Redevelopment - Lincoln Avenue Project Area

The Lincoln Avenue Redevelopment Project Area was adopted by the Agency Board on July 25, 1990, and consists of approximately 180 gross acres of land generally fronting on Lincoln Avenue within the City of Cypress.

Lincoln Avenue Project Area

Project Area Description

Lincoln Avenue represents one of the major commercial corridors in the City of Cypress and consists mainly of mixed-use and highway-oriented businesses. Predominant land uses in the area are heavy commercial, with an additional mix of uses, including general commercial, multiple-family residential, single-family residential, church, and public/semi-public. There are approximately 200 land parcels within the Project Area.

The entire 3 mile length of Lincoln Avenue from Coyote Creek Bridge to Valley View Street has undergone a $6.5 million streetscape improvement as part of a comprehensive revitalization effort to "Rediscover Lincoln." The improvements inlude the construction of lanscape medians and bowouts; installation of storn drains, decortive street lighting and landscape irrication systems; and the provision of decorative sidewals and crosswalks acpecific locations along Lincoln Avenue. The undergrounding of utilities on Lincoln Avenue fron Valley View Street to the eastern City boundary has also been completed.

In addation, Specific Plan and an Action Plan Focusing on the Lincoln Avenue Corridor have been adopted to establish specific land use and development standards for future sustainable development. The plans provide a framework for the formulation of various incentive to encourage economic development activity and affordable housing opportunities along the Lincoln Avenue Corridor.