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Hull Street Road Revitalization Plan
• Create a thriving entertainment cluster by encouraging the placement of moderately-priced restaurants, bars and movie theater at
opportunity sites along the corridor.
• Identify potential development sites near intersections of major corridors to enable new entertainment venues to effectively compete.
• Attract a small movie theater to the Hull Street Road corridor.
• Identify potential moderately priced restaurants brands planning to start individual restaurants willing to locate to the Hull Street Road
corridor.
• Promote and advertise the development of an entertainment and retail activity node.
• Create a contractor and construction services business node, making them more accessible to area residents and contracting professionals,
and strengthening those types of businesses already found in the study area.
• Identify one site with a minimum of 10 continguous acres that would support multiple contractor-oriented businesses.
• Idenfity a minimum of five contractor-oriented businesses that are interested in locating along the corridor.
• Secure redevelopment agreements with all owners of properties identified as suitable to support contractor-oriented business
functions.
• Provide technical assistance to all property owners to facilitate agreement with developer(s) to construct office and warehouse
facilities for contractor business operations.
• Develop a senior living center for residents 55 and older. A medical rehabilitation facility should be located next to the community.
• Identify one site that would support a senior living community and rehabilitation center for residents 55 and over.
II. Organization
• Retain and strengthen existing businesses by providing the resources they require to remain competitive and attract customers to the Hull
Street Road corridor.
• Create a Hull Street Road Business Retention and Improvement Task Force.
• Form a Business Association consisting of property owners and business owners (representatives) from throughout the Hull Street Road
study area.
• Work with locally owned businesses and local property owners to develop a Business Association for all businesses along the
corridor.
• Develop a Hispanic Business subcommittee within the Business Association.
• Attract corporate-owned businesses to become involved in the Hull Street Road Business Association.
• Provide assistance to businesses and developers seeking to redevelop property along the corridor.
• Incentivize redevelopment through the creation of an expedited approval process for business owners and developers.
• Provide technical assistance to all property owners to facilitate agreement with developer(s).
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