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This project is evidence of what a true public-private partnership can achieve by Arterial Streets
Montclair, New Jersey, has a diverse and active community that has helped foster the arts and music scene throughout the town's history. The Wellmont Theater was a former motion picture theater that counted Thomas Edison among its earliest visitors and currently serves as a concert and events venue with a capacity of 2,600. In 2015, the Township of Montclair embarked on a lofty goal: to utilize redevelopment to create a new downtown arts district centered on the historic Wellmont Theater. The redevelopment, described as the Seymour Street Redevelopment Plan, includes 250 residential units, 38,000 square feet of retail, 40,000 square feet of office space and three parking garages. The centerpiece for this redevelopment is the 15,000-square-foot, "Wellmont Arts Plaza." The plaza was developed by closing Seymour Street to cars and transforming it into a pedestrian plaza. Repurposing a street as a plaza has its challenges. Major concerns, such as redirected vehicular traffic flow, prioritizing pedestrian safety, connectivity to surrounding streets and parking locations, and validating the scale of an effective outdoor gathering space, were identified through a process where numerous public and private meetings were held, and subsequently addressed in early drafts of the redevelopment plan.
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