Having a close knowledge of current efforts in the City, the TSA Team sees the following as the most important goals in downtown Pawtucket:
Nurture the growing small business community in downtown
- On street parking
- Pedestrian access
- Encourage interior building and exterior public space relationships
- Zoning process modifications that support mixed use & consistency
- Pedestrian, bicycle, transportation and automobile traffic flow that encourages people to come downtown
Enhance urban model for downtown through developing:
- Appropriate building and social density
- Mixed use residential, commercial and institutional
- Continuous, contextual urban fabric
- Consistency of massing, setbacks, and other building logics without prohibitive design strictures
- Organic, sustainable growth in downtown
- Incentives for development that support City goals
- Identity that downtown is for living, working, shopping, and events
- Attractive public space & landscape elements that connect to buildings
Anticipate and foster upcoming projects:
- New MBTA Commuter Rail Stop
- New Iconic I-95 Bridge
- Blackstone Valley Gateway Project
- Roosevelt Avenue development
- Blackstone Valley Bikepath & temporary striping
- KeepSpace projects
- Riverfront District integration with downtown
- State Pier and Town Landing connections
- Broad Street Corridor revitalization
- Historic District support
- Redevelopment of Old Train Depot Site
- RIPTA rapid bus linkage to Providence
- Effects of the DMV moving
- Barton Street Neighborhood affordable housing development
- Riverfront development on Front Street
- McDevitt building as small business center
- Pawtucket Arts Festival and Arts District success
- New Urban Farmer Community Garden system
Address known areas of concern:
- Goff Street / Broad Street / Exchange Street Intersection
- Linking East Side of Providence with downtown Pawtucket
- Main street one way / two way issue
- Problematic one way loop in downtown
- East Avenue 2-way potential
- New I-95 Bridge Construction
- Temporary I-95 Truck Traffic
- Bicycle integration on Roosevelt Avenue & Exchange Street
- Front Street development connection to downtown
- Pedestrian issues at RIPTA terminal on Roosevelt Avenue
- Safe Routes to Tolman High School
- Linking Pawtucket and Central Falls at Dexter and Goff Intersection
- Linking future commuter rail site to downtown