumed by more residential development.<br /><br />West Salem did toy with the idea of a mixed use at the intersection of Doaks Ferry and Orchard Heights, but they were thinking way too small. They were thinking maybe a bit of commercial with some multifamily or medium density development.<br /><br />What the area needs is a Fred Meyers that would draw people west. <br /><br />Development is definitely going to work its way west and if they do not begin to think about creating another corridor street with services along it, we are going to be driving even more miles to get our basic needs met.Susann Kaltwassernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-19562204627645648562014-06-13T08:31:38.206-07:002014-06-13T08:31:38.206-07:00added excerpt and note on Comprehensive planadded excerpt and note on Comprehensive planSalem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.com