Title
SW 5th Ave. Porters Community Project (B)
Explanation
In September 2013, the CRA Board was presented with and approved four initiatives in the Downtown Redevelopment District. Porter’s Neighborhood was among those initiatives where SW 5th Avenue was recognized as a primary corridor running east-west through the Porters Community. SW 5th Avenue connects the Porters Community to many existing and developing amenities like Depot Park, the Power District, S. Main Street, Haisley Lynch Park, the Innovation District, the 6th Street Rail Trail, Tumblin Creek Park, the SW 5th Avenue Triangle Park, and the University of Florida.
The SW 5th Avenue corridor is mainly occupied by single family / multiple family residential dwellings. While the corridor is heavily used by pedestrians both in and around the area, there is a lack of pedestrian amenities making the corridor difficult to traverse safely. To respond to the need for pedestrian amenity and public safety, in December 2013 the CRA hired Daren Land Surveyors, Inc. to conduct a survey of the SW 5th Avenue corridor from SW 6th Street to S Main Street. The survey unveiled an opportunity for a sidewalk along the north side of the corridor where ample right-of-way exists. Further analysis of the corridor revealed a lack of ADA compliance in the existing hardscape throughout the corridor.
Following the completion of the survey and an internal analysis of the corridors existing conditions, the CRA hosted a community meeting in February 2014 to gather feedback from members of the Porters Community regarding the SW 5th Avenue corridor and the Porters Neighborhood. At that meeting, the attendees were asked a series of questions and were requested to complete a questionnaire. The responses received revealed the following:
The majority of those who attended the meeting and participated in the questionnaire frequently drive through SW 5th Avenue, via automobile, to get to their destinations. They felt t...
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