Nov. 16—As Frederick’s East Street region changes and develops over the coming decades, the neighborhood likely will look more like the city’s downtown, according to a report from an interactive planning process this summer.
The “East Frederick Vision Plan” was developed from planning meetings and exercises in August. It is the initial draft of the vision for the area along the east side of the city.
Planning efforts have produced “a consistent drumbeat for a flourishing, walkable East Frederick to complement the Downtown,” the report said.
The report recognizes East Street’s emergence as a major economic and transportation corridor in recent decades.
“Formerly the ‘back’ side of Frederick, the connection and the recent reconfiguration of East Street made East Street a major downtown thoroughfare and East Frederick a central part of the City,” the report said.
The evolution of the area…