WYANDANCH RISING Community Revitalization and Regional Transportation Regional Plan Association August 16, 2011

Transcription

1 WYANDANCH RISING Community Revitalization and Regional Transportation Regional Plan Association August 16, 2011

2 Wyandanch Rising 2000 Suffolk County Planning Department study finds that Wyandanch is the most economically distressed community on Long Island

3 Wyandanch Rising Wyandanch Rising Community Revitalization Launched Residents participate in community visioning plan Town of Babylon Adopts Wyandanch Rising Hamlet Plan Community Implementation Committee formed,

4 Wyandanch Rising RPA Recommendations Plan calls for creating new pedestrian-friendly boulevard New development along Straight Path Public space around train station Creating a greenway to Geiger Park Structured parking on old industrial site

5 Wyandanch Rising - Successes NYS Brownfield Opportunity Areas (BOA) Nomination Largest grantee on Long Island for BOA Step 2 and Step 3 1 of only 3 municipalities in NYS named a Spotlight Community in BOA Program Secured Planning Money from FTA for Intermodal Facility Final Design for Parking Structure

6 Wyandanch Rising - Town Commitment New Infrastructure Public Sewer Capacity - $15 million Converting Straight Path from 4 lane thoroughfare to 3 lane road with planted medians - $1.5 million No connection fee for sewer district

7 Wyandanch Rising - Town Commitment Land Assemblage Approximately 80% of 50 acre redevelopment parcel has been acquired or in midst of acquisition by Town of Babylon $25 million

8 Wyandanch Rising Resource Center Opened Wyandanch Resource Center to provide job training and small business development Fall 2009 YouthBuild Program 24 participants Built on Pride preapprenticeship program First Class 10 graduates, Second Class in progress 18 students SBDC meeting regularly with existing and potential new business owners Town launches new housing program for Wyandanch to assist renters in becoming Boarded up McDonald s Restaurant on Straight Path The Town purchased the old McDonald s in 2008 and built a new Community Resource Center to help prepare the community to take full advantage of the coming revitalization by providing small business development and job training.

9 Wyandanch Rising Project Area Develop downtown center around train station with infill development in existing asphalt parking lots and replacing vacant and blighted properties Create walkable, pedestrian friendly, mixed use community around train station that provides a sense of place for Wyandanch community Convert Wyandanch from a community suffering from environmental degradation to one of the greenest places on Long Island Provide affordable rental housing and diverse housing choices near mass transit End economic isolation of Wyandanch community by connecting residents to employment centers on Long Island and in New York City

10 Wyandanch Rising Speck Design Town hires Jeff Speck, Co- Author of Suburban Nation and The Smart Growth Manual to create urban design plan for Downtown Wyandanch

11 Wyandanch Rising Torti Gallas Design

12 Wyandanch Rising Master Developer Albanese Group Designated Master Developer RFQ process 15 respondents RFP process limited to 3 invitees

13 Wyandanch Rising Development First Phase - New Health Center Intermodal Plaza New Mixed Use Buildings 240 units of housing 50,000 sq ft of retail Geiger Park Improvements

14 Wyandanch Rising Geiger Park Geiger Park Revitalization Botanical Garden Water Park Carousel

15 Wyandanch Rising Part of a broader regional transportation and sustainable communities plan Route 110 Corridor is the largest jobs hub on Long Island Town is working with LIRR to reopen the Republic Train Station which would be just one stop from the Wyandanch Station Republic TOD Plan 2 million square foot mixed use, infill development surrounding new Republic Train Station BRT conceptual study