EDC kicks off community
engagement process in HP
The Hunts Point Vision Plan. Photo Courtesy NNYC EDC
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BY JASON COHEN
The efforts to revitalize
and improve Hunts Point continued
last week when it was
announced the Pratt Center
will facilitate engagement to
guide future investments in
the neighborhood.
On Friday, February 7,
NYC Economic Development
Corporation selected a team
led by the Pratt Center for
Community Development to
help to update the 2004 Hunts
Point Vision Plan.
This will build on the success
of the original vision
plan, which led to city investments
in new waterfront
parks, safer streets for pedestrians
and cyclists, hundreds
of new jobs and workforce opportunities
and improved air
quality through reduced pollution.
During the next 18 months,
EDC and city agencies, in partnership
with Councilman Rafael
Salamanca and Pratt Center,
will work with the Hunts
Points community to identify
ways to bring economic opportunity
and new amenities to
the neighborhood.
Starting this spring, EDC
and Pratt Center will host a
series of public workshops and
meetings to gather input and
feedback to address community
needs and priorities.
“We’re excited to be partnering
with the city and the
community to update the
Hunts Point Vision Plan,” said
Elena Conte, deputy director
for the Pratt Center for Community
Development.
The Pratt Center, which
has worked in the south Bronx
for over 30 years, is teaming
with Barretto Bay Strategies,
Mathews Nielsen Landscape
Architects, Mainland Media,
and the Hunts Point & Longwood
Community Coalition,
a group of community-based
organizations focused on improving
the lives of people in
the south Bronx.
Beyond the recommendations
outlined in the 2004 Vision
Plan, EDC and city agencies
are advancing a number
of important projects in Hunts
Point:
• Redevelopment of the
Spofford Juvenile Detention
Center into The Peninsula, a
mixed-use campus with over
700 affordable homes, public
open space, commercial and
community facility space, and
industrial jobs;
• Planning for a new Hunts
Point Metro-North Railroad
station that will connect local
residents via public transit to
jobs and destinations in Manhattan,
the Hudson Valley,
and Connecticut
• Committing $67 million
to upgrade the Hunts Point
Wastewater Treatment Plant
to improve air quality and energy
effi ciency;
• Protecting New York
City’s food supply by providing
back-up power to critical facilities
in the Hunts Point Food
Distribution Center through a
tri-generation microgrid;
• Enhancing social resiliency
by implementing solar
energy and storage at two
neighborhood schools, which
can serve as community gathering
spaces during emergencies;
• Planning for a new marine
barge terminal to reduce
truck travel and create jobs
for Bronx residents – an initiative
of the city’s Freight NYC
plan for strategic investments
in this critical sector of the
economy
Councilman Salamanca
said he is glad all of the groups
are working together with one
purpose.
“While much has been accomplished,
it is important
to revisit the objectives of the
Vision Plan and build on it as
we enter a new decade,” Salamanca
said.
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