Water Street Connector linear park (C5691)
Summary
The city is leasing an overgrown 56,000-square-foot Urban Renewal Agency right-of-way near Water Street for 50 years to turn it into a public park connecting Hillside Terrace and Ferris Avenue to downtown. It's funded with $2.25 million of the city's $10 million state Downtown Revitalization Initiative grant, with public design sessions coming early next year.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 4
- Last 30 days
- 3
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Nov 2, 2026.
Impact analysis
$6,000 a year in rent to the Urban Renewal Agency, escalating 2% annually over 50 years, plus design and construction funded largely by state grant money.
Downtown residents, Hillside Terrace and Ferris Avenue neighborhoods, and anyone walking between them and downtown.
Neighbors who value the quiet natural space and wildlife habitat, per the speaker's testimony.
Mentions & discussions (3)
Citizens To Be Heard - Nov 2, 2026
The city has proposed turning the wooded pedestrian cut-through to the train station into a formal park with a playground, paved paths, bike racks, and shade structures. A neighboring architect says the natural habitat and shortcut already work fine and the grant money could be better used elsewhere.
Agenda - Nov 2, 2026
The city is leasing an overgrown 56,000-square-foot Urban Renewal Agency right-of-way near Water Street for 50 years to turn it into a public park connecting Hillside Terrace and Ferris Avenue to downtown. It's funded with $2.25 million of the city's $10 million state Downtown Revitalization Initiative grant, with public design sessions coming early next year.
Agenda - May 4, 2026
A $2.25 million state-funded linear park will connect the Hillside Terrace neighborhood to downtown along the old MLK Boulevard right-of-way, with a walking path, playground, dog park and lighting.
Related development
1 Water Street Mixed-Use Project
A new mixed-use development near the future Water Street Connector park, minus the family-sized units from the original plan.
Water Street Connector
A neglected green right-of-way becomes an accessible public park linking neighborhoods to downtown, with public design input early next year.
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