Plan for Prosperity
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    • Why Now?
    • Vision
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      • South of Mount Pleasant Street
      • North of Mount Pleasant Street
      • Stromboli Corridor
      • Shipwatch Square
      • Olde North Charleston
      • Amtrak Station
      • Mall Drive
      • Convention Center
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Glossary OF TERMS

Multimodal Accessibility: Transportation system that accommodates multiple modes of travel, including automobile, transit, bicycles and pedestrians.

Urban Form: The physical aspects of an urban place, emphasizing building types, frontages, roads, streetscape and open space.

Catalyst Areas: Focal points of the community and places where regional or local services are concentrated.  They are the hubs where transportation networks converge to create a high level of accessibility and where people gather for social interaction.

Neighborhood Center: Low intensity retail, office and/or civic uses located at or near the center of a neighborhood pedestrian walk shed (generally a one-half mile radius).

Community Center: Moderate intensity neighborhood oriented retail, office and/or civic uses serving approximately four neighborhood pedestrian walk sheds (generally a one-half mile radius).

Urban Center: High intensity mixed use development, including regionally oriented office, retail and/or civic use and high intensity residential development.

Community Gateway: Gateways announce arrival to a general area.  Community gateways identify separate districts or neighborhoods within the Neck area.

Regional Gateway: Gateways announce arrival to a general area.  Regional gateways identify arrival into the Neck area for travelers from other areas or regions.

Intermodal Station: A transportation center that accommodates a variety of transportation choices in one location, including intercity bus, intercity train (Amtrak), regional and local bus and/or transit, taxis and rental cars.

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