project: NICHOLTOWN MASTER PLAN
date: 2003
location: GREENVILLE, SC
client: CITY OF GREENVILLE & THE GREENVILLE HOUSING AUTHORITY
contact: GINNY STROUD
The City of Greenville, SC in collaboration with the Greenville Housing Authority, focused on a long-range master plan for the revitalization of the Nicholtown neighborhood and the Jesse Jackson Townhomes. The team of Urban Collage, Inc., URS Corp., Robert Charles Lesser & Co. LLC. and J. Peters & Associates were selected to work with the City, GHA, and community stakeholders to develop a strategic action plan which identified opportunities, projects and partnership consistent with the community’s vision. This redevelopment project will be “the largest revitalization project in city history” according to the Greenville News.
Building on the consensual vision, the Urban Collage Team developed a plan for Jesse Jackson Townhomes that would ultimately serve as a catalyst for redevelopment in the Nicholtown community. In addition, the plan reaches into the Nicholtown neighborhood to propose preservation and restoration of existing single-family homes, infill single-family and multi-family residential and infrastructure improvements, including a greenway trail connecting to the Reedy River, and streetscapes.
Implementation Highlights:
- GHA awarded a $20 million 2004 HOPE VI Grant for Jesse Jackson Townhomes
- Successful tax credit application for senior housing development
- Greenville City Council committed $4 million in property and infrastructure improvements
- Development of Comprehensive Design Guidelines
