1. The Businesses of Langley Park
The impact of the sector plan, and
alternatives
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2. Business as the Pulse of a Neighborhood
• The TLC preliminary sector plan places due
importance on the Economic development of the
neighborhood.
• The Ethnic nature of the businesses.
• The importance of TOD to businesses.
• Place making for business.
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3. Predecessors The Takoma/Langley Crossroads Preliminary Sector
Plan
A predecessor to the TLC Sector Plan, the 2002 ‘Prince
George’s County Approved General Plan’ lists one of
its goals as ‘Maintain traffic volume by encouraging
alternative forms of transportation’ . This is a theme
that continues in the TLC Sector Plan
But one may ask
Why?
And to Where?
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4. Predecessors….
Another
predecessor, International
Corridor Community Legacy
Plan of 2003 makes the
recommendation, ‘ Improve
the physical image of the
ICCLA’ ,‘Make the corridor
pedestrian friendly’ and
‘Promote business and
commercial interests within
the area’
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5. Existing Conditions
• Strong Minority and immigrant presence
• Densely populated
• Multinational cultural ties
• Incongruity of physical space to socio-
cultural reality
• Dissected by arterials
• Outdated Euclidian zoning
• Bad reputation
• Immense potential for mixed-use
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6. Opportunities based on Existing Conditions
• Potential evolution of an already strong commercial
core
• Appetite for change and development
• Demand for transit alternatives
• Urbanize the suburb
• Reorganize and reorder traffic, both,Pass through
traffic and local traffic
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7. Vision of the TLC plan
•The vision for the Takoma/Langley Transit Oriented
Crossroads sector plan area is to
that of a transit oriented and VIBRANTFriendly
Pedestrian
pedestrian-friendly community
•Acknowledge the diversity of the SAFE
existing and future residents of the
Neighborhood
• A neighborhood that is
safe, vibrant, and has an aesthetic
of
appeal such that it encourages
residents to safely walk to their
Place
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8. TLC Plan Policies & Strategies
(for Business and Economic Development)
Policy-Quality Commercial Design with TOD principles
Strategy- Mixed-use development
Appropriate Massing
Workforce Appropriate housing
Policy- Avoid Standalone commercial buildings surrounded by
parking
Strategy-Mixed-use mid-rise medium density
Small Ground floor retail
Locate businesses based on their orient i.e. Local and
regional
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9. Policies & Strategies…
Policy-Density recommendations to allow TOD and mixed-use
development
Strategy- Inclusion of workforce housing
Policy- Avoid Standalone commercial buildings surrounded by
parking
Strategy-Mixed-use mid-rise medium density
Small Ground floor retail
Locate businesses based on their orient i.e. Local and
regional
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10. Alternatives…
The Plan, like many of its predecessors is well
intentioned, but some of the strategies are very
limited and narrow.
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11. So what will sustain the TLC businesses?
• Place making
• Affordable housing
• Workforce Housing
• Capital Infusion
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12. Langley Park Plaza Mall: The Focal point of Business
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21. A view of possibilities
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22. Other Strategies
For People to Rent ….AND BUY
• Affordable housing Based on Transit Oriented Development
i.e. a new Paradigm
Mixed Income
All workforce
• Workforce Housing
Zip code finance Identify Entrepreneurs
• Capital Infusion Incentivize Small Business
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23. Strategies applied to a new situation
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24. Need a Better Place
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25. Questions, Comments and Critiques
?
Thank You
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