City of Waupaca Downtown Vision Plan

In May of 2015, the City of Waupaca Common Council adopted the City of Waupaca Downtown Vision Plan crafted with the assistance of East Central which outlines major concepts for the future development and re-development of the downtown environs, including the upcoming planned re-construction of Main Street. ECWRPC staff initiated this process in February 2014 with a number of exploratory exercises which helped frame the issues and opportunities. The Waupaca City Council appointed a 14-person Downtown Visioning Committee comprised of business owners, residents and city representatives to provide input during a series of staff-led meetings on variety of subjects including activity centers, historical assets, needed physical improvements, mobility, and landscaping among other things that were used to establish a vision for the future of downtown Waupaca. The Downton Vision Plan is a broad “concept plan” which ultimately will guide how Main Street and the downtown will look, function, and feel in the future. As part of this process, the concept of “placemaking” was strongly integrated so that improvements can be made over time which strengthen and reinforce the social and economic fabric of downtown Waupaca. The City is using the plan as the basis for hiring consultants to examine current parking issues in more detail, as well as to develop a more specific ‘master plan’ for the entire downtown. For more information, please contact Melissa Kraemer-Badtke at [email protected] or (920) 751-4770.