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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION + CONTEXT <br />Ashland/Cherryland Business District Specific <br />Plan (Alameda County) <br />In July 2015, Alameda County released a public <br />draft of the Ashland/Cherryland Business <br />District Specific Plan. The northwest portion <br />of the Plan Area cover County land along East <br />14th Street, directly adjacent to the Bay Fair <br />TOD Specific Plan Area (See Figure 3.2). The <br />Ashland/Cherryland Business District Specific <br />Plan provides direction for development and <br />urban design, and seeks to support community <br />and economic development by capitalizing on <br />the area's unique assets and character. <br />The Specific Plan includes the "Bayfair Corridor" <br />zone from 150th to 159th Avenue, adjacent to <br />the Bay Fair TOD Specific Plan Area. The Bayfair <br />Corridor zone is intended to provide a vibrant <br />mixed -use environment adjacent to public <br />transit that strengthens present and future <br />commercial opportunities, serves daily needs <br />of surrounding neighborhood residents, and <br />accommodates growth and infill. Further <br />south along East 14th Street (between 159th <br />to 163th Avenue), the District Mixed -Use zone <br />is intended to provide a vibrant, walkable <br />urban main street environment with a variety <br />of urban housing choices and commercial and <br />entertainment opportunities. <br />21 <br />