Welcome to the Downtown Bridgeport Comprehensive Plan website!
This downtown planning process began in the early summer of 2006 when the Bridgeport Downtown Special Services District (DSSD), acting in partnership with the City, hired Phillips Preiss Shapiro Associates, Inc. (PPSA) and its subconsultants to complete a comprehensive plan and implementation strategy for revitalizing downtown.
It is our hope that this plan will bring together the best elements of Bridgeport in a re-emerging downtown and will capture and shape market forces to benefit the City for years to come. The plan will look to reinforce downtown’s assets and reconnect the downtown to the rest of the City, particularly the waterfront and Seaside Park and the proposed Steel Point.
With extensive public outreach and consensus-building integrally weaved into the process, the PPSA team and the DSSD aim to develop a unified vision for the downtown’s future. PPSA will be completing topical plans and recommendations on a range of key subjects: land use and zoning; economic development; housing; parking; transit and circulation; retail; design and image; and historic/ cultural resources. The plan will focus equal attention on implementation, with a strategic action plan and significant outreach to be carried out.
This website is one aspect of that outreach and consensus-building effort. With this resource, we hope to share our findings, publish components of the draft plan, and invite participation in the planning process. If you have any questions about the information on this site, please contact Tracy Sayegh of PPSA at tsayegh@ppsaplanning.com. Thank you for your interest in a better Bridgeport!
Public Meetings
Be a part of shaping downtown Bridgeport’s future! Please join us for the following workshops as part of the Downtown Bridgeport planning process. All are welcome!
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006
6:00 to 7:00 PM Public Kick-off and Open House
7:00 to 9:00 PM Workshop:Transportation and Parking
Wednesday, October 11th, 2006
6:30 to 7:00 PM Welcome, Open House
7:00 to 9:00 PM Workshop: Development and Land Use
Wednesday, October 25th, 2006
6:30 to 7:00 PM Welcome, Open House
7:00 to 9:00 PM Workshop: Urban Design and Place-making
Location:
Downtown Cabaret Theatre
362 Golden Hill Street, Bridgeport