Downtown Redevelopment
Whitewright, TX
Overview
Antero Group was engaged to establish a redevelopment plan for the City of Whitewright, Texas, a rapidly growing community in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex area.
With Antero Group’s help, Whitewright was awarded a United States EPA Area-Wide Brownfields Planning Grant to establish this plan and address several blighted properties in the downtown.
The planning process incorporated a detailed analysis of existing conditions that inhibit the downtown’s success, with a focus on identifying strategies to address several factors, including: infrastructure, site clean-up planning, reuse strategies, transportation impacts, and market conditions. This included a significant community outreach effort to better understand the hopes and ideas of residents and businesses.
The planning efforts culminated with the creation of the Whitewright Downtown Development Plan.
Client
Scope of Services
- Grant Writing
- Redevelopment Plan
- Regional Analysis
Outcomes
- Compiled a list of various tools available to promote and guide redevelopment
- Created a plan for parking, pedestrian, bicycle, and other mode of transit
- Placed a plan focus on park enhancement and connection to the downtown area
- Summarized the infrastructure improvements needed to promote redevelopment
- Leveraged the redevelopment plan to apply for, and win a $1.2M Texas Department of Transportation grant to address connectivity and transportation alternatives
