Butte-Silver Bow and the Butte Local Development Corporation along with Community Builders is providing updates at three scheduled public presentations of the West Park Street Corridor Plan. The presentations will cover findings, recommendations, and next steps to this project. The presentations are:
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Superfund Advisory and Redevelopment Trust Authority Meeting
Butte Justice Center
3615 Wynne Avenue
6:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Neighborhood/Stakeholders/Public Meeting
Mining City Center
400 W. Park Street
NOON to 1:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Council of Commissioners Meeting Presentation
155 W. Granite Street, Room 315
7:30 p.m.
The impetus for this project was the multi-million-dollar investment in West Park Street by the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT). MDT has several curb-to-curb improvements as well as sidewalk repairs planned for the Corridor in 2016. Grant assistance from the New Mobility West Initiative brought land planning and economic development specialists together with a Butte team representing a variety of disciplines to evaluate this important community corridor.
Many of the conclusions drawn and laid out in this document are from extensive public engagement with Butte-Silver Bow stakeholders. In November 2015, the project team conducted 16 focus group and individual interviews, a public forum, and an online survey to gather broad community input on the desired character of the West Park Street Corridor. These findings were critical to the development of the Plan’s recommendations.
The heart of this document are the recommendations, designed to accomplish community goals of enhancing the character and economic development potential of the West Park Street Corridor. This document’s recommendations are specific to West Park Street but a similar process could be replicated along other major corridors in Butte. The intent of this process is to pair planned street investments with community engagement to determine the desired character.
The full West Park Street Corridor Plan document is available on the Butte-Silver Bow website at: http://co.silverbow.mt.us/DocumentCenter/View/6966. For questions, please contact Dori Skrukrud at (406) 497-6469 or dskrukrud@bsb.mt.gov.