project: CAMPBELL TERRACE AND DELONA GARDENS HOPE VI MASTER PLANS
date: 2006
location: FAYETTEVILLE, NC
client: TCG INTERNATIONAL, LLC
contact: CHARLES J. BILLAND, AICP

Urban Collage contracted by TCG International, LLC, to work along side the Fayetteville Metropolitan Housing Authority, developed a 2006 HOPE VI plan for the communities of Campbell Terrace and Delona Gardens in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The project included a variety of development considerations including adaptive re-use, community gardens and orchards, senior housing, townhomes, single family homes, existing institution / educational structures and several additional areas under city ownership in the Old Wilmington Road neighborhood.

project: US-1 CORRIDOR PLAN
date: 2005 – 2006
location: RALEIGH, NC
client: CAPITAL AREA METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION (CAMPO)
contact: KENNETH WITHROW, SENIOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNER

In 2005, the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) initiated a study to evaluate transit and roadway alternatives for the US-1 Corridor in northeast Raleigh, NC. This comprehensive land use and transportation study covered fourteen miles of the US-1 corridor and the adjacent CSX railroad line, encompassing five local jurisdictions.

Urban Collage was selected as a part of the consultant team to analyze existing conditions, review regional market trends and assess potential for future land use and development. In addition to creating future land use scenarios, Urban Collage illustrated potential development for three strategic activity centers. The preferred alternative for future land use is supported by design guidelines and conceptual zoning recommendations.

project: BELMONT AREA REVITALIZATION PLAN
date: 2002
location: CHARLOTTE, NC
client: CHARLOTTE/MECKLENBURG PLANNING DEPARTMENT
contact: DEBRA CAMPBELL, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING

The Belmont Area Revitalization Plan is a planning effort sponsored and funded by the City of Charlotte and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Commission. This project focused on revitalizing one of Charlotte’s oldest inner city neighborhoods into a safe and sustainable community. The project study area encompasses 522 acres equivalent to 1,647 parcels.

Through a four-phase planning process, the planning team, led by Urban Collage, Inc. in collaboration with Asset Property Disposition, Inc., GNA Design & Assoc., and Robert Charles Lesser & Company developed a strategic action plan for implementation which identifies opportunities, projects and partnerships consistent with the community’s vision, focusing on community improvement. In particular, this plan  provided parcel-by-parcel recommendations for land use, implementation and capital improvements.

The primary redevelopment opportunities in the Belmont area include:

• 150 Single Family homes on infill lots;
• Growing the Central Avenue commercial district;
• Adaptive reuse of the Hawthorne Mill for residential units and office studios;
• Redevelopment of Piedmont Courts as a mixed-income community;
• Create community and civic pride through public improvements to the Hawthorne Middle School and Little Sugar Creek Greenway.

project: CHARLOTTE CORRIDORS, CENTERS, AND WEDGES
date: 2006 – 2007
location: CHARLOTTE, NC
client: CHARLOTTE/MECKENBURG PLANNING DEPARTMENT
contact: LAURA HARMON, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM MANAGER

Urban Collage, working with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Department, was retained to update their comprehensive growth plan, which focused on plans and policies for “Corridors, Centers and Wedges.” Using the Atlanta Regional Commission’s Livable Centers Initiative as a model, Urban Collage helped Charlotte develop similar policies and guidelines for Activity Centers in the area including a pilot pedestrian-oriented plan for the Northlake area.

After concentrating on dense commercial development in the Northlake Mall area, the Charlotte Planning Department shifted gears to add some balance to the fast-growing area with dense multifamily residential developments. Several developers purchased land in the area with plans to construct not only residences, but also sidewalks and connecting streets that will help bring cohesiveness and interconnectivity to the heavily commercial area.