Concepts
Overall Approach
ACTION STRATEGIES
(From The Downtown Brockton Action Plan)
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Allow Outdoor dining sidewalk cafes.
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Improve Streetscapes.
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Restore historic buildings/create a historic district.
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Provide structured parking to support new and denser development
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Create a corps of clean, green, and safe Ambassadors.
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Add more and better lighting
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Develop and install a coordinated system of directional signs
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Re-establish the homelessness task force
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Improve services for the homeless community
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Provide amenities for residents, employees, and visitors
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Group two or three restaurants in the heart of Downtown
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Locate a pharmacy directly adjacent to the core walking streets.
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Increase programming to ‘’get people on the streets”
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Maintain/expand the farmers market
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Host more festivals
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Expand the roster of music and cultural events
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Open exhibits from the Fuller Craft Museum
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Allow pop-up galleries
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Strategically improve the pedestrian environment.
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Promote diversity of community
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Build on the strength of Brockton’s ethnic communities.
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Create shared events attractive to a broader community
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Encourage entertainment and cultural venues to locate downtown.
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Consider establishing cultural and entertainment facilities task forces.
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Support the conversion of unused second and third-floor spaces into performance facilities.
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Encourage local restaurants and clubs to include live music.
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Actively target new small business and entrepreneurs
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Encourage breweries/tap rooms/ small batch distilleries
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Encourage establishment of a co-working space
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Encourage establishment of a maker-space
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Establish a restaurant incubator and food-business accelerator
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Add bicycle amenities
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