Oxnard

Like so many California towns – from San Francisco to San Diego – Oxnard began as a railhead for the export of agricultural produce to markets in the East. Recruited …

CNU-California Annual By-Design Charrette The CNU-CA hosts an annual By-Design charrette program that provide educational and membership outreach opportunities statewide. The charrette is designed to advise a city that requests …

Local citizens led several events. We held the first charrette New Urbanism Film Festival on Saturday night at the local Plaza Theater with over 100 attendees. A pop-up studio space, …

On Sunday, January 31, at 10:30 AM, approximately twenty CNU participants conducted a walking tour of Oxnard’s historic Downtown. Led by Gary Blum, Director of the Downtown Oxnard Merchants Association, …

Based on dozens of interviews, research and in-field studies, the following SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis highlights several the key opportunities and challenges relevant to the revitalization and …

Over the course of five days, based on community input, analysis and design studies, the Charrette Team outlined a vision for the future of the Downtown emphasizing a human-scale, pedestrian-oriented, …

Rethink the Boulevard as a Public Space Oxnard Boulevard has always been much more a highway than an urban boulevard. From the beginning, Oxnard Boulevard and First Street were primary …

Greet Visitors with New 3rd St Gateway The Third Street bridge is perhaps Downtowns largest piece of infrastructure, providing much needed safety improvement and allowing the construction of the Oxnard …

Define Gateways at 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th With Oxnard Boulevard finally under the City’s control, the strategy for using it as an effective conduit to bring increasing numbers of …

A Street has always been the primary retail street of Downtown and is expected to remain so. In its early days it had the advantages of direct access from Five …

To the north of the recommended 3rd Street bridge and library gateway, Deodar Avenue and Palm Drive offer a different type of gateway to A Street. They were originally configured …

The Plaza Park has unquestionably been the heart of Oxnard and the heart of its Downtown from the town’s beginnings until now. The two most distinctive structures in Oxnard – …

In its heyday in the 1920s, the Plaza Park was surrounded by fine, multi-story brick buildings and was a center of Oxnard’s commercial and civic life. Some buildings were lost …

Successful economic revitalization models promote the role of art hubs in stimulating innovation and spearheading re-investment. Downtown Oxnard has an opportunity to attract development dependent upon an arts culture. Restaurants, …

Building Types and Massing As part of the 1991 Plaza Park Master Plan, a draft formbased development code was prepared for the entire Downtown area. We believe this existing code …

2009 Downtown Oxnard Mobility and Parking Management Plan Highlights Mobility and Parking Management Plan was developed to help the City accomplish the following goals: Ensure good access to the Downtown …

Downtown Oxnard is the City’s historic heart and contains the highest intensity of community life in the region. Downtown is Oxnard’s traditional gathering place for festivals, events, and commercial activities, …

Intent These recommendations are organized to iteratively build upon each other over the next 10 years. With measurable objectives, we recommend testing, planning and re-planning to reposition Downtown as a compelling …

The goals is to build downtown housing in multiple locations, including micro units, to create much-needed additional residential units. Very high apartment rent rates reflect an under-supplied market and may …

Community partnerships are essential to implement this plan, and will need to pull from a number of various entities to create structures to trigger the variety of funding sources. And, …