Everyone who lives or works in Pasadena is encouraged to take the MoveAbout Tours from Aug. 22 through Sept. 27 to experience the city in a different way and share their thoughts with city planners.
Each of the six self-guided 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.
Guidebooks with simple instructions, background information, questions to consider, maps and more will be available beginning Saturday, Aug. 22, at locations throughout Pasadena including City Hall, public libraries and community centers. A guidebook will also be posted online at www.cityofpasadena.net/generalplan. Guidebooks in Spanish will be available at the City Hall information booth, Permit Center, Pasadena Central Library and La Pintoresca Branch Library, and will be available online as well.
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 in November.
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 residentialneighborhoods.
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.
For more information visit www.cityofpasadena.net/generalplan or call (626) 744-4009.
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