Guidebooks for a series of MoveAbout Tours throughout Pasadena have been so popular that thousands of extras have been printed and the deadline for completing the tours has been extended.
Everyone who lives or works in Pasadena is encouraged to take one or more of the self-guided MoveAbout Tours through Oct. 11.
The guidebooks are available at all Pasadena public libraries, community centers, the Permit Center, the information booth at City Hall and several businesses and non-profit organizations. Guidebooks are also available in Spanish at La Pintoresca Branch Library, Pasadena Central Library, the Permit Center and the information booth at City Hall.
Completed guidebooks with participants’ written impressions should be returned to any of the locations listed above no later than Oct. 12.
In addition, the guidebooks may be downloaded in English and Spanish at www.cityofpasadena.net/generalplan, where the simple instructions, questions to consider, maps and more are available in separate components for each of the six tours.
The tours have been designed to highlight specific issues such as residential density, walkability, bikeability, architectural design, open space, re-use of historic buildings and more.
Participants are encouraged to take the tours with friends and family and visit local eateries and businesses along the way. Those who take one or more tours will be able to get their guidebooks stamped by merchants along the route, which will make tour-takers eligible for free
prizes at a General Plan community open house on Nov. 14.
The ARTS Bus and Walking Tour combines a ride through Pasadena’s biotechnology and healthcare district and a walking tour through one of the community’s oldest residential
neighborhoods.
On the Bicycle Tour cyclists will experience a variety of streets designated or soon-to-be designated for bicycle travel, visit several parks and see the city’s latest solar installation.
Drivers will have the choice of taking an east or west tour, or both. On the Driving Tour East they will experience a neighborhood that is transitioning from residential to industrial uses, a group of suburban-oriented residential and commercial developments, and some of Pasadena’s ethnic commercial business districts. Those who take the Driving Tour West will experience the diversity of Pasadena’s built landscape as they drive from the health care and biotechnology corridor to a thriving transit-oriented urban center and historic northwest neighborhoods that are in transition.
People who take the Gold Line Tour will visit four of the six stations in Pasadena and experience some of the adjacent mixed-use housing and commercial developments.
The Open Space Tour will provide an opportunity to see the full range of Pasadena’s parks, community gardens and more.
“As Pasadena’s General Plan is updated it is important to include the perspectives of people from throughout the community,” said Stephanie DeWolfe, deputy director of the Planning and Development Department. “We want people to go out and experience the city differently and share their thoughts about areas for improvement. After all, it’s one thing to form quick opinions as you zip by on the way to work but quite another to amble along a sidewalk and get the feel for a place.”
The MoveAbout Tours are part of a communitywide outreach effort that has been launched to help Pasadenans speak their minds about four of the most important elements (chapters) of the General Plan: Land Use (where different types of buildings should be located), Mobility (how we get from place to place), and Open Space and Conservation (how open space and natural resources should be preserved). These critical elements will guide how Pasadena grows and changes, how parks and open space are prioritized, and how people will get around town in the future.
Other activities scheduled in association with the General Plan updates include community workshops, a speaker series, district workshops and a major open house.
For more information visit www.cityofpasadena.net/generalplan or call (626) 744-4009.
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