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South End Neighborhood Revitalization Zone Strategic Plan 1 GRID LAYOUT RIGHT South End Neighborhood Revitalization Zone CITY OF BRIDGEPORT Strategic Plan 2014 Prepared for the South End Neighborhood Revitalization Zone Committee by the City of Bridgeport, Office of Planning and Economic Development, Division of City Planning. 2 Seaside Park Source: theseasides.com, 2014 3 Acknowledgments The South End NRZ Planning Committee wishes to extend special appreciation and recognition to the following stakeholders for their participation and contributions in making this planning process a success. Mayor Bill Finch City Council Howard Austin, Sr. Eneida L. Martinez Jack O. Banta Lydia N. Martinez Susan T. Brannelly Mary A. McBride-Lee Alfredo Castillo Thomas C. McCarthy Richard DeJesus Richard M. Paoletto, Jr. Milta I. Feliciano Richard D. Salter, Sr. Robert E. Halstead Patricia Swain James Holloway Denese Taylor-Moye Michelle A. Lyons Enrique Torres Michael J. Marella, Jr. AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia South End NRZ Planning Committee Mack Allen Deidre Perry Colleen Arthur-Riddick Effie Riddick Greg Breland Ernestine Satawhite Eva Canales Hugh Spurgin Barnabus Duberry Liz Torres Donna Hilliard Dexter Upshaw, Jr. Carl McCluster J. C. White Frances Newby Marguerite Williams Carmen Nieves 4 Fayerweather Lighthouse Source: City of Bridgeport, 2014 City of Bridgeport Office of Planning & Economic Development David M. Kooris, AICP, Director Ginne-Rae Clay, Deputy Director Project Staff Parag Agrawal, AICP, Planning Director Curtis Denton, GIS Administrator Lynn Haig, Sr. City Planner Ben Henson, AICP, City Planner (Project Manager) Deborah Thomas-Sims, Neighborhood Revitalization Director Angie Staltaro, Neighborhood Coordinator Jon Urquidi, PE, City Engineer Marilyn Santacroce, Assistant Project Manager 5 6 Contents Maps Executive Summary 8 Mobility & Connectivity 82 1 - South End NRZ Boundary 16 Goal & Objectives 83 2 - Key Assets 23 NRZ Process 10 Essential Roadway Repairs 85 3 - Challenges 40 Vehicular Street Network 85 4 - Opportunities 42 Community Profile 14 Transit Network 89 5 - Flood Hazard Areas, 2010 & 2013 50 Planning Area 15 Pedestrian Network 91 6 - Existing Land Use & Redevelopment 67 History 15 Bicycling Network 93 Opportunities Demographic Profile 15 7 - Neighborhood-wide Strategies 68 Business Profile 21 Cultural Resources 98 8 - Planning Districts 72 Neighborhood Character 22 Goal & Objectives 99 9 - Existing Land Use & Redevelopment 84 Seaside Park 99 Opportunities Community Engagement 36 Historic Districts 101 10 - Vehicular Street Network - Exist- 86 Challenges 39 Heritage Walking Tours 101 ing Conditions Opportunities 41 Community Events 102 11 - Vehicular Street Network - Key 88 Community Gardens 104 Recommendations Community Vision 44 12 - Transit Network - Existing Condi- 90 Strenghts, Weaknesses, Opportunities 45 Implementation Strategy 106 tions & Threats Measuring Performance 107 13 - Sidewalk Network - Existing 93 Vision Statement 47 Coastal Resilience & Sustainability 110 Conditions Goals & Objectives 47 Urban Village Character 113 14 - Pequonnock River Trail 95 Mobility & Connectivity 116 15 - Proposed PRT Connection 97 Coastal Resilience & Sustainability 48 Cultural Resources 119 16 - Historic Districts 103 Goal & Objectives 49 District-Wide Strategies 53 Appendices 122 Neihborhood-Level Strategies 54 Community Workshop Discussion 123 Site-Level Strategies 60 SWOT Analyses 125 Draft Feedback 126 Urban Village Character 64 Goal & Objectives 65 Neighborhood-Wide Strategies 65 Planning District Strategies 71 7 and ethnically diverse. Household incomes and Coastal Resilience & Sustainability, Urban Executive Summary educational attainment levels are lower than Village Character, Mobility & Connectivity, and those in the surrounding area. The housing stock Cultural Resources—which contain broad goals, is aging, affordable, and diverse in size and type. specific objectives and key recommendations for Two-thirds of the housing is renter-occupied. addressing these challenges and take advantage of the many opportunities present in the South Thanks in large part to Seaside Park, nearly 40% End. In June, 2007, the City of Bridgeport and the of the land use in the South End is recreational. South End Neighborhood Revitalization Zone Other land uses include industrial (19%), (NRZ) Planning Committee began working residential (17%), institutional (11%), commercial Coastal Resilience & together to create a comprehensive NRZ (7%) and vacant (7%). The lack of commercial uses designation and strategic plan for the South End. is a priority concern for the South End. Sustainability This effort was completed in 2008; however, the Two-thirds of the South End is within the FEMA Connecticut Office of Policy and Management Through a