24. ferry: Beach 116th
St.
• geographic center
• highest pedestrian option
• downtown synergy
• bicycle linkages
25. ferry: Riis Landing
• Best park-and-ride option
• Shortest ferry journey
• Land ownership challenges
• Bicycle linkages
26. transit
• Additional ferry service further east IF ferry to JFK
• Beach Channel Dr. HOV/busway (<19,000 AADT)
• Transit signal priority
• Express bus (future bus rapid transit, BRT)
27. bicycle facilities
• Bicycle trail and lane connections
• Future citibike station Beach 116th
• Bicycle lane markings and wayfinding
28. overall focus
• Strong network– multiple travel options
• Tolls reasonable
• Transit priority for journey to work
• Bicycle & pedestrian priority
– Shrink distances
– Support economic development
– Quality of life
47. TAX INCREMENT DISTRICT
• CREATE A TIF DISTRICT
• CAPTURE NORMAL PROPERTY TAX
FROM NEW DEVELOPMENT
• EXISTING TAX BODIES GET BASE
TAXES
• TIF USED TO SUPPORT CAPITAL
DEVELOPMENT WITHIN DISTRICT
52. GAME CHANGER CONTINUED
• RELOCATION OF SRO AND SPECIAL
NEEDS HOUSING
• POTENTIAL COSTS AND FUND
SOURCES
53. BAY SIDE
• ENTRY WAY AND BOOKEND
• USES: BOUTIQUE HOTEL, RETAIL,
RESTAURANT,FERRY LANDING
54. BAY SIDE II
• RELOCATE PHARMACY
• POTENTIAL COSTS AND FUND
SOURCES
55. PARKING LOT CONVERSIONS
• MIXED USE INFILL CATALYST
• USES: STRUCTRED PARKING/RETAIL,
APARTMENTS/RETAIL, NEW STREETS
• POTENTIAL COSTS AND FUND
SOURCES
57. Recommendations
(to be completed before December 2013)
• Complete the “Steps to Create a Strong
Organization” checklist.
• Focus on:
– Volunteers
– Action plan
– membership
• dues structure
• membership chairman
• recruit members.
58. Recommendations
(to be completed before December 2013)
Main Street Approach™
– Organization
– Design
– Promotion
– Economic Restructuring
59. Recommendations
(to be completed before December 2013)
• Set up an office
– Hire and train an
Executive Director
• Research and determine the viability of a BID.
67. 2013 Action Plan
• Property inventory
• Baseline Data
Collection:
– Number of jobs in the
district
– Number of businesses in
the district
– Property values
– Current property
ownership
– Current public
investment
74. 2014 Plan
Dollars Reinvested:
- Total reinvestment in physical
improvements (pub/pri)
$55.7
billion
Net gain in businesses: 109,664
Net gain in jobs: 473,439
Number of building rehabilitations: 236,201
Reinvestment Ratio (i): $18:$1
• Track your reinvestment
2012 Main Street™ Reinvestment
77. Community Characteristics
• “A series of neighborhoods”
• “A microcosm of NYC”
• “Isolated”
• “where the projects got dumped”
• “A place with strong attachment”
78. Civic Schizophrenia
• Series of neighborhoods
• Vast disparities in
income/wealth
• neighborhood enclaves
• oppositional ‘territories’
• “a community with an
identity crisis”
81. Community Principles for Success
• Greater than the sum of its parts
• Emphasis on civic, rather than political
leadership
• Transcend traditional roles, and reliance on
the public sector
• inclusive, participatory, collaborative
• Emphasis on not just what get’s done, but
more importantly, how it gets done
• engage & involve the entire community
82. Cities have the capability of providing something for
everybody, only because, and only when, they are
created by everybody.
-- Jane Jacobs
83. “We have no public
resources to do
anything”
•National Statistics:
•Volunteerism = $171 billion (only 64 mill people)
•Total Charitable Giving = $298.42 billion.
•Non-profits = $300 billion in investment into local
communities
•Over half of all states have enacted legislation to enable
private-sector participation in infrastructure projects, where
there is an estimated $180 billion to be leveraged
•Crowdfunding - $1.5 billion in 2011 alone
•*billions in federal support
84. Simple, but Transformational
• From each organization, to an umbrella of
groups collaborating on everything
• an army of volunteers
• an array of resources
• from a cacophony of voices to a giant
megaphone for one community message
• from disparate investments/activities to aligned
activities that build collective momentum
• working from strengths
• labor intensive start-up, but exponential return
85. Organizational Models
• Form a New Organization
• Use an Existing Organization
• Community Coalition/Partnership
86. Use Existing Organization
• Broadmoor, New
Orleans
• Revitalization Plan
• Formed CDC
• Charter School
• Education Corridor
• Formed
Improvement District
87. Multi-faceted approach
• Community powered: 13,000 volunteers have
contributed 300,000 hours
• Inclusive: "When you have solidarity of people of
different economic groups, there's a power to that and
that can make a big difference"
• Outside help (Harvard, MIT, etc), grants, etc
• Attractive partner: "We knew there was money
available. We said, 'We're ready, we'll take your
money, and we'll show you results.'" (Leveraged $40
million initially)
• In 7 years, 85% of the 2,400 homes were rebuilt and
occupied, vs. other neighborhoods that languished
88. Once you are organized....
Community action becomes possible
89. What can a community do?
• Articulate a Collective Vision
• Set the table for partnerships
• Position place as an attractive investment
• Mobilize volunteers
• Leverage collective capacity & Resources
• Build Civic Momentum through community
projects, events & activities
96. Create Community spaces
“The Pallet Pavilion is a transitional
architecture project that functions as a
community space and venue for events. It was
built by volunteer power over 6 weeks in late
2012.” (Christchurch, NZ)
Pallet Pavilion is built from over 3000 wooden pallets
101. • Welcome to the Rock...A community where you can
travel from sunrise to sunset in 3 short blocks...Home
to the greatest urban beach experience in the
world...A place where small town values still count,
where deep attachment to community is still
meaningful, and where neighbors work together for a
better future...It’s OUR community.
110. This is your moment
• This can be a brief moment
in time, or it can be the
beginning of a sustained and
enduring community spirit
that transforms the
Rockaways. Take ownership
of this opportunity.
• “We are all faced with a
series of historic
opportunities, brilliantly
disguised as insoluble
problems.”-John W. Gardner
111. Don’t pass this up.
• During the last month...
• Massive CA Fires
• OKC Tornadoes
• Midwest Floods
• Andrea
• NOAA’s Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook says
there is a 70 percent likelihood of 13 to 20 named
storms (winds of 39 mph or higher), of which 7 to 11
could become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph or
higher), including 3 to 6 major hurricanes (Category
3, 4 or 5; winds of 111 mph or higher).
