Ecological quality

• Re‐introduce natural ecology: Improve quality of natural environment: trees and other vegetation, soil, water
• Restore natural hydrologic cycle; reduce negative impacts of stormwater
• Create healthy river
• Create greater physical and ecological continuity among natural spaces
• Protect views of river and riverfront
• Improve access to the river
• Reduce carbon footprint in study area
• Encourage regenerative development
• Educate residents and visitors about local ecology

Power of place

• Re-orient the city--existing and new‐‐toward the river; create a new "front" along the river
• Utilize existing building stock: Identify the opportunities for authentic and distinctive "places"
• Reveal and seek inspiration in the city's history
• Enhance and protect the features of the physical environment that defines such places
• Intensify urbanism: develop appropriate uses and quality
• Create a mix of uses; build synergy
• Introduce new and diverse types of housing
• Recognize and celebrate distinctive features, such as bridges, that contribute to Pittsburgh's identity;
enhance views and vistas
• Create beautiful and usable public places, particularly along the riverfront edge

Access

• Make better connections between riverfront neighborhoods and the river; introduce new river‐oriented neighborhood development
• Improve public access to the riverfront and the river
• Improve and coordinate movement systems through the study area to enhance vitality of the area and the viability of both commercial and residential property
• Minimize industrial impediments at the river’s edge
• Resolve problems with existing transportation system

Economic vitality

• Increase confidence in the future of the study area, particularly with regard to investment in real estate
• Provide for a mix of uses and a diverse population for long‐term resilience
• Maximize the influence (or “spillover”) of investment on surrounding areas
• Create unique attractions in the study area
• Capture jobs and industry that favor this location
• Develop at sufficient density to support sustainable urban infrastructure and services, including viable public transportation
• Introduce new river‐oriented uses, including commercial, residential, cultural, and recreational development
• Activate the river with new recreational and commercial uses, recognizing the need for compatibility
• Develop green space that is an amenity to uses
• Eliminate negative conditions that discourage investment and diminish livability
• Employ funding strategies that further neighborhood goals
• Integrate and coordinate marketing among different groups within the study area

• Create a model for future riverfront development in the city and the region
• Identify key areas for public and private investment
• Engage stakeholders in catalytic interventions that will leverage future development
• Identify roles and indicators of success for long‐term development; attend to the spillover effect
• Create strong and lasting partnerships among the stakeholders