East Gateway Metropolitan Redevelopment Area Plan
East Gateway Metropolitan Redevelopment Area Plan
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Overview
Overview
The Metropolitan Redevelopment Agency, in partnership with Sites Southwest, is updating the East Gateway Metropolitan Redevelopment Area Plan!
The update will build on the existing MRA Plan and identify focused strategies and projects to support reinvestment throughout East Gateway. The planning process will explore opportunities to:
Support existing businesses and attract new investment
Improve public spaces, safety, and connections
Encourage redevelopment of vacant and underused properties
Strengthen neighborhoods and community-serving destinations
Identify priorities for future public and private investment
Community members, business owners, property owners, developers, and other East Gateway stakeholders will have several opportunities to participate and help shape the plan.
What's an MRA?
What's an MRA?
A Metropolitan Redevelopment Area (MRA) is a designated area for the City to focus its investments and policies to improve, uplift, and revitalize. An MRA Plan determines specific projects and improvements needed to revitalize the area.
Project Mission
Project Mission
Create a shared vision for reinvestment and revitalization in Albuquerque's East Gateway.
Plan Update
Plan Update
The East Gateway MRA Plan was first adopted in 2016. After 10 years, the Plan is being updated to reflect current conditions and a revitalized community vision statement.
The goal of the East Gateway Metropolitan Redevelopment Area Plan (2016) is to make Central Avenue more welcoming to residents and visitors arriving at the City’s edge by facilitating redevelopment of vacant and underutilized parcels and providing for a greater variety of businesses and services that are much needed in the area. The Plan calls for multiple investments and improvements facilitated by the City’s Metropolitan Redevelopment Area (MRA) and is aimed at stimulating private development and redevelopment in the area.
Strategies of the 2016 East Gateway MRA Plan
Public improvements such as landscaping and sidewalk furniture;
Public-Private Partnerships and redevelopment activities to support public transit along the corridor;
Redevelopment of underutilized and vacant parcels and activity centers;
Beautification, such as façade improvements and iconic signage; and
Safety improvements to reduce crime, such as cleaning up vacant properties and installing streetlights that also illuminate pedestrian areas.
Plan Area
Plan Area
Upcoming Community Engagement Opportunities
Upcoming Community Engagement Opportunities
Drop in at the "East Gateway MRA Cafe" for coffee & conversations!
Drop in at the "East Gateway MRA Cafe" for coffee & conversations!
Saturday, October 17th
Sacred Sips Grand Opening
(13170 Central Ave, next to Happy Garden & UPS Store)
8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Tuesday, October 27th
Starbucks
(111 Eubank)
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Thursday, October 29th
Singing Arrow Community Center
(13200 Wenonah Ave)
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Plan Timeline
Plan Timeline
Phase 1
Understand & Assess
June - August
Project Initiation
Existing Conditions Assessment
Site Visit #1
Phase 2
Engage & Strategize
September - December
Steering Committee & Stakeholder Engagement
Community Engagement
Develop Draft Plan
Phase 3
Confirm & Finalize
January - Spring 2027
Draft Plan Review
Plan Finalization
Plan Hearings & Adoption!
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