News Article
Work Underway on North Fork Redevelopment Master Plan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 19, 2009
Work Underway on North Fork Redevelopment Master Plan
On Tuesday, January 27 at 5:30 PM, at the Life Long Learning Center, NECC, the NorthFork Riverwalk Development Foundation Board of Directors will present an update on the first two of four tasks for the Master Plan effort. HDR Engineering Inc. and S.B. Friedman & Co. (SBFCo) staff will be on hand to help kick-off the Steering Committee activities earlier in the day along with a North Fork River corridor tour. The general public meeting at 5:30 PM will start with opening remarks from the board president, Jim Miller, and Norfolk Mayor Sue Fuchtman, an award presentation to the NorthFork Logo winner Andy Stappert, a slide presentation by Nancy Hansen from the National Park Service concerning trails, and a question and answer session with a panel members from HDR and SBFCo. Task 1 covers (besides the kick-off meeting and river corridor tour) data collection, data mapping, data analysis. Task 2 covers cases studies of similar riverfront redevelopment efforts, one-on-one interviews with Steering Committee members, and two visioning workshops, one involving Steering Committee members and key Stakeholders, and the second with the general public. Tasks 1 and 2 are expected to cover 14 weeks.
For additional information contact Amanda Jones, Norfolk Area Chamber of Commerce, (402) 371-4862. Additional background information can be found at the following website address: http://www.visioning2026.com/feature/northfork-riverwalk-development-project/ Mark Hall, Steering Committee Chair, (402) 316-9664
Cheryl Johnson January 26th, 2009 7:34 am
I'm anxious to see the winning logo! See you tomorrow...looking forward to this!