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NORTHAMPTON — A $19.1 million extensive redesign of Main Street downtown outlined this week calls for removing more than a third of on-street parking, adding bike lanes in both directions and planting new trees throughout the downtown area, all part...
Published: 6/24/2021 9:39:21 PM NORTHAMPTON — Residents and business owners pushed for changes to the city’s chosen redesign for the downtown area at a public forum Thursday night, asking the design team to eliminate angled parking, improve handicapped accessibility and create a continuous canopy of trees along Main Street sidewalks. More than 120 people attended the fifth public meeting — and final one this year — on the Picture Main Street project, held virtually on Zoom, and described concerns and ideas about the plan dubbed “Alternative 3.” A major goal of the initiative is to...
Northampton Main Street redesign a ‘once in a generation’ chance A rendering of how downtown Northampton could be redesigned. TOOLE DESIGN The city has a website at tinyurl.com/picturemainstreet with information about the redesign project. SCREENSHOT/CITY OF NORTHAMPTON Published: 4/16/2021 5:52:03 PM NORTHAMPTON — The city continued its talks on a long-term redesign of Main Street this week, drawing more than 100 people to a virtual public forum where residents and business owners discussed everything from parking, bicycle safety and traffic to accessibility, trees and climate change. ...
Picture Main Street: Northampton city planners present redesign options to public Updated 9:29 AM; Today 9:29 AM A roughly a half-mile of Northampton's Main St. at the city center is slated for a large-scale redesign. (Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz's Office). Facebook Share Downtown Northampton, where walkers and bikers intermingle with cars and buses among restaurants, retail shops and bars, is on its way to a major update. City planners presented four options to the public Wednesday night for a redesign of a half-mile of Northampton’s social and economic center. Under the title “P...