4. CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT & EVALUATION <br />NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS <br />In November and December 2018, the study team conducted a physical and <br />neighborhood character assessment of the River Road corridor and stakeholder interviews <br />to better understand the corridor context, opportunities and challenges. One of the <br />outcomes of this work was the identification of four Neighborhood Centers along the River <br />Road corridor (Figure 5). These nodes present an opportunity to create cohesive centers <br />around the proposed BRT transit stations contemplated in the MovingAhead project. The <br />designation of Neighborhood Centers - focused areas for greater housing and job <br />density, with walkable, 20 -minute neighborhoods - was the most desirable method to <br />leverage the planned transit and multimodal investments. <br />Key Yap <br />REGIONAL <br />GATEWAY COMMUNITY <br />COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD <br />COMMERCIAL <br />~ NEIGHBORHOOD <br />> _ _ GATEWAY <br />10 <br />A10,110 e <br />Figure 5. Neighborhood Centers along the River Road Corridor <br />LAND USE CONCEPTS, DESIGN PRINCIPLES & DEVELOPMENT TYPOLOGY <br />The design team held the first three-day design workshop in February 2019 focused on <br />high-level physical planning and discussion of design principles. Stakeholders weighed in <br />on land use concepts for the corridor and site concepts for the Neighborhood Centers as <br />well as different development typology for housing, commercial, mixed-use and public <br />spaces. After the workshop, additional feedback on these topics was gathered via an <br />online survey conducted April to May 2019. <br />River Road Corridor Land Use Concepts <br />Four different corridor concepts were presented that would focus future development <br />patterns in different ways. Community stakeholders showed a preference for the String of <br />Pearls concept for the River Road corridor. <br />RIVER ROAD CORRIDOR STUDY <br />87 <br />