Downtown Buffalo 2002! is a strategic plan implementation campaign managed through a working partnership between the City of Buffalo, Buffalo Place Inc., and the Urban Design Project of the School of Architecture and Planning, University at Buffalo.
The goal of the campaign is to facilitate the advancement and implementation of high priority projects in downtown Buffalo. Projects selected for implementation are based on the Downtown Strategic Plan prepared with the City of Buffalo that was released in September 1999 as a work in progress. Plan review has involved broad professional, public, and stakeholder constituencies. Implementation is being coordinated through an Implementation Council of chief executives and Action Teams responsible for the work.
The goal of the campaign is to facilitate the advancement and implementation of high priority projects in downtown Buffalo. Projects selected for implementation are based on the Downtown Strategic Plan prepared with the City of Buffalo that was released in September 1999 as a work in progress. Plan review has involved broad professional, public, and stakeholder constituencies. Implementation is being coordinated through an Implementation Council of chief executives and Action Teams responsible for the work.
The objectives are: to develop consensus as to which projects should be advanced for implementation; to create tasks and deadlines for those projects; to develop criteria against which progress on the downtown strategy can be measured; and to celebrate progress on plan implementation through the regular publication of progress reports developed with the project implementers.
The approach is based on a three-way system of coordinated action:
The draft Downtown Strategic Plan is open to continuous review by stakeholders, plan implementers, elected officials, legislative bodies, design professionals, and the public-at-large. The results of this review involve the ongoing adjustment of the plan and identification of priority projects. Throughout the campaign, progress reports and newsletters are being published to keep critical lines of communication open and report on review results.
An Implementation Council has been formed comprised of the chief executives of the organizations associated with priority projects identified during plan review. To date the Council has representation from the public, quasi-public, private, and not-for-profit sectors of our community. The Council is overseeing the Downtown Buffalo 2002! Implementation Campaign, and serves as a neutral table where project help can be provided where and when it is needed. The makeup of the Council will change as projects are completed and new ones adopted.
Action Teams composed those responsible for each project are convened as needed to focus on the actual accomplishment of projects. They are working with the Implementation Council and the Downtown Buffalo 2002! partners to develop timelines and accountability measures that will guide them through the projects.
This process is occurring over a three-year period with a consistent and disciplined work-plan.
Draft Downtown Buffalo Strategic Plan Review
Initial Project Identification and Prioritization
Project Scheduling
Project Implementation
Quarterly Reports to the Public
Quarterly Reports to the Implementation Council
Action Team Meetings As Required
Weekly Downtown Buffalo 2002! Team Meetings
The Watkins Building Renovation
The LL Berger’s Adaptive Re-Use
Century Center I Adaptive Reuse of the Trico Building
New York State Building Code
Hampton Inn
Adaptive Reuse of the Jackson Building for Hotel
And Commercial Occupancy
Century Centre II
Re-use of the M.Wile Building for Commercial Occupancy
Adelphia National Operations Center
665 Main Street
Parking Plan Implementation
Meter Zoning, Shuttle Expansion, Transit Incentives
Street Circulation Revisions
Lighting Improvements On Main Street
Inner Harbor Infrastructure
Metropolitan Transportation Center
Renovation of the exsisting NFTA Bus Station Chippewa Street Improvements Augsburger and Adams Parking Ramp Expansion
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