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2011 CHOIC OICE E NEIG NEIGHBORHOO OOD D PLANNIN NNING GRANT NT Planning Overview

• On the east side
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downtown

• Abuts the

Downtown Historic District

• Surrounded by

historic neighborhoods to the west and underutilized areas to the east

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2006 – Chatham County – Savannah Tricentennial Plan 2006 – Downtown Savannah Market Analysis 2007 – Downtown Savannah Master Plan 2007 – East Downtown TAD 2007 – Housing and Community Development Plan 2009 – Housing Authority of Savannah Portfolio Analysis 2011 – Proposed Unified Zoning Ordinance

TRICENT NTENNI NNIAL P PLAN - 2006 2006

• City + County Comprehensive Plan
• Currently Updating the Short-Term Work

Program (2012) and the “Strategic Plan”

• Hitch-Wessels located within the

“Downtown Expansion” area

• Downtown Expansion is intended to

provide for compatible and interconnected development (wide mix of uses allowed)

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DOWN WNTOWN MAR MARKET AN ANAL ALYSIS S - 2006 2006

• Study conducted before market

downturn, but at the time...

• Market rate-housing was strong
• Single-family & condominiums all

selling well

• Affordable home-ownership had not

shared in the boom

• Rental market saturated by

students

• Retail and office markets were

moderately good, but not as strong as hotel

Source: Urban Partners, Technical Memorandum

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DOWN WNTOWN MAS MASTER PL PLAN AN - 200 2007

• Focus on Economic Development and Quality
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• “A diverse Downtown includes mixed-income

housing”

• Creating connections between historic fabric

and new growth areas

• Revitalization of dilapidated neighborhoods
• Pressures on housing stock

Source: Sottile and Sottile, 2005

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EAST DOWNT NTOW OWN T N TAD – 200 2007

• Identified $57.6M in public projects
• Includes $10M obligation to schools capital

improvements

• In 2009, bonds were issued for just over $20M
• President Street to receive significant

investment (over $12M)

• Use of public works projects to incent private

development

• Updated in 2011

Source: City of Savannah TAD Update, 2011

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HOU OUSING & COM OMMUNITY DE DEVE VELOPMENT P PLAN N – 200 2007

• Addresses “housing, homelessness, and non-

housing community development needs for … 2008 – 2012”

• Major objectives include leveraging $15M of

HUD funding to incent $85M in outside funding

• Create 1,250 new affordable housing units in a

variety of formats

• Improve blighted commercial corridors

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HAS AS PO PORTFOLIO AN ANAL ALYSIS – 2009 2009

• System-wide analysis of housing

products, condition and funding/operations

• Site-by-site analysis of

redevelopment / revitalization

• pportunities (new development & re-

use)

• Focus on real estate fundamentals

and portfolio repositioning

• Study also included market analysis

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UNI NIFIED DE DEVE VELOPMENT OR ORDI DINANCE - 20 2012 12

• Currently in the public review stage
• “Downtown Expansion” (D-X) Zoning Category

commensurate with the Tri-centennial Plan

• Among other items, D-X regulates building

setbacks (generally 10’), building heights (generally 8 stories) and minimum residential unit size (450 square feet)

• Additional requirements still under development
• CN Area abuts Savannah Downtown Historic

Overlay District (existing - carried forward)

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DEVE VELOP OPMENT NT I INITIATIVE VES

• Ashley Midtown HOPE VI
• Sustainable Fellwood
• East Downtown Tax

Allocation District

• Wheaton Street Gateway

Corridor

• Presidential Square
• Savannah River Landing
• Savannah Gardens

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Orga ganiz ization ional C l Chart

• Central Missionary Baptist Church
• Chatham Area Transit
• Chatham County
• Chatham County Safety Net Planning

Council

• CHSA Development, Inc.
• City of Savannah
• Curtis V. Cooper Primary Health Care
• Housing Authority of Savannah
• Metropolitan Planning Commission
• Purpose Built Communities
• Savannah Area Chamber of

Commerce

• The Savannah Bank, N.A.
• Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan

Police Department

• Savannah-Chatham Public School

System

• •Savannah Fire & Emergency Services
• •Savannah State University
• •Savannah Technical College
• •Second Ebenezer Missionary Baptist

Church

• •Step Up Savannah, Inc.
• •Trident Sustainability Group
• •Union Mission, Inc.
• •United Way of the Coastal Empire
• •Youth Futures Authority

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Five overlapping planning tracks, 24-month timeframe

• Project Management Ongoing
• Data Collection / Existing Conditions Analysis 7-8 Months
• Neighborhood Assets / Needs Assessment 5-6 Months
• Resident & Community Involvement Ongoing
• Transformation Plan Design & Documentation 10-12 Months

Data Collection & Existing Conditions Analysis

• Website development
• Data compilation
• Field survey design and implementation
• Market / economic development analysis
• Transportation / mobility

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Needs Assessment

• Identification of physical assets / needs
• Identification of social assets / needs
• Identification of economic assets / needs
• Needs assessment summary

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Community Involvement

• Transformation Work Group meetings
• Stakeholder interviews
• Community survey
• Community workshops

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Transformation Plan Design

• Physical framework
• Program development
• Implementation / action plan
• Draft transformation plan
• Final transformation plan

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• Resident Training
• Transformation Team and Taskforce Meetings
• Issues forums, workshops and charrettes
• Flyers posted in local access centers
• Press releases
• Social media
• Housing Authority website

Communi unicat ation P n Plan

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