The corridor and the surrounding neighborhood has experienced significant urban disinvestment and suffered badly after the 2008 economic decline. Due to years of diminished commercial economic activity and heighten mortgage defaults, there were nearly 700 vacant residential properties in the neighborhood, at its low point. Through efforts of community organizers, city agencies and other county, […]
SGA developed plans for a residential neighborhood and for the historic downtown of the city, which includes a large riverfront park. Brownfield sites ranged from former auto dealerships to dry cleaners and small-scale industry that revolved around the city’s major chemical production plants. Hopewell is most noted as the location of an Allied Chemical contracted […]
Originally designed by Joseph and Joseph Architects and Engineers in the 1950’s, the building is largely unused, with only a small portion actively used as part of the waste management process. Stromberg/Garrigan and Associates is involved with the Architecture and Engineering Assessment Report, which examines the method of construction of the building, current condition of […]
The project comes at a fortuitous time when investment in and around the project area is mounting. New transportation investments are being made, including a major redesign of the I-95 interchange with the Betsy Ross Bridge, the extension of Delaware Avenue and the implementation of the East Coast Greenway that includes bike and pedestrian trails […]
