Fairmount Indigo Planning Initiative

SOUTH STATION Fairmount Indigo Planning Initiative

Corridor-wide Advisory NEWMARKET/SOUTH BAY (C) Group (CAG) Meeting #3

UPHAM’S CORNER

COLUMBIA ROAD (P)

FOUR CORNERS/GENEVA (C)

TALBOT AVENUE (C) Wednesday, September 12th

MORTON STREET Prepared by: BLUE HILL AVE/CUMMINS HWY (P) The Cecil Group Team The Cecil Group HDR Engineering, Inc. RIVER STREET (P) Byrne McKinney & Associates, Inc. McMahon Associates Bioengineering SAS Design, Inc. FAIRMOUNT Shook Kelley

Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team READVILLE The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley AGENDA

1. Meeting Introduction

2. Summary of Previous Meeting

3. Organizing the Plan by Themes and Topics

4. Existing Conditions by Topic

5. CAG Discussion

6. Suggested Case Studies of Corridors

7. Community Forum Preparations

8. Next Steps

Stations built or under construction

½ mile walking radius around station

Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 2 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley MEETING INTRODUCTION

Recap of the Fairmount Indigo Planning Initiative (FIPI) objectives:

• Guide physical and economic development • Encourage sustainable growth and TOD • Limit displacement of existing residents and businesses • Incorporate existing planning initiatives (City-led and Community-based) into one vision for the future

Stations built or under construction

½ mile walking radius around station

Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 3 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley MEETING INTRODUCTION

Recap of the FIPI organization:

Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 4 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley MEETING INTRODUCTION

Recap of the FIPI corridor planning process:

Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 5 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley SUMMARY AND RECAP

CAG Meeting 08/01/12 Existing Conditions Discussion City Context Corridor Station Areas

Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 6 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley SUMMARY AND RECAP

SOUTH SOUTH END BOSTON Defining the Fairmount Corridor Study Area

ROXBURY • Newmarket to Readville • ½ mile station radius FRANKLIN PARK

DORCHESTER MATTAPAN

HYDE PARK

MILTON

Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 7 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley SUMMARY AND RECAP

SOUTH SOUTH END BOSTON Defining the Fairmount Corridor

Corridor Boundaries Newmarket

ROXBURY Uphams Corner • Newmarket to Readville Columbia Road

Four Corners/ • ½ mile station radius FRANKLIN Geneva Avenue PARK

• Some variation based upon Talbot Avenue

data source DORCHESTER MATTAPAN Morton Street

Blue Hill Avenue/ Cummins Highway

River Street

Corridor Census Tracts HYDE PARK Fairmount and Blocks MILTON

Readville

Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 8 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley SUMMARY AND RECAP

SOUTH SOUTH END BOSTON Defining the Fairmount Corridor Station Status

Existing Stations: ROXBURY • Uphams Corner • Morton Street Fairmount FRANKLIN • PARK • Readville

In Construction: DORCHESTER MATTAPAN • Newmarket • Four Corners/Geneva Avenue • Talbot Avenue In Design: • Blue Hill Avenue/Cummins Highway HYDE PARK MILTON Proposed: • Columbia Road • River Street

Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 9 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley PLANNING FRAMEWORK

Corridor-wide Scale: Branding, vision Corridor Identity

Corridor-wide Scale: Corridor-wide Plan economics, urban design, sustainability (Comprehensive Corridor Plan)

Neighborhood Scale: economics, urban design, public realm/landscape, complete infrastructure, Station Area Plans sustainability

Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 10 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley PLANNING THEMES AND TOPICS

SOUTH SOUTH END BOSTON Corridor-wide

ROXBURY • Establish a framework of themes to organize the vision and contents of the

FRANKLIN Corridor-wide Plan. PARK

• List the specific topics that need to DORCHESTER MATTAPAN be addressed within each theme that have corridor-wide implications.

• Use the topics to organize and HYDE PARK

categorize the community-based MILTON goals for the corridor.

Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 11 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley PLANNING THEMES AND TOPICS

SOUTH SOUTH END BOSTON 2006 Corridor Vision Statement: from Boston’s Newest Smart Growth Corridor: ROXBURY A Collaborative Vision for the Fairmount/Indigo Line

Create strong, vibrant, and diverse • FRANKLIN PARK communities along the corridor, provide

mixed-income housing and access to DORCHESTER MATTAPAN decent paying jobs, and support strong civic engagement.

HYDE PARK

MILTON

Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 12 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley THEMES Vision TOPICS Goals (Initial list for discussion) ECONOMIC • Employment of Residents Income Levels and Distribution DEVELOPMENT • • Education/Skill Attainment of Residents • Business and Employment in the Corridor • Employment Centers

LAND USE Plan wide - • Main Street Retail and Services • Residential Neighborhoods

HOUSING • Housing Location and Densities • Housing Cost and Affordability • Housing Types TRANSPORTATION • Transit Access • Mobility and Modes • Street Networks PUBLIC REALM / • Open Space Needs and Uses OPEN SPACE • Open Space Networks QUALITY OF LIFE • Environmental Quality • Community Health • Public Safety and Security Community Services and Programs (to be articulated within the Corridor the articulated within be (to concert in the with and listed assembled be (to process) outreach and meetings community for each of the major themes) major the of each for • • Cultural Resources • Community Life Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 13 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley Theme: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

SOUTH SOUTH END BOSTON Potential Topic:

Employment of Residents Newmarket

ROXBURY • Unemployment rate in the Uphams Corner corridor is 15.6% (Boston 9.3%) Columbia Road Four Corners/ Geneva Avenue FRANKLIN • The corridor has fewer than PARK 25,000 jobs for a population of Talbot Avenue

DORCHESTER MATTAPAN approximately 120,000 Morton Street

For Boston, there are about Blue Hill Avenue/ • Cummins Highway 650,000 jobs for a population of River Street

HYDE PARK 640,000 Fairmount

Readville

Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 14 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley Theme: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

SOUTH SOUTH END BOSTON Potential Topic:

Income Levels and Distribution Newmarket

ROXBURY • Nearly half of corridor residents Uphams Corner make less than $40,000 in Columbia Road Four Corners/ Geneva Avenue FRANKLIN household income annually PARK

Talbot Avenue • Largest share of residents living DORCHESTER MATTAPAN below the poverty threshold Morton Street

($22,314) live northwest of Blue Hill Avenue/ Cummins Highway

Columbia Road River Street

HYDE PARK • Largest share of residents making Fairmount $50,000 or more annually live

toward the southern half of the Readville corridor

Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 15 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley Theme: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

SOUTH SOUTH END BOSTON Potential Topic:

Educational and Skill Newmarket

ROXBURY Attainment of Residents Uphams Corner

Columbia Road • 56% of the population in the corridor Four Corners/ Geneva Avenue FRANKLIN has no more than a high school PARK education (Boston 49%) Talbot Avenue DORCHESTER 22.5% in the corridor have no high school MATTAPAN • Morton Street diploma (Boston 15.7%)

• 33.5% in the corridor have a high school Blue Hill Avenue/ diploma (Boston 23.6%) Cummins Highway River Street • 18% of corridor residents have a HYDE PARK Fairmount bachelor's degree (Boston 42%)

• 25.8% have some college but less Readville than bachelor's (Boston 18.2%)

Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 16 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley Theme: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Potential Topic: Business and Employment in the Corridor

Industries accounting for relatively large share of employment in corridor:

• Health care & social services (13%) • Public administration (11%) • Other services (11%) • Educational services (10%) • Retail trade (10%) • Construction (9%)

Note: “Other services” includes: Repair & Maintenance, Commercial & Industrial Machinery & Equipment, Repair/Maintenance, Personal & laundry Services, Personal care (hair, nail, barber shops), Funeral Homes, Religious orgs, Social Advocacy, Political orgs, private households, etc.

