Downtown Turners Falls Rapid Recovery Plan

The Town of Montague is developing a Local Rapid Recovery Plan for Downtown Turners Falls. The plan is being devleoped through MA Department of Housing & Community Development’s (DHCD)'s Local Rapid Recovery Planning Program that was created to help communities recover from the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Plan Objectives

A set of actionable projects that reflect COVID-19 recovery needs, community priorities, available resources and incentives, and the capacity to implement at the local level
Primary data that can be used by town officials to measure COVID-19 impacts on the local business community

Business Survey Results Report April 2021

Project Overview- SLIDE Deck for Public Meetings held June 2021

PROPOSED 12 Downtown Priority Actions

• Downtown navigational signs

• Build town hall annex into a multipurpose space for media and the arts

• Accelerate downtown streetscape improvements

• Advance master planning and site preparation in the Canal District

• Implement high visibility public art projects

• Expanded creative economy support

• Implement policies and practices to optimize downtown parking

• River access below the Falls at Indeck property

• Peskeompskut Park bandshell improvements