November 16, 2023 Information Box

Hull Redevelopment Authority Information Box as published in The Hull Times on 11/16/23

What is an Urban Renewal Plan and why will it help?

 Because of the many benefits associated with urban renewal planning, the HRA has prepared a Draft Urban Renewal Plan and is incrementally refining the ideas, information, and approach within an extensive community engagement process.

 The urban renewal plan will create a program for future development. The goal of the emerging plan is to set the stage for where, what, when, and how specific projects can emerge.

 While it doesn’t replace the town's zoning for the area, it does create even more specific use designations, rules, and procedures that future improvements and the HRA must follow. These will be more specific and more restrictive than the zoning that applies to the area, specifying a smaller range of uses and scale of potential development.

 The plan will also establish where the uses, design, and dimensions of future development should be flexible, and where they won't be.

 Once established through town boards and state approvals, the plan becomes official. It becomes a directive to the HRA stating what they can and should do. No major changes, such as changing the allowed and intended uses, can be made without getting separate approvals by those same town boards and the state.

 This is why public input is so important in setting up the directions, expectations, and rules that will guide the future of this area of Hull.