Source: InfoUSA and BRA

Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 17 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley Theme: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Potential Topic: Business and Employment in the Corridor

Source: InfoUSA and BRA Research Division

Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 18 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley Theme: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Potential Topic: Businesses and Employment in the Corridor

• Many small businesses in 1,000 the corridor 900 • More than 900 800 700 establishments make less 600 than $500,000 in revenue 500

annually – 53% of 400 businesses for which 300 200 revenue data are available 100

Source: InfoUSA and BRA Research Division

Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 19 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley Theme: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Potential Topic: Businesses and Employment in the Corridor

• Larger employers (>100) concentrated near upper end of corridor

• Lower to middle of corridor has fewer businesses

• More industrial at Newmarket and Readville, more mom/pop and social services in the "middle“

Source: InfoUSA , MassGIS, BRA Research Division

Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 20 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley Theme: LAND USE

SOUTH SOUTH END BOSTON Potential Topic:

Employment Centers Newmarket

ROXBURY • Corridor is anchored on both Uphams Corner ends by job/industry centers Columbia Road Four Corners/ Geneva Avenue • Newmarket FRANKLIN PARK

• Readville and Hyde Park Talbot Avenue

• 1,300 parcels with commercial DORCHESTER MATTAPAN or industrial land use Morton Street classification in the corridor Blue Hill Avenue/ (21,000 total parcels) Cummins Highway

River Street

HYDE PARK Fairmount MILTON

Readville

Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 21 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley Theme: LAND USE

SOUTH SOUTH END BOSTON Potential Topic:

Main Street Retail and Newmarket

ROXBURY Services Uphams Corner B A Columbia Road

• (6) Main Street Districts: Four Corners/ Geneva Avenue A FRANKLIN • Uphams Corner PARK C D •B Greater Grove Hall Talbot Avenue C DORCHESTER • Bowdoin Geneva MATTAPAN Morton Street D• Four Corners E Blue Hill Avenue/ • Mattapan Cummins Highway E F Hyde Park River Street • F HYDE PARK Fairmount

MILTON

Readville

Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 22 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley Theme: LAND USE

SOUTH SOUTH END BOSTON Potential Topic:

Residential Neighborhoods Newmarket

ROXBURY • Corridor is largely residential Uphams Corner • 57% residential Columbia Road Four Corners/ • 12% commercial Geneva Avenue FRANKLIN • 2% industrial PARK • 28% tax exempt Talbot Avenue DORCHESTER • 1 % mixed use MATTAPAN Morton Street • 18,000 parcels with residential land Blue Hill Avenue/ use classification in the corridor Cummins Highway

(21,000 total parcels) River Street

HYDE PARK Fairmount MILTON

Readville

Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 23 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley Theme: HOUSING

SOUTH SOUTH END BOSTON Potential Topic:

Housing Location and Newmarket

ROXBURY Densities Uphams Corner

Columbia Road

• 96% of the corridor has less Four Corners/ Geneva Avenue FRANKLIN than 24 units per acre PARK

Talbot Avenue • These densities are low DORCHESTER MATTAPAN compared to most urban Morton Street

transit-oriented developments Blue Hill Avenue/ Cummins Highway (40 units per acre) River Street

HYDE PARK Housing Density Fairmount Housing Units Per Acre % of Census Blocks 0 22.2% < 8 (1-family) 32.5% 9 to 16 (2-family) 29.6% Readville 17 to 24 (3-family) 11.7% 25 to 100 (multi-family) 4.0% Total 100.0% Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 24 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley Theme: HOUSING

SOUTH SOUTH END BOSTON Potential Topic:

Housing Cost and Affordability Newmarket

ROXBURY • 37% of corridor renter-households Uphams Corner spend at least half of their income on Columbia Road Four Corners/ Geneva Avenue rent (27% in Boston) FRANKLIN PARK • Lower income is more likely to be the Talbot Avenue DORCHESTER MATTAPAN cause of housing affordability issues, Morton Street rather than cost of housing Blue Hill Avenue/ Cummins Highway

