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o <br />Support infill development of professional and executive level <br />housing. <br />o <br />Support all efforts to enhance connectivity between homes and <br />Downtown. <br /> <br />Work to build redevelopment and revitalization plans for the neighborhoods <br />around TXST. <br />o <br />Focus efforts on issues such as code enforcement; impact of <br />transportation improvements on property re-use; and mixed-use <br />development potential. <br />Distribute informational packets to local and regional residenti <br />to provide up-to-date information on area demographics, green space and <br />redevelopment opportunities, incentives, and step-by-step guidelines for <br /> <br />initiating a project within Hays and Caldwell Counties. <br />o <br />Leverage completed and ongoing land-use and comprehensive plans <br />to provide information on potential developable land, in-fill parcels, <br />and buildings poised for redevelopment. <br />o <br />Include residential developers on Greater San MarcosÂ’ broker tours. <br /> <br />Action 2: Fulfill the most under-served segments of the housing market. <br />Ensure that, in accordance with the Future Land Use Plan of the <br />Master Plan, zoning ordinances and related regulations accommodate and <br />encourage development of the most in-demand forms of housing. <br />o <br />Update Future Land Use Plan to identify most urgent housing need <br />and projections. <br /> <br />Action 3: Increase local homeownership. <br />Expand and promote local homeownership incentive programs. <br />o <br />Expand and promote the First-Time Homebuyer Program through <br />the Community Development Block Grant to ensure all San Marcos <br />residents are aware of homeownership options. <br />o <br />Offer developer incentives for reserving a number of affordable <br />within new or redeveloped multi-family, planned-unit developments <br />(PUD) and mixed-use developments in Greater San Marcos. <br />o <br />Consider the potential to focus incentives on workforce housing for <br />teachers, nurses, law enforcement and fire department personnel, <br />civil servants, and other professionals. <br />Offer homeowner subsidies for working professionals to <br />bridge affordability gaps relative to owner-occupied housing. <br />Partner with agencies assisting the working poor to publicize <br />assistance programs and devise more expansive lending tools, <br />if necessary. <br />Final Strategy <br />September 2009 43 <br /> <br />