NRZ PROJECTS - OUTLINE | ||||||
PROJECT | CHAMPION | ACTIONS | ||||
Immediate | Intermediate | Long Term | ||||
(within 12 months) | (1 - 3 years) | (3 - 5 years) | ||||
Economic Development | ||||||
Economic Development Team | SHI / NRZ / SINA / HEDC & MAMA Coordinator | Create an Economic Development Team (ED) to develop a marketing program for the MARG NRZ | Creation of an overall marketing strategy & marketing package | On-going promotion of MARG neighborhood and South Hartford | ||
Marketing Program | SHI / NRZ | Establish liaison with surrounding NRZs for the purposes of coordinating marketing of South Hartford | Promote
individual development sites (e.g. Greenberg-Beatman, Maple/Broad sites,
former electric transformer building) Identify financing incentives |
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Site redevelopment | Promote SHI / NRZ / SINA | Develop
marketing strategy to promote development sites Development of design guidelines for Barry Square and Maple Avenue |
Actively seek out developers and tenants for sites | Development of vacant and rehabilitated building sites | ||
Barry Square & Maple Avenue | ||||||
Crown Street | City / NRZ | Consider reverting Crown St. to two-way traffic | ||||
Bond Street | City / NRZ | Consider reverting one-way traffic on Bond St. | ||||
Streetscape Enhancements & Transportation Initiatives | City / NRZ / MAMA | Install 38 lights already designed, Seek funding for additional enhancements | Development of detail plans for enhancements | Streetscape construction infrastructure construction | ||
Traffic & Parking | City / NRZ / MAMA | Conduct
parking and traffic study Explore all solutions Seek funding |
Develop plans and implement | |||
Trinity Plaza | ||||||
Development | Trinity College | Support Trinity College in the development of plaza | Work with Trinity developer to ensure project objectives are realized | |||
Marketing | SHI / NRZ / SINA | Develop marketing package to promote property with developers | ||||
Housing | ||||||
Redevelop Vacant / Blighted Properties | City / NRZ / SHI | Identify properties to be demolished or rebuilt | Coordinate with City, SHI, etc. to get properties redeveloped | Target borderline occupied properties and work with residents to pressure absentee landlords to improve housing | ||
Replace multi-unit housing with lower density owner occupied houses | Replace multi-unit housing with lower density owner occupied houses | |||||
Corridors, Gateways & Linkages | ||||||
Streetscaping | City / NRZ / MAMA | Seek funding for streetscape improvement to include Maple Avenue, Webster Street and Broad Street | Develop plans and implement streetscaping program | |||
Gateway Treatments | SHI / NRZ | Seek funding for: | Work with designer and with other neighborhood NRZs in creating and implementing gateway program | |||
South St./Maple Ave. | ||||||
Franklin/Maple Aves. | ||||||
New Britain Ave./Webster St. | ||||||
Signage | Downtown Council / NRZ | Coordinate project with Downtown Council and adjacent NRZs | Implement signage system | Expand and elaborate system | ||