series of workshops, the community flood hazard area. The South End experiences required substantial updates in order to merit identified many challenges and opportunities in regular flooding as a result of stormwater approval. The City of Bridgeport and South End the South End. The Vision Statement represents runoff, and is vulnerable to storm activity, as NRZ Planning Committee initiated the update a general summary of how this Plan aims to foster evidenced by the effects of Hurricanes Sandy process in March, 2014 and completed it in and guide the revitalization of the South End: December, 2014. and Irene. The City of Bridgeport is a property tax dependent municipality of less than 17 Capitalize on the neighborhood’s gorgeous sq. mi. of which nearly half is tax-exempt. The The South End NRZ is a peninsula landform coastal setting and regionally significant Plan presents the following conservation and on Long Island Sound of approximately 675 institutions, entertainment and public development strategies to mitigate the increasing acres of land immediately south of Downtown spaces to attract development that ardently risks associated with natural hazards without Bridgeport. The South End’s most recognizable preserves the historic and diverse character inhibiting necessary economic development: asset is Seaside Park. Designed by Frederick Law of the existing neighborhood and improves Olmsted and developed by P.T. Barnum between overall neighborhood quality through DISTRICT-WIDE STRATEGIES 1865 and 1920, Seaside Park is an iconic product neighborhood-scale context-sensitive • Multifunctional Elevated Berm of Bridgeport’s heritage and contains numerous redevelopment and infill development • Living Shoreline landmark statues and memorials. The University that increases the population in support of • Seaside as Buffer Zone of Bridgeport, Sikorsky Aircraft and PSE&G neighborhood retail and amenities along • Stormwater Infrastructure energy generation facilities are also in the South with local employment opportunities in End. concert with safe and inviting community NEIGHBORHOOD-LEVEL STRATEGIES open spaces all-the-while investing in public • Green Street Design The 2010 Census reports a population of 7,321 and private infrastructure that mitigates • Tree Planting Program South End residents. Excluding the 258 acres the climate risks that befall this coastal • Emergency preparedness education and of land used by Seaside Park, the South End has community. a population density of 17.6 persons/acre. This outreach • Elevated Singer St. & CSO Park population is characterized as young and racially The Plan is organized into four sections— 8 SITE-LEVEL STRATEGIES and Regional Recreation & Entertainment. Key • Floodplain Development Standards recommendations for each focus on development Cultural Resources • Green roofs standards, historic preservation, urban • Rain barrels beautification and planning for future land uses. The South End is rich with natural, cultural and • Retrofit Program historic assets. It is imperative to preserve, enhance and celebrate the cultural resources Mobility & of the South End and foster community pride Urban Village and interaction. The Plan presents strategies Connectivity for each of the following areas: Seaside Park, Character Historic Preservation, Heritage Walking Tours, The South End is surrounded by water on three Community Events and Community Gardening. The South End contains a fascinating mix of sides and separated from Downtown by the I-95 nearly every type of land use, myriad housing and railroad overpass structures, limiting access types, a compelling heritage and natural to and from the area. The Plan goal is to study the Implementation landscape and a demographically diverse feasibility of improvements to the transportation residential population in a relatively dense network to enhance mobility within, to/from Strategy environment—all necessary building blocks of and through the South End NRZ for all citizens a vibrant urban village neighborhood. The Plan and transportation modes; better connect the The South End has experienced a renewed proposes neighborhood-wide and planning NRZ and its assets with Downtown and West interest from Developers in the past five years district-level strategies to achieve the goal of: End/West side; increase safety; and facilitate and a number of significant redevelopment ensuring the preservation and enhancement redevelopment and infill development at an urban projects are currently in the pipeline or under of historic structures and districts; allowing village scale. consideration. It is clear the South End is on the increased densities at appropriate levels and cusp of a revitalization and resulting population locations; properly guiding development in flood To meet this goal, the Plan presents
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