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Planning principles are the overarching ideas against which future planning decisions are tested. The principles reflect what the design team has heard during meetings with the Great <br />Rivers Greenway District, community planning staff, stakeholders and participants in the public forums. These principles also reflect the Great Rivers Greenway’s three guiding tenets; <br />Economic The Centennial Greenway should create connectivity on multiple levels. It should connect Forest Park and Creve Coeur Park as a linked system offering multiple routes; create <br />a link within the regional greenway system; connect local and community parks; The Centennial Greenway itself should be a “place to be.” The corridor should contain a diversity of places <br />and experiences along a linear open space system. It should be a destination in itself, not just a means of moving from place to place. It should create opportunities to stop and rest, <br />look and learn and places to sit, overlook, and interpret the history, culture and nature of Off-street corridors provide a safer and more enjoyable experience than on-street routes, <br />and should be sought at every The Centennial Greenway should consider all possible contiguous routes while seeking routes on public land and rights-of-way. Where public land is not available, <br />the Centennial Greenway should be located only on locally supported common ground, easements and private lands. The Centennial Greenway alignment should address the concerns of adjacent <br />landowners when <br />opportunity. Where the Centennial Greenway intersects with streets safe pedestrian oriented crossings should be developed. <br />connect neighborhoods to schools, commercial areas, civic and employment centers, and transportation hubs. <br />Development, Social Capital and Environmental Stewardship. <br />the places it passes through. <br />ever possible. <br /> <br />