Hartford Mayor Pedro E. Segarra and land planners from across the U.S. are touring the city’s North End to develop concepts for redeveloping key sections of Albany Avenue.
Segarra said Thursday that he and fellow team members are leading urban design specialists and planners from the Urban Land Institute and three other mid-size cities — Tacoma (WA), Louisville (KY) and Austin (TX) — as part of his responsibilities as one of the institute’s Daniel Rose Fellows. He was designated last year for the one-year fellowship.
They will inspect the Albany Avenue corridor at four node points, including at the critical intersections of Woodland and Homestead, as part of their redevelopment case study, authorities said.
The tour culminates on Friday with a full presentation of the findings at the Artists Collective, 1200 Albany Ave., from 9 to 11 a.m.
“It needs to be a destination, not a place one simply drives through,’’ Segarra said in a statement. ”Strategic planning from professionals of this caliber that costs the Capital City absolutely no money will leverage that traffic, drive retail and business development and create a thriving and vibrant corridor.”
The Rose Fellows team from the city also includes:
• Thomas Deller, city director of development services
• Brandon McGee, state representative for the 5th District
• Steven Bonafonte, partner at Pullman & Comley and chairman of the Hartford Redevelopment Agency
For more information on the City of Hartford’s study, please visit: http://ow.ly/hhcwm. Biographies of all site review participants attached.
