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CHAPTER 6:SHAPE Strong Supporting Neighborhoods Downtown neighborhoods surrounding the five downtown subareas provide diverse housing op ons. While many of these neighborhoods are well established and should be preserved, opportuni es exist for increasing intensity and diversity of housing in strategic loca ons to capitalize on proximity to downtown ameni es, to support regional transit and other transporta on op ons, and enhance the market poten al of downtown. Neighborhoods in decline or at a " pping point" should be targeted for increasing the intensity and diversity of housing. This may include redevelopment or infill in loca ons closest to downtown services, ameni es, and public transporta on. Furthermore, redevelopment of blighted or dilapidated housing stock presents opportuni es for higher densi es in the form of townhomes, units that combine living space and working space, mul family housing, and accessory dwelling units. The policies in Chapter 2: LIVE, provide guidance for determining the status of neighborhoods and the ripeness of neighborhoods for redevelopment. All new development and redevelopment should priori ze providing pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure that connects neighborhoods to transit stops. On the neighborhood level, benches, bike racks, and ligh ng can all make transit a more popular op on. 174