Strategic Plans & Initiatives

Master Plan

• Citywide Comprehensive Plan 2022-2023 Update
• City Master Plan – New Bedford 2020 (published in 2010)

Open Space & Recreation Plan

• 2014-2021 Open Space & Recreation Plan

Resiliency & Environmental Stewardship

• NB Resilient Dashboard
• NB Resilient Plan
• Green Infrastructure Master Strategy & Implementation Roadmap

• New Bedford Blue Lane: Working Waterfront Connector FINAL Report
• Riverwalk Concept Plan
• Site Assessment & Cleanup Projects
• Sustaining New Bedford

Acushnet Avenue Corridor

• Acushnet Avenue Community Report
• Acushnet Avenue International Market Place Phase I
• Upper Acushnet Avenue Planning Study
• Upper Acushnet Development Sites Catalog
• Form-Based Zoning

Downtown District

• 2009 Downtown Revitalization Study
• 2008 Downtown Action Plan
• Downtown Market Guide
• 2021 Rapid Recovery Plan
• 2021 Rapid Recovery Planning Program – Funding Assistance Summary Report 
• Form-Based Zoning
• FXM Economic Development Strategy

SouthCoast (Intercity) Rail & Transit Oriented Development (TOD)

• South Coast Rail website
• New Bedford Transit Oriented Development Study Webpage
• South Coast Rail Corridor Plan Update 2013 – Community Priority Areas of Regional Significance
• South Coast Rail Economic & Land Use Plan

Port of New Bedford

• Port of New Bedford Studies & Reports
• New Bedford / Fairhaven Harbor Plan

The Regeneration Project – NBEDC

• The Regeneration Project website
• Realizing the Potential Report
• Uniting in the Pursuit of Growth Report

Fort Taber/Fort Rodman

• Fort Taber/ Fort Rodman Assessment & Feasibility Report
• Fort Taber Master Plan

Redevelopment Plans & Zoning – New Bedford Redevelopment Authority

• Hicks Logan District Redevelopment Area Plan & Zoning
• MacArthur Drive Redevelopment Area Plan & Zoning

Hicks, Logan Sawyer District

• Hicks Logan Sawyer Master Plan
• Hicks Logan Sawyer DIF
• Hicks Logan Sawyer IPOD
• Hicks Logan Sawyer Goody Clancy Visions
• Fairhaven Mills Charette Report

Upper Harbor District

• Upper Harbor Action Plan
• Upper Harbor Vision Plan
• Upper Harbor Community Visioning Report

Southeastern Regional Planning & Economic Development District

• SRPEDD website

Other items

• Cove Walk Temporary Art – Tijolo e luz
• Creative Economy Task Force Report
• Form-Based Zoning
• Gateway Cities Report
• Historic Mill Inventory
• HR&A’s New Bedford Market & Economic Analysis
• NB Priority Protections & Development Areas
• NB Public Schools Strategic Plan
• New Bedford Street Scape – Octopus Intersection & Connections to Downtown
• Opportunity Zone
• Preservation Forum Report
• Storefront Guide – Open for Business