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a Create and adopt a strategy to provide continuous engagement with residents through online platfarms, <br /> also known as Gov 2.0. <br /> o Continue ta provide entertainrneM in the Trailside Park on summer weekends. <br /> ❑ Eruure that Improvements to Government Drive provide a platform for growth. <br /> ❑ Ensure that all future lighting tnstalled is sraled to neighborhood standards. <br /> ❑ Establish and maintain a continuous string of festivals and community events throughout the year, <br /> particularly during shoulder seasons. <br /> MID-TERM ACTIONS�1-5 YEARS�: <br /> ❑ Create a Park Plan for the Grow Zone and surrounding neighborhaods that leverages pa�k investments to <br /> promote livability and encourage private-sector investment. <br /> o Establish an outdoor skat(ng rink in the Grow Zone or the wRounding neighborhoods for use during <br /> winte�months. <br /> o Establish a splash pad or other water-based recreatlonal amenity in the Grow Zone or the surrounding <br /> nefghborhoods for use during the summer months. <br /> ❑ Geate a distinguishtng gateway to hlghlight the transfdon to the Grow Zone(downtown)portion of <br /> Pequot Lakes. <br /> ❑ Commission local artists to create public art throughQut the town.Budget money and fundraise for one or <br /> two projects each year. <br /> ❑ Provide designated off-site parking for vendors and other support personnel during downtown festivals <br /> and gatherings so that the public space is not cluttered wfth vehicles and parking is available for patrons <br /> and visitors. <br /> o Utilize the Cole Memorial Building for public events like guest lecturers,public debates and discusslons, <br /> book dubs and ather dvic-minded gatherings. <br /> ❑ Coordinate the plaMing of trees in areas that will be impacted by clearing as part of the TH 371 re- <br /> alignment so as to maintain the forested nature of the drive ihrough the City. <br /> ❑ Establish a simple,branded web presence that lists and promotes the festivals and events happening in <br /> Pequot Lakes. <br /> LONG-TERM ACTIONS(5 YEARS AND BEYOND�: <br /> ❑ Work with Crow Wing County to properly-scale the TH 371 and CSAH 11 wrridors through the Grow�re <br /> area following the constructfan of the TH 371 re-allgnment.Ensure that these corridors mafntain a charecter <br /> that encourages pedestrian activity throughout the GrowZone. <br /> PREVIOUSLY COMPLETED ACTIONS <br /> ❑ Monitor commercial development along roadways by adopUng a zoning strategy that strengthens t�e <br /> downtown commercial area, permits sensible development, and retains forested gateways leading into <br /> Pequot lakes. <br /> 7 Develop zoning strategies that facilitate the removal of blighted and un-maintained properties(cars on <br /> front lawn,etc�that detracts from PequoYs charader. <br /> ❑ Provide for orderly business development in clustered,properly zoned development areas in the City. <br /> Comprehensive Plan Update—February 2013 10 � P a g e <br />