Project Profile: Mixed-Use Community Redevelopment and Campus Expansion ________________________________________________________________________ The Edgecombe Group, Inc. Clients: Turner Associates, P.C., Coppin State College, Coppin Heights CDC, and the City of Baltimore, MD. Location Baltimore, Maryland Point of Contact Al Edgecombe, Principal Project Features: Public Streetscape Improvements Pedestrian Amenities Commercial and Residential Urban Infill Façade Improvements The Edgecombe Group, Inc.’s Role Economic Development Planning Urban Design Neighborhood Revitalization Historic Preservation Architectural Design Completion date: 1997-2004 Project Cost: $75 Million Key Personnel: Leland Edgecombe, AICP Strategic Master Planner Ralph Belton, RA Mapping / CAD Manager Troy Gay Architecture / Design Standards & Controls Coppin State University Campus Expansion and Mixed-Use Master Plan The primary purpose of this mixed-use Master Plan was to analyze reinvestment, adaptive reuse and new infill development opportunities within a blighted, inner-city community under the HUD Community Development Block Grant program. The overall project objective was to recommend a 20-year comprehensive long-range plan to serve as a guide for future public-private development initiatives necessary to revitalize this community. The 16-acre implementation plan included the renovation and preservation of historic row houses and retail establishments along the neighborhood’s “Main Commercial Street”, a façade and streetscape improvement program, and the introduction of various mixed-use facilities such as a parking garage, senior housing, a conference and banquet center, family life center, guest quarters, a new academic building, affordable housing and a police training academy. AWARDS The 1997 American Planning Association Chapter Award in Economic Development Planning Illustrative Site Plan of 16 Acre Development