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SCOPE OF SERVICES TASK C: VISION AND GOALS Albany needs to transcend the economic stagnation and decline that has held back Albany and so many other upstate cities and smaller cities throughout the country. However, Albany has a great differentiator in that core and growing industries are attractive to new and young residents that can help sustain and grow the region and to retain established entrepreneurs. These are the very drivers of the creative and entrepreneurial classes and a discerning demographic focused on quality of life with an urban bent. Yes, overall, there is a trend for people moving back to the cities but there are many other cities competing for the same talent and downtown Albany has a distinct role to play in making sure the region is competitive. We believe the important goals for Downtown Albany to have are: • Attract the right companies and institutions ▶▶Essential for Albany to identify the companies and capitalize on growing technology and education sectors • Attract the right talent ▶ ▶ Essential to keep the companies going ▶▶Essential to breath live and activity into downtown • Connect the networks ▶▶The area already has a large variety of assets ▷▷Academic: Rensselaer, Suny Albany university, etc. ▷▷Private: GE, tech start up and established companies ▷▷Public: state and local government • The city has economic development and planning initiatives 1. POTENTIAL THEMES TO GUIDE THE VISION AND GOALS Themes help to translate the vision and goals into attributes and requirements for the built environment. Potential themes our team will explore include: Theme 1: Place to exchange information (ideas and patents; more the intellectual side) • Technology • Meeting space/shared services • Restaurants and amenities Theme 2: A place to trade (commercialization of: biotech, chemical products, technology, etc.) • Trading space • Trading technology (security) • Supporting professional services (lawyers, etc.) Theme 3: A place to communicate (regionally and globally) • Compelling urban environment and placemaking • Transportation access • Amenities • Technology Proposal For Capitalize Albany Corporation RFP for Building a Tactical Revitalization Plan for Downtown Albany, NY 19
SCOPE OF SERVICES Theme 4: A place to innovate • Spacial configurations and adjacencies • Infrastructure requirements Theme 5: A place to learn • School space • Distance learning technology • Conference space, etc. Theme 6: A place for “downtown lifestyle” • Housing units • Retail, restaurants, and services • Walkable environment • Recreational opportunities • Arts and crafts space • Multi-modal, easy, and fast connections to regional transportation Our team will explore these and other themes—our goal will be to define what Downtown Albany should be and strive for that sets the vision for an implementable and tactical plan. The output will be the overall principles that will guide the plan over time and provide compelling motivation for stakeholder buy-in for the plan and its implementation. This task will include: • Concept Studies • Advisory working group visioning sessions • Community Meeting 2. DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT STUDIES The concept studies phase will assess the key Opportunity Sites and establish design principles. The concept studies will focus on the Opportunity Sites, but will also address the broader organization of the Downtown. These concept studies will: • Explore concepts for development, connections, and identity of Opportunity Sites and the Downtown as a whole, focusing on a framework that will resonate with the city, the stakeholders, and the community. • Identify priority areas for infill development in the Downtown. Study the potential for infill and redevelopment in those areas, taking into consideration property ownership, land assembly issues, and the ability to be supported by market dynamics in the short and long term. The potential for infill development will be based on data collected in the retail market analysis, the office and residential overviews and assumptions about Albany’s competitive position for market inflow. • Consider alternative design approaches for the civic realm and development sites within the Downtown, including extent of open space and its relationship to development, parking strategies, streetscape design, sidewalk dimensions, and scale and mix of uses for new development. • Explore block variations that test a variety of building typologies with a different program mix, urban design character, and massing and density. 20 Proposal For Capitalize Albany Corporation RFP for Building a Tactical Revitalization Plan for Downtown Albany, NY
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CITYCENTER DC LOCATION Downtown Was
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BROOKSIE HUGHES Event Producer Broo
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ESTIMATED FEES Our fees and expense
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TITLE Proposal for the Town of Rive
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