Title: The Roxbury strategic master plan
Description: ..."The Roxbury Strategic Master Plan highlights a set of goals and objectives that will serve as a guide to shape future policy and activities over the next ten to twenty years. The Plan lays out a framework of strategies that capitalize on the neighborhood's many resources and assets, with the goal of creating a more socially and economically healthy Roxbury community."; chapters (and subchapters): 1) Foundations of the Plan (Principles and Values), 2) The Roxbury Neighborhood (Roxbury's Boundaries, Sub-neighborhoods, Early History, Social and Economic Profile, Community Assets), 3) Planning Goals and Strategies (Arts and Cultural Heritage, Open Space and Recreation, Historic Preservation, Economic Development and Job Creation, Transportation as Smart Growth, Recommended Strategies for Smart Growth, Transportation as Economic Development, Housing), 4) Community-wide Urban Design Recommendations (Design Guidelines for Housing, Principles, Developing Guidelines, The Crosstown Corridor: A Focus Area, Melnea Cass Boulevard, The Urban Ring, South Bay Harbor Trail, Site Specific Crosstown Urban Design Guidelines, Hampden Street, The Washington Street Gateway Parcels, Edge Parcels, Parcel 18, Parcel P-3), 5) Implementation and Governance; appendices include a list of landmarks, select bibliography for Roxbury history and politics, and a summary of Jackson Square Plan...
Subjects: Urban renewal, City planning
Places: Massachusetts, Roxbury (Boston), Boston