Using AI: Promoting the State Street Master Plan & Downtown Housing
Thursday, June 27, 2024
This meeting will be a panel discussion on Downtown Housing and the final draft of the State Street Master Plan. This meeting will bring in multiple, cross-disciplinary stakeholders, and will identify the most critical priorities related to the revitalization of State Street, including both public and private elements. The goal of this meeting is to provide actionable multi-benefit strategies that can build off of the State Street Master Plan in an effort to support future projects. Aligning with the 2024 theme, "Making & Meaning in the Age of AI," the meeting will also highlight AI's role in addressing these issues, concluding with a showcase of a new online platform designed to foster consensus and shape a collective vision for State Street's redevelopment. As we approach the finalization of the State Street Master Plan, the online State Street Portal will serve to frame the central issues and major challenges confronting Downtown Santa Barbara.
“Being in business downtown for four decades doesn’t confer “genius” on anyone. I’m living proof of that. It does, however, give one perspective. Our policies must be inclusive, fair to a diversity of businesses, and encourage new enterprises. Our current status doesn’t provide that standard, and we must move decisively if we are to regain vibrancy and vitality in our downtown business corridor. The time is not three years from now, but now, right now.”
State Street Master Plan