Case Study

Kingston LWRP

Community Name & Location:
Kingston, New York (Ulster County, Hudson River Region)

Challenge:
Stimulate waterfront revitalization in the lackluster Rondout waterfront district.

Vision:
Create an attractive, walkable, culturally vibrant waterfront that optimizes recreational access enhances the area’s natural and historic character.
  Waterfront redevelopment strategy that addresses the main barriers and risks to waterfront change, including odor from the sewage treatment plant, site assembly and clean up for many small former industrial sites and development of design standards to ensure that new development complements recent downtown investments.
 
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  LWRP approved in 1992. A number of waterfront efforts since the mid-1980s have resulted in the redevelopment of West Strand and lower Broadway as a mixed-use area of shops, offices, and apartments in rehabilitated 19th century structures and new buildings that mimic the historic look and feel of the historic structures. In addition, the LWRP has resulted in protective zoning for the Hudson River and Rondout Creek waterfronts and a number of recreation, streetscape and public facility improvements.
Future projects include elimination of odor problems at the sewage treatment plant, relocation of existing scrap metal and recycling uses, adoption of waterfront design standards, recreation enhancements including the development of a waterfront trail along the Rondout Creek, improvements to the waterfront trolley service, reconstruction of the former Dayliner dock, and improvements to the East Strand, the waterfront access road, to improve its appearance and waterfront access for all modes of transportation.
 

Need understand the needs of local stakeholders, particularly waterfront property owners to create solutions that work for all. Need to develop a technical and market information to inform planning decisions. Key elements in Kingston included a brownfields site assessment that determined most waterfront properties to be fairly low risk, a waterfront infrastructure assessment that documented needs and estimated improvement costs and a detailed market analysis that drove land use decisions

How/why is this a success?
Success has depended on continual outreach and participation of waterfront stakeholders, particularly property owners, neighborhood residents, and potential future project funders from the public and private sectors. The City's waterfront redevelopment strategy also addressed the main barriers to waterfront change, including odor from the sewage treatment plant, clean up of many small former industrial sites, and development of design standards to ensure that new development complements recent downtown investments.
 

Partners
NYSDOS, Hudson Valley Greenway, National Parks Service, Scenic Hudson

Project Dates
Mid-1980s to present
 

Community Contact Information
Mr. Steven Finkle, Director
Department of Economic Development
City Hall
420 Broadway
Kingston, NY 12401
(845) 334-3964
smfnow@aol.com

DOS Contact Information
Jaime Reppert
NYS Department of State, Division of Coastal Resources
41 State Street
Albany, NY 12231-0001
(518) 473-8359
jreppert@dos.ny.gov

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