2022 AIA Communities by Design Reimagining Petaluma SDAT - Report - Page 36
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Node 3A: Western & Baker
Node 3B: McNear Park
Again, although relatively close to Petaluma’s historic
downtown, this node also has great potential for making
the West End more walkable. The restaurants and
small market that are here are already destinations.
If the large industrial building in this zone could be
redeveloped in a way to create more active commercial
storefronts along Western Avenue and space could be
created to house more types of businesses, this fourblock district could become one of Petaluma’s most
interesting mixed-use nodes.
This being a relatively well-served section of residential
Petaluma without easy development sites, we elected to
leverage the popularity of McNear Park by suggesting
low-impact development options. Noting that this is also
a part of the city with relatively poor access to a grocery
store, we chose to imagine food truck parking and popup farmers’ market stands along G Street to include
new commercial facilities for the baseball field. Another
development partnership opportunity exists to find a
place for a community health center or day care in new
facilities for the adjacent Cavanaugh Recreation center.
Node 3A: Western & Baker
Node 3B: McNear Park
