City of Boonville, Mo

Building Design and Streetscape Guidelines
This report provides ideas and suggestions for improving our building facades and streetscapes in the Main Street District. Preserving, or restoring, the unique character of downtown is vital to creating a successful destination for entertainment, shopping and living. This report includes illustrations and examples throughout.

Visitor Survey Results
The Visitor's survey asked individuals living outside of Boonville their attitudes, perceptions, and feelings about downtown Boonville, more specifically about retail and shopping options, getting around Boonville, the built and green environment, and missing elements in downtown. Generally, respondents felt Boonville needed more special events, concerts/ live music, and family restaurants. Additionally, visitors believed improved building conditions would enhance the downtown.

Organizational Review
After looking into the groups involved in downtown revitalization in Boonville, the need for a group focusing only on the downtown was identified. This group could help with business recruitment and expansion in the downtown, special events, and downtown beautification projects, including facade and streetscape improvements. For this group to be successful, the downtown group will need dedicated Board, strong leadership, and sustainable funding.

Focus Group Results
As part of the DREAM initiative, four focus groups were conducted, consisting of new residents, long time residents and business and property owners (2 groups). The purpose of these groups was to learn more about the priorities of the Boonville community in regards to Downtown. Participants of all four groups were from a variety of backgrounds. The full report is available in the download center.

Community Telephone Survey Results
The Downtown Revitalization and Economic Assistance for Missouri or DREAM program completed a community telephone survey for Boonville. Thank all of you who took the time to respond to the survey. There were 300 random interviews completed with a margin of era of +- 5.7%. There were 70 questions which took, on average, 14 minutes to complete. The purpose of the survey was to learn about public perceptions of Downtown and provide a babsis to establish priorities for the DREAM initiative. The full report is available in the download center.

Residential Demand Analysis
This report provides an assessment of housing in Boonville and the possible demand for housing that can support our downtown revitalization efforts. This report includes a review of previous housing markets and consumer surveys, identification of primary and secondary markets, existing housing inventory, and options for housing demand in the downtown area. The full report is available in the download center.

Map Reference Handbook
The collection of maps in this report identify the use, condition, and vacancy rate of spaces on the first, second, and third floors of buildings within the study area. Additionally, the maps identify infrastructure, parking lots, historic districts, and residential areas within the DREAM boundary. The complete report is available in several parts in the download center.