The purpose for producing the master plan for the Waterfront Planning Area is to:

1. Maximize the success and impact of activities already underway

2. Create a mixed use district that truly works for housing, retail, commercial, and industrial uses

3. Connect key areas within the Waterfront Planning Area that are not adequately connected, particularly the portion abutting the downtown with the waterfront area on the east side of the Lynnway

4. Clean up and develop areas that have been seriously underutilized

5. Identify options to buffer conflicting uses so they can comfortably function in close proximity

6. Identify strong development options for the 6 specified Focus Sites

7. Maximize use and availability of state-owned pier

8. Overcome the image in the CIty that the Lynn Waterfront Planning Area is not capable of being reclaimed and redeveloped

       -- Excerpt from the City of Lynn Request for Proposals