Vermillion Street Master Plan
Hastings, MN

Damon Farber Associate lead a team of consultants which included Wenck Associates transportation planners and Quam Sumnitch public fi nance and market analysis experts to study the Vermillion Street corridor and to recommend a new direction based upon the changing marketplace. Vermillion Street carries 30,000 vehicles per day and consists of a variety of commercial, industrial and residential land uses stretched out across its length in no particular order. Accidents were increasing, vehicle speed was increasing, pedestrian safety was compromised and business decline were all threatening the future viability of the corridor.

The result of the effort is the String of Pearls concept that guides new higher density mixed use development towards controlled intersections to put business in locations that are easy to access by car and by residents. Safe pedestrian crossings, landscaped medians and decorative streetscape combine to improve the overall identity and function of the corridor.