This Wednesday we asked the community to view and comment on a variety of proposals for the future of Jamestown. These proposals included a scheme for redeveloping the waterfront, creating more affordable housing, and suggestions for development of the area along and around Narragansett Avenue. Here is what the community had to say about the options:

Waterfront redevelopment:
“Like how parking is blocked by trees/sidewalk.”
“Excellent idea. Will increase parking and improve bike safety.”

Development on Narragansett Ave:
“Don’t try to make it into a ‘village center.’ That type of re-development is not why we live here. We can go to the mainland for that.”
“We’re going to lose a lot of green space on Narragansett. The town should buy land for a pocket park to preserve some of that.”

Rezoning of the four corners:
“Four corners will develop eventually. When it happens lets have the zoning code to make sure it is done right.”

Affordable housing options:
“Three stories is way too high.”
“Too large for the area.”
“Cluster of affordable housing will have the stigma of a project—we should restrict the number of units per area to avoid this.”

We have incorporated the community’s suggestions in developing our recommendations for Jamestown’s village. Please join us Friday evening for the final presentation of the team’s work.

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