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Due to the inclement weather, today's REDAC Meeting has been RESCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, January 3, 2013 at 4 p.m.
REDAC Meeting - January 3, 2013 at 4 p.m.- 5:30 p.m.
Breakwater Market Place, 91 Camden Street, First Floor
REDAC will hold a regular committee meeting on Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 4 p.m. in the Breakwater Marketplace, first floor meeting space. This is a regular business meeting. It is open to the public, as all REDAC meetings are. The agenda is as follows:
I. Minutes of Previous Meeting
II. Economic Development Director's Report: James Smith
III. Chamber of Commerce Report: Staci Coomer, Robin McIntosh
IV. Rockland Main Street Program: Lorain Francis
V. Education: George Terrien
VI. The Camden Street Project (work session)
a) Review Values Statements
b) Prepare for 3 Up-coming Workshops
c) Designer Approach and Draft Project Scope
d) Meetings with interested property owners
e) Other
VI. Other business
VII. Adjourn
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REDAC Camden Street Neighborhood Vision Project
DRAFT Values Statements for Rockland
At the November 29, 2012 REDAC meeting, REDAC members and others developed a draft set of Values Statements to be discussed over the coming months with community members. These were developed using the community input received over the past six months of public workshops and meetings. They are:
- We value access to the harbor for our recreational, industrial, economic and cultural identity.
- We recognize the benefit of serving as a strong and diverse economic and cultural center for the region.
- We celebrate the vitality, historic character and diverse neighborhoods integrated into the downtown.
- We embrace the hometown qualities of life that contribute to our comfort and safety.
- We appreciate the availability of comprehensive goods and services including commercial, retail, recreational, educational, religious and cultural.
- We recognize the strong heritage and legacy of public service and volunteerism.
- We treasure the beauty and natural resources immediately available for all.
- We benefit from our demographic, economic, social and cultural diversity.
- We desire enhanced walkability to promote personal health, safety, and enjoyment.
Do these values resonate with you? Did the Committee get it right? What is missing? What would you add? Send your comments to info@friendsmidcoast.org or speak to any REDAC member so REDAC can consider your suggestions too.
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REDAC Camden Street Neighborhood Vision Project
REDAC members also reconfirmed the objectives of the Rockland Street Project. Here are the objectives they outlined on November 29, 2012.
Rockland Camden Street Project Objectives
1) Changing perceptions of the area
2) Beautifying the area
3) Creating economic opportunity for redevelopment
4) Planning for the long term in accordance with community values
5) Evaluating economic viability to redevelopment
6) Enhancing the gateway to downtown
7) Enhancing real estate values
8) Diluting highway focus without diminishing capacity
9) Reinforce mixed use including residential
10) Assessing the feasibility of redevelopment
11) Building a civilized street
12) Enhancing networks including wildlife, stormwater, transit, pedestrian, etc.
13) Planning for future generations
14) Increasing opportunities for the City, the property owners and the residents
15) Providing incentives to make things happen
16) Funding implementation
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REDAC Camden Street Neighborhood Vision Project
Workshop #4 Final Report
Walkability Audit Report
On Monday, October 29, fifteen or so community members braved Hurricane Sandy's winds and joined Dan Burden from the Walkable and Livable Communities Institute, Jane Lafleur from Friends of Midcoast Maine and Rockland Economic Development Advisory Committee members in a workshop to look at ways to make the Camden Street Strip in Rockland more walkable. Dan Burden is a renowned expert on walkability and has helped 3,500 communities nationwide to make communities more walk able and livable.
The Walkability Audit final report is now available at Rockland Walkability Audit. REDAC and community members will be taking this information into consideration as they jointly develop a community vision for the Camden Street area of the City, north of Maverick Street.
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Workshop #3 Recap
"The Smart Math of Mixed Use Development" 
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 Workshop #2 Recap Identifying Rockland's Community Values On September 27, almost 50 people attended a workshop to identify Rockland's Community Values as the first step toward developing a common vision for the Rockland Commercial Strip and surrounding areas. Community members identified features in Rockland that they personally love about Rockland and those places and features that the community as a whole values. Over the coming weeks, REDAC members will turn these ideas into value statements that can be tested with the whole community. By using values based planning, community agreement on commonly held values will lead to a stronger plan for the community. Read workshop summary here. Values statements coming soon! |
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New REDAC Member
The Rockland City Council has appointed Cynthia Powell to serve as a member of REDAC. Cynthia works and lives in Rockland.
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Camden Street Vision Project Funding
This project has been funded by numerous grants and support to the Friends of Midcoast Maine from the Elmina B. Sewall Foundation, the Maine Community Foundation, the Maine Environmental Funders Network and the Orton Family Foundation. In-kind assistance from the City of Rockland and the volunteer services of the Rockland Economic Development Committee also contribute to this six to twelve month project.
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