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Steering Committee September 10, 2009 1 Introduction of Consultant Team Introduction of Steering Committee Role of Steering Committee Project Overview S.W.O.T. Discussion 2 Renee Brown – Bellefonte Borough Council Vana Dainty – Vice-President, Bellefonte Borough Council Robert Dannaker – Bellefonte Borough Planning Commission Richard Fornicola – Waterfront Property Owner Wendy Fultz – Cool Beans Stanley Goldman – Mayor, Bellefonte Borough Erin Hammerstadt – HARB Consultant & Preservation Pennsylvania Don Holderman – Assistant Manager, Bellefonte Borough Gary Hoover – Bellefonte Chamber of Commerce Kim Kowalyck – Café on the Park Samuel McGinley – Northwest Savings Bank Gregory Wendt – M&T Savings Bank Kim Wheeler – PA Department of Economic and Community Development 3 Serve as a resource for ideas and approaches Provide direction to the consultants Review material prepared by the consultants Provide input on proposed strategies and actions Participate in the public input process Provide updates to Council Review and comment on the final plan and advise Council of the Committee’s recommendations 4 PARTNERS COORDINATION THE TEAM TASKS THE DETAILS THE RESULT 5 THE MASTER PLAN IS THE RESULT OF COLLABORATION AND CONSENSUS OF THE PARTNERS •AGENCIES •CONSULTANT EXPERTISE •STEERING COMMITTEE •DCED •BELLEFONTE BOROUGH •BOROUGH RESIDENTS DCED BELLEFONTE BOROUGH STEERING COMMITTEE MASTER PLAN 6 Delta Development Group, Inc. Karen Dickinson, Project Manager Teresa Sparacino Chris Johnston EADS Group, Inc. Jake Steinbugl Reynolds Smith and Hills, Inc. (RS&H) George Dickie Ron Sill 7 PROVIDING PROVEN RESULTS SINCE 1988 From Planning to Implementation: Community and Economic Development Real Estate Development Information Technology 8 ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ Trade and Transit Center Downtown movie theater Public investment = $40 million Private investment = $100 million PHMC navigation 9 Engineering Architecture and Design Services “Quality Service with Integrity” The EADS Group: was established in 1955 is ISO 9001:2000 Certified is Employee Owned and Managed has 200+ Professional and Technical Staff • has 6 Office Locations • • • • 10 11 12 13 14 15 THE VISIONING PROCESS 17 Project Tasks Understand the Project Area Build Public Consensus Market Assessment and Feasibility Create Redevelopment Concepts Implementation and Funding Strategy 18 ◦ Review Background Materials ◦ Parcel profiles 19 ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ Demographic characteristics Current and planned retail establishments Business owner interviews Consumer profile 20 ◦ Steering committee ◦ Public meetings SWOT Conceptual designs Final plan ◦ Stakeholder interviews Business Resident Community organizations 21 Short-, mid- and long-range goals Private/public partnerships Creative financing tools 22 What can the site accommodate? What connections need to be made between the waterfront and core business district? What traffic and parking impact will development of the waterfront district have on the core business district? What streetscape enhancements can be implemented to create a cohesive theme connecting the waterfront and core business districts? What retail and commercial opportunities complement existing business? What residential opportunities exist in the waterfront and downtwon districts? What are the market strategy and land use options? 23 Demographics Businesses Physical site conditions History of Place Transformation Current Conditions 24 1-mile ring (center of the ring = intersection of High Street & Water Street) Projected slight population increase over next four year period (2008-2013) Income is shifting from lower percentage of households in the < $15,000 range to higher percentage of households in the $50K + Loss in families means lower percentage of persons in the 0-14 age bracket Higher percentage of persons are in the 45-64 age bracket. Additional Study: Current downtown consumers to better define market area 25 26 27 Physical site conditions History of Place 28 Fragments of the Past 29 Lost Treasure 30 Transformation 31 Current Conditions 33 Southern Site 34 Mid Section 35 North Gateway 36 Overview from the West 37 Context & Edges 38 Strengths ◦ Assets to build upon Weaknesses ◦ Challenges to development Opportunities ◦ Create vibrant waterfront and downtown Threats ◦ Things that cannot be controlled 39