To continue the success that has marked Santa Monica's Downtown over the past several decades, the City should have a clear and realistic vision of what Downtown is and can become. The Downtown Community Plan (DCP) builds on the strengths and previous planning efforts geared at revitalizing the Third Street Promenade, preserving historic assets, stimuating art and cultural activity, incentivize housing and maintain the areas's character while allowing for its continued evolution. The DCP provides specific results-oriented actions to make Downtown more vibrant and accessible to a larger section of residents and visitors, and it promotes urban sustainability by accommodating future residential and employee populations within a pedestrian-friendly and transit-oriented district.