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A Community Diagnostic From A Planning Perspective Holyoke, Massachusetts, Center For Economic Development
A Community Diagnostic From A Planning Perspective Holyoke, Massachusetts, Center For Economic Development
Center for Economic Development Technical Reports
This study seeks to examine and undertake a diagnostic of the City of Holyoke , a community in Western Massachusetts. The research will employ field visits, interviews, report reading, and library research in an attempt to shed light on certain key planning issues such as, planning tools, downtown, industry, affordable housing, community character, fiscal matters, environmental problems, financial control, and political stability. Each issue will be critically examined in order to better assess the strengths and weaknesses of the community, Finally, this study will conclude with a general overview of Holyoke and list some suggestions related to planning professionally in …
A Revitalization Study Main Street Returns For The Future Gardner, Massachusetts, Center For Economic Development
A Revitalization Study Main Street Returns For The Future Gardner, Massachusetts, Center For Economic Development
Center for Economic Development Technical Reports
This Regional Planning studio project was undertaken for the Gardner Industrial Foundation ("the Foundation"). The Foundation requested that we make development recommendations for a 20 acre site along Main Street, adjacent to the "Central Business District" of Gardner, Massachusetts. The Site, containing mostly vacant manufacturing facilities, is a large and visually significant part of the downtown area. It is visible from Route 2, the main transportation highway in the region and is the "gateway property" to Main Street and the Central Business District after exiting Route 2 and heading downtown. The Site is fast becoming an eyesore given the recent …