Tired of tripping on our broken sidewalks? Wish our trees were in better shape? Worry about all the speeders on Front, Union and elsewhere? Many of your neighbors are concerned about the same thing! The Stockade Association has decided the best way to tackle these continuing problems is to create a comprehensive streetscape plan. Such a plan will encourage residents to share their opinions and ideas on the streets of the Stockade. It will build consensus on a vision for the future and point the way towards solving problems with which we are all so familiar!
At the May 2017 General Meeting, association members voted to seek funds for completion of a comprehensive streetscape plan to begin the process of improving sidewalks, protecting and adding street trees and improving traffic
safety in the Stockade. The members also voted $10,000 of Stockade Association funds
towards such a plan. A subcommittee (Streetscape Committee) of the Infrastructure Committee was then established to seek additional funding and manage the streetscape planning process. Suzy Unger is the chair person of the Streetscape Committee. The other members are Carol DeLaMarter, Keith Dayer, Lily Alvarez, Lawrence James, and Richard Unger. Since the Streetscape Committee’s creation, it has raised $52,000 in grants from the Schenectady Foundation, the Wright Family Foundation and Golub Foundation.
The Streetscape Committee began looking for a design consulting firm to guide the development of a Comprehensive Streetscape Plan. The Streetscape Committeeeets and the Stockade Association board chose Planning4Places a firm specializing in planning services from land use and transportation planning to resiliency planning.
Contact Suzy Unger (suzanne.unger@gmail.com) if you have any questions.
For more detailed information and to see the latest report visit the project website Stockade Streetscape
