Post Date: 07/26/2016 8:10 am

Pearland City Council has voted to amend the 2015 Comprehensive Plan to incorporate the SH 35 Corridor Redevelopment Strategy. One of the main strategies outlined in the Pearland 20/20 Community Strategic Plan is to optimize the development potential of Pearland’s principal commercial corridors that are the primary areas of our community’s economic activity. SH 35, or Main Street, is one of the three major corridors addressed in the Strategic Plan. The vision is to create a high quality and consistently-designed employment and business environment with compatible land uses and supportive amenities

A steering team completed numerous interviews, facilitated focus groups, and led five steering committee meetings to gather information on existing conditions and develop a framework plan and catalyst concepts for proposed public and private investment along the corridor. Their findings were presented at a public open house meeting in April.

The Redevelopment Strategy identifies five catalyst concept areas with development strategies for those areas which include:

Northern Gateway Entrance and Corridor Streetscape Improvements Business Park North Restaurant and Entertainment Destination, and New Main Street Buildings in an Urban Design Old Town Esplanade and New Community on former Alvin Community College Campus Business Park South

The intent of the development strategies identified for each of the catalyst concept areas is to leverage public and private investment through various means such as infrastructure or aesthetic improvements, despite the areas’ challenges and barriers to redevelopment, and stimulate continued interest through its area of influence..

One of the nine core strategies in the 2015 Comprehensive Plan, that incorporates the Pearland 20/20 Community Strategic Plan, was to “optimize the development potential of Pearland’s Principal Corridors.” Due to recent road improvements, SH 35 was singled out in the Comprehensive Plan as one of the corridors that would benefit from a redevelopment plan. The SH 35 Redevelopment Strategy is intended to supplement existing zoning regulations that will foster economic development and urban revitalization by directing growth and development along the corridor. Read the complete SH 35 Corridor Redevelopment Strategy.