Kamas, UT R/UDAT Presentation
- 1. A Community Vision for Kamas
- 3. How much is this worth to you?
- 4. The Choice is Yours. Your Decisions Will Have Consequences. Make the Smart Decision.
- 5. “It was characterized by rolling hills, horse farms, other working lands, historic towns and hamlets dating back centuries, a modest mountain or two, streams here and there, and scenic, winding roads. To the visitor, it seemed bucolic, a place of rural peace.”
- 6. “The effects of such rapid development have been intense. At rush hour, rural Loudoun's scenic two-lane byways crawl with traffic that moves more slowly than the new six-lane access road to the east. Air quality has worsened as smog levels have shot up. As thousands of new houses go up each year ahead of water and sewer lines, residents face water shortages and newly polluted streams. If current growth continues, the county estimates it will need 125 grammar schools in the next 15 years.” –Christian Science Monitor, 2006
- 7. Land Use
- 8. Proposed Mixed- Use Overlay District Boundary
- 13. Business Walks
- 17. Action Steps for Branding and Marketing Develop a brand for Kamas • Change your Mindset • Narrow your focus • Build your brand by feasibility, not local sentiment • Implement your brand Create a community collaborative Develop an e-mail list and start a newsletter Embrace and capitalize on the DeJoria Center
- 33. Beautify Kamas
- 34. Preserve Significant Historic Resources
- 35. Create bumpouts and mid-block crosswalks
- 36. Mid-block crosswalk and bumpouts
- 40. Demolition and new infill construction
- 46. Visitor center or cafe Restaurant or brewpub Ranger station Outdoor cafe Gas and donuts Visitor center or museum
- 48. Placemaking
- 50. Key Recommendations Form a Creative Placemaking Organization Mobilize Volunteers: Ex - Community Clean-Up Pop-up Projects/Activation Community Garden/Farmers Market/Agritourism Leverage Partnerships & Grants Extend & Expand Cultural Life of Community & Visitor Experience Leverage All Your Assets Together: Ex - WinterFest Concept
- 56. • An activated skating pavilion with corporate sponsorship. • A Well-Designed Lodge with fireplaces, gathering areas, beverages and food using the adjacent fairgrounds real estate • A “village” of food trucks and programmed shipping containers offering food and retail. During the process, the team spoke with one local entrepreneur with plans to open a shipping container restaurant in Kamas. This klnd of programming would fuel investments like that. • Warming huts and fireplace areas to gather, roast marshmallows and sip hot beverages • An art sale in one central structure featuring local artists • Firewood sculptures and a firewood sale • A grove of Christmas trees and outdoor gathering areas with firepits. A Christmas tree lot for sale. • Thousands of strung lights connecting various areas of the fairgrounds • “The Battle of Kamas” snowball fight in the demolition derby arena • The Kamas Parade of Snowmen down Main Street, and a contest for best in show • A Christmas Tree Lighting and sing along ceremony at the Russell Ranch House using the glorious tree on the front property. • A programmed food hall at the firestation, with hot chocolate across the street at the Uintas Soda Co. and special hours at the restaurants on Main Street. The food hall could feature local agricultural products from surrounding farms. • Holiday story time for kids at the Library with a visit with Santa. A winter literary festival hosted at the library. Arts activities for families. • A music festival at the DeJoria Center to usher in the season with headline artists • A new fireworks show shifted from the summer Pioneer Days and Fiesta Days where fire hazards make it more difficult. • A holiday fun run and bike race. • A snowmaze and ice carvings or snow sculptures. • A programmed outing to Uintas Forest to cut down Christmas Trees. According to the Forest Service, “cutting a Christmas tree in a national forest is a family tradition for many residents of Utah.”
- 57. “The Battle of Kamas” Snowball Fight
- 58. The Parade of Snowmen Down Main Street
- 60. How to Build Momentum: Newport, VT
- 66. “When you have people working together, things can happen and do happen. That’s the most important change that has occurred – a change in attitude. All of a sudden, nothing is impossible.” –Newport Citizen
- 67. 2014 – Speed Skating Marathon
- 68. February 21, 2015 – 1st sanctioned Winter Swimming Championship in North America Now it’s fun!