Project Description
Working with Broad Community Connections and a Community Advisory Committee of city and community stakeholders, Karl F. Seidman Consulting Services formulated a cross-sector strategy to support revitalization of commercial corridors across New Orleans. The project scope included:
- reviewing the experience, organization, and funding of existing corridor revitalization organizations in New Orleans
- creating an ecosystem framework for supporting corridors and assessing existing resources and gaps within the city ecosystem
- researching citywide programs in eleven other cities
- formulating the strategy and preparing the final strategy report.
Client:
Broad Community Connections (BCC), a non-profit Main Street organization focusing on the revitalization of New Orleans’ Broad Street Corridor
Results:
A new Commercial Corridor Program administered by the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority was established and partially funded with a Chase Foundation grant.
Map of New Orleans’ Commercial Corridors
The Multiple Returns from Investing in Revitalized Commercial Corridors
Framework for Commercial Corridor Ecosystem
Renovated Building and Facade on St. Claude Avenue
New Investments Revitalized Properties along Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard, including the New Orleans Jazz Market
Growing Local and Minority-Owned Businesses is Central to the Corridor Revitalization Strategy
Vietnamese-American Businesses on Alcee Fortier Corridor
Refresh Project on Broad Street: Reclaiming a Vacant Supermarket as a Hub for Healthy Food and Community Collaboration
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Karl F. Seidman Consulting Services advises clients on the planning, implementation, and evaluation of economic development strategies, policies and programs and on the analysis, planning and financing of real estate development projects.