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City of Snri Ma V rt -ar Bonding oil our Downtown Plan <br />Growth projections and demographic trends Nays county 2009 LnhstA 8pnnant urbanization <br />suggest that there will be no long -term shortage <br />of demand for appropriate downtown housing Rural <br />products. In anticipating new growth, it is <br />important to understand the likely housing and <br />urbanization preferences of new residents, Even <br />the current urbanization groups in Mays County <br />suggest that about 50% of County residents <br />would prefer lifestyles in downtown <br />neighborhoods or in adjacent developments with !suburban P*rlpfW <br />easy access to the City's amenities. In other 39% <br />places both baby - boomers and the millennial <br />generation are increasingly favoring places that Small Town* <br />offer pedestrian environments and the amenities pox <br />of downtown living over suburban options. This <br />means that using current urbanization patterns *w" ISM 64 A~A "1'NO <br />may even underestimate the extent of future preferences for quality in -town development. <br />Metro CM" <br />47% <br />Out*kkt* <br />14% <br />Applying the current urbanization preference patterns to the City's 20 year growth projections <br />anticipates that almost 8,000 to 13,000 households will prefer "Activity Center" living within walking <br />distance to amenities while 9,000 to 15,000 new households will continue to locate in the urban <br />outskirts. Given the regional goals to mitigate the impacts of sprawl, Activity Centers such as San <br />Marcos are presented with an opportunity to decide where this growth will take place and how much of <br />it can be accommodated in the downtown and adjacent neighborhoods. <br />9010 . 2W ion Moms Prolaot*d Rarge of Househokt QMWth by tkbrnt Lion ft" <br />MOM <br />15,000 <br />10,000 <br />5,000 <br />Ll <br />M e <br />OWra Coy of so Akra" C.AAtr'K) 0Mhf MIS A tMM++Adwwn i M <br />' We offer here the County patterns to reflect the regional importance and impact of the urban areas or "Activity Centers ", <br />although urbanization proportions within the City arc roughly similar but lifestyle segments are skewed to the existing <br />population of students. <br />1)16VO1'I;k I10W AT WWW,VO1)1N08ANNIARVO8,COM <br />