Introduction

Large community and regional parks provide an amenity that can be better leveraged with medium to higher-intensity development along a portion of their perimeters. A major park entrance is a frequent anchor for the higher-intensity nodes. The predominant land uses in higher-intensity edges include attached single-family residential, medium to high-density residential and small to large-scale mixed-use development. Development should have the main entrance oriented to the park. Mixed-use and commercial development should be buffered from detached single-family housing with smaller scale multifamily development and attached single-family development. Neighborhood pedestrian and bicycle connections should be emphasized. Areas well-suited for this include Brackenridge Park and Phil Hardberger Park.