Downtown Spark is a reverse RFP process where communities submit to have the DTRedevelopment Team partner with their community for rehabilitating a catalyst property in their community. Through this process the DTRedevelopment team will serve as advisors, property owners, developers, and project managers; ensuring that the project gets built and meets the greater community need.
We will partner with teh oganization to identify targeted properties and prepare a streamlined market analysis to determine highest and best uses for activated parcels. THrough this process we will undertake the following steps:
- Property identification
- Property acquisition and conceptual programming
- Grant funding development and acquisition
- Community engagement and feedback
- Schematic design and development documents-
- External funding commitment/s
- Permits and approvals
- Design/build acquisition
- Construction Management
- Interior retrofit and tenant improvements
- Occupancy inspection
- Ribbon cutting
In this process we are looking for a partner, someone who can help identify local catalyst projects and properties; and someone who can helo our team navigate the localized political/permitting climate. From there, the team at DTRedevelopment will manage the efforts and keep the main street team as advisors throughout.
The end product is a rehabilitated and revitalized downtown property. This process should serve as a training opportunity and example for how to make catalyst changes within the downtown.
Identify if your community has any catalyst properties that can be acquired below value (deteriorated condition is fine) and ensure your community/program eligible for state/federal funding
Have a 15 minute introeuciton call with our team to outline your goals, vision, and the applicable property.
Use the link below to submit an application and supporting documentation about the proposed project and property.
Downtown Redevelopment Services
100 E Main Street, Suite A, Ravenna, OH 44266
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