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Binghamton Activity Downtown Revitalization Initiative DOWNTOWN BINGHAMTON ACTIVITY FOOD ART SUSTAINABILITY JOBS HISTORY PUBLIC SPACE Driving the Southern Tier BINGHAMTON DRI BASIC INFORMATION SUSTAINABILIT Y Regional Economic Development Council (REDC) Region: Southern Tier Municipality Name: City of Binghamton Downtown Name: Binghamton SPACE County Name: Broome Vision for Downtown. Provide a brief statement of the municipality’s vision for downtown revitalization. PUBLIC Downtown Binghamton is seeking DRI funding to support several projects that would bring together many of the ongoing and planned projects in and around Downtown that have been in development in recent years. JOBS The common ‘themes’ of Activity, Jobs, History, Arts, Food, Public Space, and Sustainability guide this application and the proposed projects described within. The combination of these themes —together with FOOD the proposed improvements — will transform Downtown to become a walkable, vibrant, and beautiful destination to live, work, and enjoy. ART HISTOR Y ACTIVIT Y APPLICATION 2 BINGHAMTON DRI PROJECT TEAM Y SUSTAINABILIT APPLICANT SPACE PUBLIC PUBLIC JOBS FOOD ART Mayor Richard David the Office of the Mayor with support from the Offices of Planing, Housing, and Community Development & Economic Development Y HISTOR CONSULTANT ACTIVIT Y APPLICATION 3 BINGHAMTON DRI TABLE OF CONTENTS Y SUSTAINABILIT JUSTIFICATION 5 QUESTION 1: BOUNDARIES 14 SPACE QUESTION 2: CATCHMENT AREA 16 PUBLIC PUBLIC QUESTION 3: PAST + FUTURE INVESTMENT 26 QUESTION 4: JOB GROWTH 35 JOBS QUESTION 5: ATTRACTIVE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT 39 FOOD QUESTION 6: QUALITY OF LIFE 53 QUESTION 7: PUBLIC SUPPORT 61 ART QUESTION 8: PROJECT LIST 64 QUESTION 9: ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY 81 HISTOR Y ACTIVIT Y APPLICATION 4 BINGHAMTON DRI JUSTIFICATION Provide an overview of the downtown area nominated for the DRI program, highlighting the area’s defining characteristics and the reasons for its selection. Explain why the downtown is ready for Downtown Revitaliza- tion Initiative (DRI) investment, and how that investment would serve as a catalyst to bring about revitalization. Y SUSTAINABILIT DEFINING DOWNTOWN BINHAMTON Downtown Binghamton is a dynamic urban neighborhood that has seen a resurgence of energy and activity in its historic core. Downtown Binghamton has long been the heart of the Southern Tier and continues to move SPACE this region forward with innovative City-led initiatives. At the same time that Downtown Binghamton has witnessed the renaissance of its historic buildings becoming mixed-use loft-style apartments for students and young professionals, the arts scene has dramatically expanded to host a variety of arts events throughout the year. Downtown restaurants offer fantastic dining experiences, featuring local ingredients inspired by flavors PUBLIC PUBLIC from around the world. Our downtown sports teams draw fans from across the Southern Tier to cheer on the AHL Devils and the MiLB Binghamton Rumble Ponies. Binghamton is leading the way with green infrastructure projects including solar panels, electric vehicle charging stations, and green roof upgrades. Downtown Binghamton can be defined by a series of themes that describe both how the City is experienced today and how it is looking to grow into the future: activity, history, arts, food, public space, and sustainability. JOBS FOOD ART HISTOR Y ACTIVIT Y APPLICATION 5 BINGHAMTON DRI JUSTIFICATION Y SUSTAINABILIT ACTIVITY Downtown Binghamton is defined by its mix of SPACE activities that appear in any true city- a broad base of downtown office workers, a stable and rising population of downtown residents, attractive buildings PUBLIC and streets, a mix of department stores and boutique shops, art galleries and arts events throughout the year, and sporting events featuring the City’s professional hockey and baseball teams. JOBS FOOD A festival Downtown HISTORY ART Downtown Binghamton’s unique sense of place is shaped by its history. Brick buildings with historic metal or wood facades and storefront windows line the streets of Downtown, and many are actively in use. As further described in this proposal, a large number of historic buildings have been restored and adaptively Y HISTOR reused for mixed-use retail and student housing. Y ACTIVIT Historic Image of Court Street in Downtown APPLICATION 6 BINGHAMTON DRI JUSTIFICATION Y SUSTAINABILIT ART Downtown Binghamton has a strong arts identity and continues to offer opportunities for a growing creative SPACE class. Artists were among the first to see the potential in vacant historic buildings and began redeveloping these as galleries and studios during the 1990s. Today, PUBLIC Downtown is enlivened by arts programming, including live theatre, opera, Broadway, live