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A neighborhood has a variety of places to
live,
where people can walk, or be within
a short drive, of parks, convenience stores,
schools and places of
worship. The older
parts of Omaha have many well-planned
neighborhoods. Some are preferred
residential
locations, some are still in good condition but
need attention, and a few have needed major
interventions and support by government
agencies. Many of the houses in older
neighborhoods do not
have the features to be
found in new houses built in the western
part of the city, but they all continue
to
have the advantages of a neighborhood
way of life.
In the newer parts of Omaha there are
many good houses and apartments; but
most developments
have only one kind of
house or apartment and they are seldom
close to stores, parks, or schools.
The
challenge in Omaha is to preserve and
restore the older neighborhoods and keep
them competitive
with the newer parts of
the city, while creating some equivalents of
traditional neighborhoods in the
new areas as
the city expands.
Neighborhood Omaha goals are meant
to preserve and restore traditional
neighborhoods and extend
comparable
neighborhood design concepts to developing
portions of Omaha.
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1. Creating Neighborhood Alliances
In 1990 Omaha established community
planning
districts as part of the Master
Plan. Although the City
has changed
substantially since then, the principle
of
establishing planning districts
within the City still has
validity
.
The
City should create planning
districts
that
foster strategic alliances
of
individual neighborhoods
defined by
mutually acceptable boundaries.
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This map illustrates an example of how Neighborhood Alliances might be mapped in
Omaha. The actual boundaries and names will be determined after public discussion.
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2. Preservation and Enhancement of
Older Neighborhoods
Older neighborhoods should be recognized as resource
to be preserved and enhanced for the residential
environment that they provide.
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Omaha’s older neighborhoods offer a special quality of life.
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3. Preserving and Enhancing
Retail in
Older Neighborhoods
Retail districts in older neighborhoods
should be preserved and
enhanced
where they remain viable, and
replaced by other uses
in areas that
are under-utilized.
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Streetscape improvements being installed on 24th Street in North Omaha
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4. Neighborhood Retail and Other
Amenities in Post-1950 Neighborhoods
The City should pursue policies that promote the
creation of neighborhood amenities that enhance newer
neighborhood alliance areas.
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An artist’s impression of ways to improve both the
streetscape and future development
along 90th Street,
looking north from Maple in the Keystone neighborhood.
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5. Walkable Neighborhoods
in Newly
Developing Areas
Omaha has many traditional,
walkable neighborhoods
in older
areas. However, in the parts of the
City that
are currently going
through the development process,
walkable neighborhoods are seldom
being built. The
City should pursue
policies that promote walkable
neighborhoods in newly developing
areas.
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Map of walkable neighborhoods that can be built as Omaha continues to grow.
Yellow shows residential areas. Green shows parks; red indicates commercial centers.
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