In recent years, the City of Bristol’s West End neighborhood has experienced a number of significant changes. In 2006, the city began to focus greater attention on the neighborhood and to consider ways to stabilize and strengthen the area. In 2007, the city decided that an in-depth study of the West End was needed in order to better understand the ways in which the neighborhood has changed and to develop an action plan to revitalize and improve the neighborhood in the coming years. The study, which began in January 2008, will use both professional expertise and neighborhood-based participation to develop both a collective vision for the neighborhood and an implementation program intended to guide future revitalization activities there. Partnering with the city on this study are The Capstan Group, economic and community development specialists, and the Yale Urban Design Workshop, a planning and architecture firm, both based in New Haven. The study is expected to take 12 to 15 months to complete.
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