This is a plan to utilize Central Nassau’s natural and cultural assets to rejuvenate this area and create an economically successful, sustainable and diverse economically interconnected community. Nassau is currently facing a key moment in its growth trajectory as a city, facing challenges in the areas of affordable housing, unemployment and crime. Despite the rapid urban growth of the city, Nassau’s Downtown today remains empty and disconnected from the rest of the city. Based on the interviews, the collective diagnosis developed during the Nassau Urban Lab, the emerging topics, together with results of the Social Cartography of Perception and the different urban scenarios, a common urban vision was elaborated and validated with the representatives of the community and governmental officials. This vision, the general planning goals and the design criteria, were the basis for the design of the urban projects.
