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Council authorizes Phase 1 of downtown master plan, allocates local match while federal funding is pending

3846153 · June 17, 2025
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Crescent City authorized Phase 1 work on a downtown master plan with a $134,000 contract and committed existing local match funds while conditional federal EDA funding remains paused. Council approved staff to proceed and reallocate small amounts from current budgets to start market analysis and RV park review.

The Crescent City City Council authorized Phase 1 of a downtown master plan contract and approved use of local matching funds to begin work while the city's conditional federal Economic Development Administration (EDA) award remains on pause.

City Manager Eric Weir and consultant Don Rambula (Crandall Arambula team) told the council the Phase 1 scope focuses on background studies, market analysis, stakeholder interviews, visioning and preliminary concepts for a downtown hub (roughly Fourth Street to Front Street and adjacent blocks). Rambula said Phase 1 work is expected to take three to four months and would produce a summary report and a "marketing" package that staff can use for grant…

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