• Develop visual connections along Park Lane (consistent with the long term goal of connecting the Park to the Lake Washington waterfront)
• Enhance Park Lane as a regional destination 
• Encourage economic vibrancy and diversity
• Ensure equitable access for all
• Create high performance greenscapes

Design Concepts
Through the visioning workshops, stakeholders developed three alternative design tconcepts that were presented to the general public for comment (Pedestrian Promenade, Complete Street, and Festival Street).  From the comments, a preferred design concept emerged.

Flexible Festival Street 
The Flexible Festival Street integrates the most favorable elements from the stakeholder's design concepts:

• Tree Canopy: Increase total number of trees by adding trees between Main and 3rd Street. Retain existing healthy tree canopy while removing unhealthy trees. Reduce maintenance conflicts between vegetation, sidewalks and buildings. Address inadequate soil volume for new and existing trees.
• Balance users: Increase pedestrian use and accessibility, providing seating, use vegetation to provide separation from vehicles, allow flexible use of space for events such as the Wednesday Market and festivals.
• Vehicular and Parking: Maintain existing traffic flow, manage speed, accommodate emergency vehicle access, provide parking, and facilitate flexible use of vehicular space. The Flexible Festival Street will result in the net loss of four parking stalls.

Throughout the public participation process, wide support for street closures for fairs, festivals and markets was expressed. In addition to cafes and retail space, the public comments reflect a desire to see public pedestrian spaces without curbs and a raised intersection at Main Street and Park Lane for entertainment. Raised crosswalks, especially at the entrances to Park Lane on both the west and east end, rain gardens or other Low Impact treatments, and a healthy tree canopy were all design elements with strong community support.

Capital Funding 
Phase I Terrewalk panels (made out of recycled rubber plastic) will be installed at twenty critical locations along the corridor where the sidewalk is buckling as a result of root uplifting.  One sweetgum tree (14 inches in diameter) will be replaced using a Silva Cell unit.  The tree is located in front of Lakeshore Gallery.

Phase II  The Flexible Festival Street design provides the framework for cohesive redevelopment along the corridor and increases the likelihood of acquiring outside funding.   Grants, public capital dollars, and private funding are all potential funding sources.