For the last five years, SCJ staff has worked with the City and the Wenatchee Downtown Association in developing a vision for downtown, including new site furnishing, streetscape, and utility improvements. In the summer of 2013, the City of Wenatchee received notice that CERB Grant funds, awarded for downtown economic development, needed to be spent in 2014, or the funds would be lost.
SCJ continued a relationship with the City to define a scope of improvements within available funds that accomplished the City’s goals. We developed concepts, gained buy-in, and prepared final plans for construction to build ADA improvements, pavement restoration, sanitary sewer and water system upgrades, decorative crosswalks, and traffic signals upgrades.
The project also included wayfinding signage and median curbing to discourage regional truck traffic downtown. SCJ continues to work with downtown businesses, property owners, and the Wenatchee Downtown Association to create a streetscape plan for the downtown core. Our designers and planners have played a lead role in public involvement, including outreach with property and business owners in the downtown core.