Dennisport Design Charrette, Wrap Up

Prepared for the Dennisport Village Design Charrette, Dennisport Revitalization Committee by "B. Dennis Town Design, Providence, Rhode Island" and "Dover, Kohl & Partners"

The Dennisport Design Charrette was an awesome experience.  For those of you who were not able to attend, understand that a Charrette is really a start, not an end to a process.  As the Dennisport Revitalization Commitee moves forward with the recommendations of the Charrette, there will be many opportunities to be heard.  The town strongly encourages your continued participation in the town planning process.  This includes for Dennisport as well as the rest of the town.

Prepared for the Dennisport Village Design Charrette, Dennisport Revitalization Committee by "B. Dennis Town Design, Providence, Rhode Island" and "Dover, Kohl & Partners"

We have many things happening on the planning front.  Many required documents that have either been recently completed or are in development.  Recently completed is the Open Space and Recreation Plan, however this needs to be updated every five years, meaning it is almost time to start updating it as soon as it is completed.  Underway are the Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan, the Affordable Housing Needs Assessment and the Affordable Housing Action Plan.  Each of these documents require much input from the town, and also include short time frame updates.  We also have the Local Comprehensive Plan which will draw from all of these documents.  The Design Charrette will feed into the Local Comprehensive Plan, and into current zoning actions being considered.  Stay involved, get involved.  We need you to steer Dennis into the future.

Prepared for the Dennisport Village Design Charrette, Dennisport Revitalization Committee by "B. Dennis Town Design, Providence, Rhode Island" and "Dover, Kohl & Partners"

Prepared for the Dennisport Village Design Charrette, Dennisport Revitalization Committee by "B. Dennis Town Design, Providence, Rhode Island" and "Dover, Kohl & Partners"

DENNISPORT DESIGN CHARRETTE

You are invited to attend the Dennis Port Design Charrette Opening Presentation and Community Design Workshop and Technical break-out sessions that pertain to your field of expertise.

When: Opening Presentation, Thursday October 1st, 2009

Technical Break-Out Sessions: See enclosed schedule and listing

Where: Our Lady of the Annunciation, corner of Depot and Upper County Rd

We look forward to your participation.

Town of Dennis

Public Hearing Notice

Dennis Port Revitalization Committee

Dennis Port Design Charrette

The Dennis Port Revitalization Committee is holding a 5-day design event at Our Lady of Annunciation, corner of Depot Street and Upper County Road, beginning on October 1, 2009 at 6:30, to address the following matter: Dennis Port Design Charrette. The public is invited to attend and provide comment. Special meetings will be held with Town professionals. If you are unable to attend you may send comments to The Dennis Port Revitalization Committee c/o The Town of Dennis, PO Box 2060, South Dennis, MA. 02660 or to Tom at capesolar@verizon.net.

Dennis Port Pot Luck Supper

Please join the Dennis Port Revitalization Committee at the

Celebrate DennisPort!

Pot Luck Supper

Thursday Evening

August 27, 2009

6:00 PM

Doors open at 5:30 PM

Community Room at the Dennis Public Library

Corner of Hall Street and Rt. 28, Dennis Port

Be the community you want

Dennis Port to be!

~ Come one, come all ~

Have fun, make fun and

learn about our forthcoming Design Charrette

Dennis Port…Look Again

Dennisport Shopping Center Update

Okay, I got tired of calling the site the “former A&P” location.  That just seems too negative and backward looking.  Time to start looking forward and thinking about the future of this shopping center.

The appeal period has ended for challenges to the Special Permit.  The permit issued by the Planning Board was not challenged.  I have had discussions with the property owners and the revised plans illustrating the items requested by the Planning Board will be forthcoming shortly.  As the picture below illustrates, there are workers on-site now reviewing the structure and getting ready to start the renovation work.  We are all looking forward to welcoming our  new tenants to Dennisport.

The Future For An Old Dennisport Building – A&P Building To Be Updated

For the Dennisport A&P building the future is now! On July 20, 2009 Prima I LLC, the property owners of the A&P building will ask the Dennis Planning Board for permission to make exterior and landscaping changes to the site.  While we do not know who the tenants will be, the property owner is close to signing a lease with a national retailer.  The following images illustrate the existing building and the proposed changes.

Dennisport Workshop

The Dennisport Revitalization Committee will hold a workshop at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 29, 2009 in the  Dennis Public Library. This meeting will cover land use, wastewater management and alternative energy.

Letters of Support Needed

LETTERS OF SUPPORT URGENTLY NEEDED  especially from land owners, business owners and residents of Dennisport.  By Monday January 5, 2009.

The Dennisport Revitalization Committee would like you to write a letter to the Barnstable County Economic Development Committee in support of a grant that they are requesting to help defray the cost of the coming charrette.  Points to be covered in the letter include:

• What is your current role in the community? (business owner, resident, etc)
• Your concerns about the present condition of the village of Dennisport that negatively impact your situation or business.
• Your hopes for the future positive outcomes for your business/situation because of the Dennisport Revitalization Committee Charrette.
• Your hopes for future positive outcomes for the town of Dennis due to the charrette.

The letters should be addressed to:

Barnstable County Commissioners

Barnstable Superior Courthouse

P.O. Box 427

Barnstable MA 02630

ATTN:  Elaine Davis, Economic Development Grant Program

Thank you for your cooperation in helping us conduct a successful charrette.

The Dennisport Revitalization Committee

email to:   capesolar(at)verizon.net

Dec. 18th Workshop Cancelled

The Committee’s workshop scheduled for 6pm December 18 is cancelled due to weather.  This pre-charrette workshop, which will focus on land use, wastewater and alternative energy, will be rescheduled to another date after January 1, 2009.

Be Sure to See The Following Dennisport Discussions

There are a number of discussions on the other Town of Dennis Blogs that may be of interest to people involved with the Dennisport Revitalization Committee and the Dennisport Charrette.  For ease of access they are listed below for your convenience:

Dennisport Village Center Zoning

Dennisport Happenings

What Makes a Strong Village

Strong Villages – Dennisport to the Power of  Ten

Hope these discussions help you think about what a great future Dennisport might have.

Thank You

Thank you for attending the Dennisport Revitalization Committee’s first Workshop & Community Roundtable Discussion last Friday, November 21st. People shared some great ideas and important points to be addressed in the charrette. More importantly, you demonstrated an open mind to collaborative planning for a revitalized village and an interest in participating in that revitalization. The workshop received some excellent attention thanks to Cynthia Stead, a regular columnist with the Cape Cod Times.
You can read her piece here:

http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081204/OPINION/812040326

Our next Workshop & Community Roundtable Discussion is tomorrow, Friday, December 5 at 6pm at the Dennis Public Library. We will focus on the issues of economic development, arts, social services and housing. Such topics will no doubt illicit some very interesting ideas and observations. We hope you can join us.

To keep apprised of the Committee’s activities and to obtain further information regarding the charrette and Dennisport’s revitalization, please check out our website
http://www.town.dennis.ma.us/revite1.htm or our blog http://dennisportrevitalizationcommittee.wordpress.com/. Feel free to share this invitation to others, and if you have further ideas you would like to communicate on public safety, transportation or our historical amenities or on any other matter, please contact us!

Kind regards,

Dennisport Revitalization Committee (DRC)
P.O. Box 2060
South Dennis, MA 02660
(508) 398-3092
http://www.town.dennis.ma.us/revite1.htm