Getting Back To Main Street: a revitalization Plan for Pennsburg
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78 Getting Back to Main Street Title
Project Location Priority Ranking
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Focusing on Main Street medium
Short Term (0- 3 Years) Covered by Planning Assistance Contract with Montgomery County Plan- ning Commission Lead: Borough Planning Commission, Montgomery County
Planning Commission Creating a more walk- able Main Street area through adopting VC – Village Commercial zoning district for the Main Street area. This would include new regulations for: exterior lighting green- ing design standards main street character mix of uses parking blank walls signage landscaping windows and roofs
79 A Revitalization Plan for Pennsburg Title
Project Location Priority Ranking
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Cost Estimate Potential Sources For Funding, Information, and Expertise Potential Partners
Throughout Bor- ough as specified in Chapter 6 medium To help both locals and tourists locate im- portant amenities, historic sites, and mu- nicipal buildings Mid Term (3-6 Years)
$8,000 (6 signs at ~$1,000 a sign, plus instal- lation) Montgomery County Revitalization Program, Elm Streets Program
Lead: Borough Planning Commission, Local Property Owners, Local Business Owners
Pennsburg Na- ture Preserve (Fifth Street) medium Mid Term (3-6 Years) $40,000 TreeVitalize, PECO Green Regions Lead: Borough Planning Commission, Local
Businesses Create a Marketing Plan n/a
medium Writing a plan that would study ways to best promote busi- nesses and improve businesses in the Bor- ough to people living outside the Borough Short to Mid Term (0-6 Years) $25,000 Montgomery County Revitalization Pro- gram, Urban Develop- ment Program Lead: Consult- ants, Local businesses, Main Street Property Owners
Install new facilities to create more usability and visibility • New seating • Directional Signage • informational Signage 80 Getting Back to Main Street Title
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Intersection of Route 29 and Route 663, and Main Street at the border with East Greenville low
Long Term (7- 10 Years) $25,000 (lighting and lighting installa- tion, signage, and plantings and planting installation) Montgomery County Revitalization Pro- gram
Lead: Upper Hanover Town- ship, East Greenville Borough, Local Property Owners Improve the en- tranceways to the Borough, especially along Rt. 663 by adding: •
improved signage •
plantings •
lighting Small Business Assistance Program n/a
low Provide technical assis- tance through training, networking, and finan- cial support via a small grants program to businesses in the com- mercial district. Long Term (7- 10 Years) $75,000 () Urban Development Program, Montgom- ery County Revitaliza- tion Program, Main Streets Program, Elm Street Program Lead: Newly formed Com- mittee; Upper Perkiomen Chamber of Commerce, Montgomery County
81 A Revitalization Plan for Pennsburg Title
Project Location Priority Ranking
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Throughout Borough, focusing on Main Street low
As lowering the speed limit is very difficult if not impossible, look to promote different methods of traffic calming, such as en- forcement and educa- tion
Mid to Long Term (4-10 Years) n/a
Montgomery County Revitalization Program Lead:
PennDOT, Local Property and Business Owners
Historic Sites Inventory Throughout Bor- ough low
Creating inventory of important historic sites would further inform the borough as to its historic resources Mid to Long Term (4-10 Years)
Consultant rate Main Streets Pro- gram, PHMC - Certi- fied Local Govern- ment Grant Program Lead:
Schwenkfelder Library
Rent Subsidy Program Main Street low A program that would assist local businesses with rent if needed to allow them to become profitable and estab- lished Long Term (7- 10 Years) $6,000 (based on $100 a month subsidy to six busi- nesses over a one year pe- riod)
Lead: Local Property and Business Own- ers
82 Getting Back to Main Street Title
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n/a
low Assist in implementing continuing streetscape design improvements Long Term (7- 10 Years) n/a
Planning Commission Economic Development Director n/a
low Oversee implementa- tion of revitalization plans within the Upper Perkiomen Valley and coordinate with the Chamber of Commerce’s PerkUp initiative. Short to Mid Term (0-6 Years)
n/a Montgomery County Economic Develop- ment Program Lead: Borough Council, East Greenville Bor- ough, Red Hill Borough, and the Chamber of Commerce
83 A Revitalization Plan for Pennsburg Conclusion
The recommendations included in this plan will help assist the borough of Pennsburg in its efforts to revitalize the Borough. The plan focuses on increasing walkability and ease of pedestrian use along Main Street in the Borough and most of the recommendations included in this plan are intended to better those goals.
The recommendations build on the goals and strategies laid out in Chapter 2 of this plan. Those goals and strategies focus on improving and creating new businesses in the Borough, awakening the street- scape, and using the Borough’s ample historic resources to enliven the streetscape and draw attention to the Borough’s history.
Some of the recommendations will require further study and it is recom- mended that the Borough consider them as time moves on. Also, some of the recommendations in this plan follow up on other studies and in- formation that is already available. This plan has attempted to make outside information known when possible, and it is recommended that the Borough make use of good and freely available studies to inform its decisions.
Increasing resident’s ability to enjoy walking through and around Penns- burg to get to shopping and recreational activities is the central focus of this plan and the recommendations within it. The resources included within this chapter should allow the Borough to obtain the resources necessary to begin to realize the recommended items, both new and already begun, herein.
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