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Piscataway Village Community Vision Process June 1995 Report This document is the third party of a multiyear study of the rural village of Piscataway, located
in south Prince George's County on Floral Park Road between Livingston Road and Piscataway Road. T1
report, published in July 1991, documented the history of the village, defined its unique character
proposed design concepts and methods to protect its rural and historic qualities. The second
report, put in February 1995, provided detailed architectural design guidelines to assist the
residents of the com in protecting the character of the village. The third part of the study
continued the previous efforts in : of community visioning workshops with local residents. Through
a collaborative approach with parti< the workshops used drawings, photographs, images and charts to
develop a consensus about the conm visual and physical qualities. This report documents the
community visioning process undertake February to June 1995.

This report is divided into seven sections, with each section documenting one of the community vi
workshops. A process chart illustrating the chronology of the seven workshops is included in this
doc The structure of the workshops was organized around the following broad categories: History and
Inv Analysis, Alternatives, Implementation and Next Steps. Each section begins with the meeting
minutes j workshop, followed by charts, sketches, maps and diagrams relating to the topics
discussed by the we participants. Several workshops focused on identifying and analyzing the
physical design features wit village. Topics included village integrity/character, infill
development, open space, a "community"
center, gateways, landscape setting, streetscape elements and circulation patterns. Other workshop
disc concentrated on methods for protection of historic resources, implementation strategies and
funding ( Products of the visioning workshops included design guidelines, landscape master plan
recommendation< an implementation strategy chart.

The letter requesting this work effort from the Piscataway Historic Preservation Group is included
document. The project was carried out under the Planning Department's FY 1995 Community Preset and
Design Workshops Work Program.