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Sarasota News Leader October 4, 2013 Page 48 an array of flowcharts, planning guides, archi- with the area around Ringling Boulevard and tectural renderings and other visual tools they Payne Park. are using to create a new zoning code for the Murphy is a Sarasota veteran, serving as a city. member of the city's Planning Department Part of their technique involves picking "cata- before establishing her consulting firm. She lyst projects," Murphy indicated. One of those and Georgiadis participated in creating a is North Water Tower Park. But what should form-based code for the downtown area of be a first-class urban amenity has become a Bradenton. She says community involvement center of criminal activity, because it is almost is critical to the success of the current project. impossible to see what is actually happening People with questions about form-based in the park. While increased police patrols codes, or suggestions, are invited to attend might be the conventional answer, planning the open house from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. and zoning issues could also help. CCNA MEETS SATURDAY Other catalyst projects may include the Marian Anderson Brownfield site at U.S. 301 and the The Coalition of City Neighborhood Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way, along Associations (CCNA) will meet at 9 a.m. on A formal invitation has been issued to the Design Studio Open House. Image courtesy City of Sarasota