music, museum exhibitions, arts foundation and management offices, gallery openings, pop-up markets, installations, public art, and art classes. Among these are the monthly First Friday gallery walks which bring thousands Downtown JOBS each month of the year, and the LUMA Projection Arts Festival which has brought tens of thousands of people Downtown annually. FOOD A sold-out performance at the Forum Downtown restaurant ART HISTOR Y Y ACTIVIT Catering at a Binghamton University event by a APPLICATION 7 BINGHAMTON DRI JUSTIFICATION FOOD Downtown Binghamton has a burgeoning restaurant, microbrewery, and bar culture. Binghamton has a growing number of unique specialty restaurants that cater to all ages, with a wide range of options for students, young professionals, business professionals, and families. The atmosphere of each restaurant is completely unique depending on their location, often within a historic redeveloped building. APPLICATION 8 BINGHAMTON DRI JUSTIFICATION Y SUSTAINABILIT PUBLIC SPACE Downtown Binghamton’s location at the confluence of two major rivers is a significant contributing factor SPACE to the high-quality public space that exists Downtown. Some of this public space serves to connect Downtown with the rest of the Greater Binghamton area and PUBLIC allows for projects such as the Route 434 Greenway – Bike Trail, which will connect the Vestal campus of Binghamton University with Downtown via a 2.5-mile cycling and pedestrian walkway. The City is studying various Waterfront Revitalization projects to promote access to the Chenango and Susquehanna rivers. JOBS FOOD The Chenango and Susquehannah Rivers meet at Confluence Park SUSTAINABILITY ART Downtown Binghamton’s commitment to green infrastructure projects makes the City stand out in the region as a leader and creates an attractive environment for high-tech jobs in the sustainability sector. The City of Binghamton is home to clean energy innovation and green programs. The City was named a NYSERDA Clean Energy Community in 2017 and is pursuing designation as a NYSDEC Climate Smart Y HISTOR Community in 201. The City is currently planning to construct a green roof on City Hall and has completed a project to convert all City streetlights to LED technology, and is a recipient of a NYSERDA Community Microgrid competition grant to advance installation of a sustainable microgrid. The City is the epicenter of the 76 West Clean Energy Competition and the Southern Tier Clean Energy Incubator. ACTIVIT Y Green roof in Downtown APPLICATION 9 BINGHAMTON DRI JUSTIFICATION SUSTAINABILIT Y JOBS Unlike other upstate downtowns, as the largest city in the Southern Tier Binghamton has always had a strong SPACE core of government-related employment at its center. Pair that core with Binghamton University, ranked among the top 50 public universities in the country PUBLIC PUBLIC and a driving force in Binghamton’s economy, with its 12,000 direct/indirect employees, and you have a strong base for propelling Binghamton into the future. Binghamton is ranked #1 in employment for scientists and engineers in the Southern Tier, imbuing the area with a powerful combination of innovative thinking JOBS and problem solving which will drive the next phase of job growth. The new Koffman Southern Tier Incubator has launched 33 businesses since its opening last year. The new Culinary Arts Center, just breaking ground, puts downtown Binghamton on the map as the place FOOD to learn to navigate the new food economy, as well as Caption about the picture incubate new food businesses that take advantage of the wealth of farms in the area. All this innovation is driving growth in construction for cutting-edge food and energy manufacturing and technology; driving growth in the businesses that support them such as ART design, engineering, and professional services; driving growth in residential construction jobs since employees are seeking out places to live that provide a walkable, vibrant community near where they work; and driving growth of downtown investment in the kinds of leisure and hospitality jobs that make life shine such as new retails, new restaurants, and a new black box theater. HISTOR Y ACTIVIT Y APPLICATION 1 0 BINGHAMTON DRI JUSTIFICATION Y SUSTAINABILIT REASONS TO SELECT DOWNTOWN BINGHAMTON The trajectory of Downtown Binghamton has been on the rise for at least 20 years. Downtown Revitalization funding would support the development of the unique culture emerging in Downtown Binghamton that celebrates the following: a variety of mixed-use activities that appeal to a broad population; Binghamton’s SPACE historic heritage; creative innovation in the arts; a robust food culture; cherished public spaces; and groundbreaking sustainability initiatives. Downtown Binghamton has all the components of a successful
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