Mariposa Plan Update
Location: Mariposa County, CA
Client: Mariposa County
MNA believes that community design respects the natural environment as well as economic gain, and strives to create places for people to feel comfortable with each other and with the built environment.
The Mariposa County General Plan took into consideration the built character, order, and psyche of Mariposa County. It incorporated the interrelationship of buildings, the transportation system, open space, vistas, human interaction between each other and the natural environment, heritage, housing and economics, that when put together make up a total community.
The general plan update covered a range of circumstances, from growth in towns to planning streets and pedestrian crossways for community children and elderly. The planning design addressed key issues such as how to maintain the downtown areas so that they would become gathering places for local people and visitors.
The relationships between Mariposa County's natural setting and community development were fragile. The Community Design and Character Element was concerned with the preservation of the County's ecological and historical heritage while accommodating growth and revitalization. It was a concerted effort to realize the positive attributes of the County, to enhance those attributes, and to assure that they influence the new growth plans and infill areas in a positive way.