Professional Services

The vendor is required to provide professional services to oversee and coordinate the development of a state area plan with funding provided by department.
- Analyze existing conditions and conduct a market study to identify issues and opportunities present within the study area.
- Work with community organizations and private property owners to bring productive and sustainable uses to the area.
- With input from landowners, the community, and other stakeholders, define a vision and goals for the area and its potential uses.
- Create a master plan that incorporates the completed analyses, community, and stakeholder input, and develop goals to articulate the community’s vision for revitalization and economic prosperity
- Outline specific strategies and opportunities for revitalization, guiding public and private actions and investment; as well as guide and encourage the sustainable development of suspected brownfield sites.
- The recommendations of the plan will be to:
• Foster existing and new economic activity to increase local job creation;
• Honor the history and atmosphere of this industrial area, while better integrating it with the neighborhoods it lies within and the surrounding commercial area;
• Provide better connectivity between key sites and landmarks with the town’s commercial core, contributing to commercial attraction and tourism efforts;
• Improve workforce development opportunities by creating mixed use spaces, as indicated in the reimagining depot street marketing concepts within the town’s comprehensive plan;
• Emphasize incoming development to be situated within the commercial core, where there is already sufficient investment in public infrastructure and resources; and
• Support a mix housing, including affordable housing opportunities, for new and existing residents of all ages, where feasible and appropriate.
- Project scoping session with the selected consultant
• Project scope and budget allocation
• Study area boundary
• Community participation and visioning process
• Project goals and objectives
• Existing relevant information (maps, reports, etc.)
• Access to information from past or current projects
• Responsibilities of the participants
• Timeframes and deadlines
• Reporting requirements
• Act requirements
• Expected products, including boa designation
• Minority and women owned business (MWBE) goals - Project outline and scoping meeting
• Steering committee meetings
• Informational meetings
• Focus group meetings
• Stakeholder interviews
• Visioning workshops
• Project website
• Surveys to be conducted
• Public meetings and hearings.
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: April 3, 2025