A Better Vision for Ashton

This artist's rendering of SSARPC's alternative development concept for the southeast corner of the Ashton intersection (Route 108 and New Hampshire Avenue) highlights key differences between our proposal and the site plan submitted by the developers behind Ashton Meeting Place. The developers' proposal provides no pedestrian access to the shopping center from the corner: pedestrians would have to walk about 350 feet east or 150 feet south before they could even enter the shopping center, plus at least another hundred feet through a parking lot to get to a store entrance. Direct access from the corner would be blocked by a fence, landscaping, a change in grade, and a retaining wall. By contrast, the SSARPC conceptual plan places an inviting green space right at the corner, with access to stores, offices, and, perhaps, a bank building, directly from the green, which could also be used for concerts, meetings, exhibitions, or relaxation. Our concept, which includes many of the same elements as the AMP proposal, would thus create a sense of place, rather than a typical auto-oriented shopping center cut off from nearby housing by many lanes of pavement with cars speeding by.

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