Over the
past few months RKG Associates has taken on several exciting new
projects. These include:
Downtown/Urban
Revitalization
Memphis, Tennessee – Following
RKG’s successful project to help the City redevelop its famous
“Pyramid”, RKG has been selected to assist in creating a comprehensive
mixed-use redevelopment plan for another part of the City’s downtown.
Norwalk,
Connecticut - RKG
Associates is undertaking residential and retail market studies for two
downtown revitalization areas.
Mixed-Use/Smart
Growth
Quincy, Massachusetts – RKG is working on
an urban renewal plan that is intended to significantly impact the
downtown core area, bringing in new market-rate residential uses,
first-class office space and supporting retail and parking facilities.
Kingston, Massachusetts - RKG is
working with a developer to forecast the fiscal impacts associated with
a proposed mixed-used project located adjacent to a commuter rail
station. The project, which is being
permitted under Massachusetts’ new 40R “Smart Growth” legislation, calls
for up to 730 mixed-income housing units, 250,000 square feet of office
and 50,000 square feet of village retail.
Transportation
Plainville,
Connecticut - RKG is working as a
sub-consultant to a major aviation planning firm to help evaluate the
feasibility of a small Connecticut community
acquiring a private general aviation airport for economic development
purposes.
T. F. Green Airport, Rhode Island –
RKG continues to work with an interdisciplinary team of professionals to
evaluate and document the potential housing impacts associated with a
planned runway expansion at this rapidly growing regional airport.
Londonderry,
New Hampshire - RKG is assessing
the social and economic impacts of a proposed new exit off of I-93 in
this fast-growing southern New Hampshire community.
Military Base Closure and Expansion
Manhattan,
Kansas - RKG Associates was
selected to undertake a comprehensive master planning process for
several communities impacted by the planned expansion of Fort Riley.
The realignment of military forces will result in the assignment of up
to 25,000 new troops and their dependents to the region.
Athens,
Georgia – RKG was recently chosen to develop the
comprehensive Reuse Plan for the redevelopment of the Navy’s Supply Corp
Training School. This 58 acre facility located in downtown Athens, will
be closing under the latest round of base closures.
New Boston, Texas – RKG has also been
selected to do the Reuse Plan for the pending closure of the 15,000 acre
Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant and major realignment of the adjacent
Red River Army Depot.
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