River Street

HYDE PARK Fairmount MILTON

Readville

Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 25 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley Theme: HOUSING

SOUTH SOUTH END BOSTON Potential Topic: Housing Cost and

Affordability ROXBURY

• Affordable/subsidized housing

FRANKLIN is largely clustered in the PARK northern half of corridor

DORCHESTER MATTAPAN

HYDE PARK

MILTON

Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 26 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley Theme: HOUSING

SOUTH SOUTH END BOSTON Potential Topic:

Housing Types Newmarket

ROXBURY • Housing in the corridor is Uphams Corner largely single- to three-family Columbia Road Four Corners/ Geneva Avenue homes FRANKLIN PARK • Southern half of the corridor Talbot Avenue DORCHESTER MATTAPAN has many single-family Morton Street neighborhoods Blue Hill Avenue/ Cummins Highway River Street

HYDE PARK Fairmount MILTON

Readville

Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 27 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley Theme: TRANSPORTATION

SOUTH SOUTH END BOSTON Potential Topic:

Transit Access Newmarket

ROXBURY • Fairmount Indigo daily ridership is not Uphams Corner high – 1,000 passengers per day one Columbia Road Four Corners/ Geneva Avenue way (2008) FRANKLIN PARK • Ridership has been decreasing – Talbot Avenue DORCHESTER MATTAPAN 300-400 passengers per day one Morton Street

way (2011) Blue Hill Avenue/ Cummins Highway • Mid-day frequencies (1-hr. headways) River Street

HYDE PARK • Fare structure ($6 per trip) Fairmount MILTON • Parking fees ($4) and lack of parking Readville • (16) Cross-town MBTA Bus Routes

Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 28 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley Theme: TRANSPORTATION

SOUTH SOUTH END BOSTON Potential Topic:

Mobility and Modes (transit, Newmarket

ROXBURY vehicular, walking, biking) Uphams Corner

• The corridor has a much smaller Columbia Road Four Corners/ Geneva Avenue proportion of people who walk as a FRANKLIN PARK

means of transportation (3%) than Talbot Avenue

DORCHESTER Boston (14.9%) MATTAPAN Morton Street

• Mode share in the corridor is biased Blue Hill Avenue/ Cummins Highway

toward auto-use: River Street • Automobile – 59% HYDE PARK MILTON • Transit – 35% Fairmount (16) Cross-town Bus Connections • Walk – 3% • Work from Home – 2% Readville • Other – 1.7%

Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 29 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley Theme: TRANSPORTATION

SOUTH SOUTH END BOSTON Potential Topic:

Street Networks Newmarket

ROXBURY • Street network does not directly Uphams Corner connect corridor communities Columbia Road Four Corners/ Geneva Avenue FRANKLIN • Crossroads, Main Streets and PARK cross town connections define Talbot Avenue DORCHESTER MATTAPAN the street network Morton Street

Blue Hill Avenue/ Cummins Highway

River Street

HYDE PARK Fairmount MILTON

Readville

Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 30 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley Theme: PUBLIC REALM/OPEN SPACE

SOUTH SOUTH END BOSTON Potential Topic:

Open Space Needs and Access Newmarket 2%

ROXBURY • There are relatively small amounts of Uphams Corner 3% park/open space in majority of Columbia Road 4% Four Corners/ Geneva Avenue 7% station areas (<7% of land area) FRANKLIN PARK

compared to the City overall (15.7%) Talbot Avenue 12%

DORCHESTER MATTAPAN • The least amount is in the Morton Street 3% Newmarket, Uphams Corner, Morton Blue Hill Avenue/ Cummins Highway 12% Street and Fairmount station areas River Street 5%

Connections to open space network – HYDE PARK • Fairmount 3% MILTON Neponset River Reservation and Emerald Necklace unlock greatest Readville 9% Open Space % of Land Area geographical open space area

Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 31 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley

Theme: PUBLIC REALM/OPEN SPACE

SOUTH SOUTH END BOSTON Potential Topic: F Open Space Networks Newmarket E G ROXBURY • Corridor is in close proximity to a Uphams Corner connected network of open space: Columbia Road A Four Corners/ A Geneva Avenue • Franklin Park FRANKLIN PARK B • Neponset River Reservation Talbot Avenue

C• Mother Brook DORCHESTER MATTAPAN D• Stony Brook Reservation Morton Street E Emerald Necklace Blue Hill Avenue/ • Cummins Highway F B • Southwest Corridor D River Street G B • Harborwalk HYDE PARK Fairmount H• Blue Hills Reservation C MILTON • Fairmount Greenway Concept Plan • Connecting open spaces Readville • Greenway streets H Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 32 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley Theme: QUALITY OF LIFE

SOUTH SOUTH END BOSTON Potential Topic:

Environmental Quality Newmarket

ROXBURY • Pilot Corridor – Partnership for Uphams Corner Sustainable Communities Columbia Road Four Corners/ Geneva Avenue FRANKLIN • Numerous city initiatives and other PARK standards that may be applied to Talbot Avenue

DORCHESTER MATTAPAN the district – Complete Street Morton Street Standards, Greenovate Boston Blue Hill Avenue/ Cummins Highway Campaign, LEED for River Street

Neighborhood Development HYDE PARK Fairmount MILTON • Brownfield redevelopment

• Codman Green urban agriculture Readville

Fairmount Indigo The Cecil Group Team PLANNING INITIATIVE 33 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley

Theme: QUALITY OF LIFE

SOUTH SOUTH END BOSTON Potential Topic:

Community Health Newmarket

ROXBURY • Numerous Community Health Uphams Corner Initiatives underway and Columbia Road Four Corners/ Geneva Avenue Resource Centers FRANKLIN PARK • Access to quality affordable Talbot Avenue DORCHESTER MATTAPAN food varies; there are fewer Morton Street grocery stores and Blue Hill Avenue/ Cummins Highway supermarkets in the southern River Street

half of the corridor HYDE PARK Fairmount • Several station areas

particularly lack food stores Readville • Fairmount • Readville Fairmount Indigo The Cecil Group Team PLANNING INITIATIVE 34 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley

Theme: QUALITY OF LIFE

Potential Topic: Community Health

• Food insecurity – household physical and economic access to quality affordable food is an issue in neighborhoods along the corridor.

• The Mattapan Community Health Center now provides access to health care and pharmacy services.

Household Food Insecurity, Source: www.bostonindicators.org, Boston Zip Codes, 1999-2006 The Boston Foundation Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 35 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley Theme: QUALITY OF LIFE

Potential Topic: Public Safety and Security

• There are elevated levels of crime in many areas of the corridor and difficulty with perceptions of safety

Source: Boston Public Health Commission

Source: www.bostonindicators.org, Fairmount Indigo The Boston Foundation PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 36 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley Theme: QUALITY OF LIFE

SOUTH SOUTH END BOSTON Potential Topic:

Community Services and Newmarket

ROXBURY Programs Uphams Corner

Columbia Road

• Majority of organizations and the Four Corners/ Geneva Avenue FRANKLIN City’s Circle of Promise are in the PARK northern half of corridor including: Talbot Avenue

DORCHESTER MATTAPAN • CDC’s and nonprofits Morton Street • Main Streets programs Blue Hill Avenue/ • Youth programs Cummins Highway River Street • Cultural and religious HYDE PARK organizations Fairmount MILTON

Readville

Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 37 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley Theme: QUALITY OF LIFE

SOUTH SOUTH END BOSTON Potential Topic: Community Services and

Programs ROXBURY

• There are few community and

FRANKLIN health centers in the southern PARK half of corridor

DORCHESTER • River Street station area MATTAPAN • Readville station area • Resilient Communities, Resilient Families Initiative HYDE PARK Community and MILTON • Healthy Dorchester Health Centers

Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 38 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley Theme: QUALITY OF LIFE

SOUTH SOUTH END BOSTON Potential Topic:

Cultural Resources Newmarket

ROXBURY • Corridor is ethnically and Uphams Corner culturally diverse Columbia Road Four Corners/ Geneva Avenue FRANKLIN • There are rich cultural histories PARK along the corridor of immigrant Talbot Avenue

DORCHESTER MATTAPAN communities and historic sites Morton Street

• The crossroads and Main Blue Hill Avenue/ Cummins Highway

Streets are very important to the River Street

HYDE PARK patterns of uses Fairmount

Readville

Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 39 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley Theme: QUALITY OF LIFE

Potential Topic: Cultural Resources Free Cultural Events and Parades • More cultural diversity in corridor, but less by Boston Neighborhood, 2008 cultural events compared to the city

Source: www.bostonindicators.org, The Boston Foundation Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 40 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley Theme: QUALITY OF LIFE

Potential Topic: Community Life

• Foreclosures, instability in neighborhoods, and safety issues erode a stable community

• Nearly 83% of corridor residents lived in the same house one year ago compared to about 76% of Boston

Source: US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2006-2010, BRA Research Division Analysis

Source: www.bostonindicators.org, The Boston Foundation

Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 41 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley CORRIDOR ADVISORY GROUP DISCUSSION

Are there other topics that need to be addressed at the corridor level that have not been included in this initial list?

Within the topics listed is there a certain focus or direction that should be addressed at the corridor level?

Does this collection of topics resonate as representing the potential range of important issues for the corridor?

Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 42 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley THEMES Vision TOPICS Goals (Initial list for discussion) ECONOMIC • Employment of Residents Income Levels and Distribution DEVELOPMENT • • Education/Skill Attainment of Residents • Business and Employment in the Corridor • Employment Centers

LAND USE Plan wide - • Main Street Retail and Services • Residential Neighborhoods

HOUSING • Housing Location and Densities • Housing Cost and Affordability • Housing Types TRANSPORTATION • Transit Access • Mobility and Modes • Street Networks PUBLIC REALM / • Open Space Needs and Uses OPEN SPACE • Open Space Networks QUALITY OF LIFE • Environmental Quality • Community Health • Public Safety and Security Community Services and Programs (to be articulated within the Corridor the articulated within be (to concert in the with and listed assembled be (to process) outreach and meetings community for each of the major themes) major the of each for • • Cultural Resources • Community Life Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 43 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley CASE STUDIES ORGANIZED BY THEME (Narrow to 4 to 6 Relevant Case Studies) Economic Land Use Housing Transportation Public Realm / Quality of Life Development Open Space

Boston’s Green or Orange Line Corridors X X X

Charlotte’s South Corridor X X X X X Chicago’s Southside Metrarail Corridor X X X X

Dallas’ Southeast Corridor X X X X Denver’s West Corridor X X X X

Los Angeles’ Blue Line Corridor X X X X Oakland’s Capitol Corridor X X X X X Portland’s Streetcar Corridor X X X Twin Cities’ Hiawatha Corridor X X X X

Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 44 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley Next Steps

1 . Corridor Tour

2. Community Forum and Preparation

3. Next Meeting

Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team 45 The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley SOUTH STATION Fairmount Indigo Planning Initiative

Corridor-wide Advisory NEWMARKET/SOUTH BAY (C) Group (CAG) Meeting #3

UPHAM’S CORNER

COLUMBIA ROAD (P)

FOUR CORNERS/GENEVA (C)

TALBOT AVENUE (C) Wednesday, September 12th

Fairmount Indigo PLANNING INITIATIVE The Cecil Group Team READVILLE The Cecil Group • HDR • Byrne McKinney & Associates • McMahon Associates • Bioengineering • SAS Design • Shook Kelley