MassDevelopment is promoting economic growth and sustainability in the walkable commercial districts in Massachusetts’ Gateway Cities.
Building Your Blocks - A Seat at the Table: A Community Placemaking Project
These 12 Blocks are a Community Effort and Engagement Exercise in Placemaking – it is a COLLECTIVE, GRASS ROOTS EFFORT to stimulate our Youth and Local Residents towards the ever important and necessary act of lending voice to the public Planning processes within our Town.
Box fabrication was completed by students at Cape Cod Regional Technical High School. Art direction by local Barnstable artists and residents Beverley Roberts and Gabe Ribiero. Barnstable Youth Commission Co-Chair Isabelle Rudy assisted with logistics and community outreach.
October 20th, 2024 from 4-6 PM
Block Party
Mariner Café Parklet 282 Main Street, Hyannis
Partners, collaborators and the public gathered to celebrate a successful summer season!
Planning and Community Development themes of note: transportation, local businesses, housing, ecology, beautification and arts and culture all contribute to community development of ‘place’.
The 12 blocks, ranging in various sizes from 18” to 36” square, when placed together, illustrate a collective Hyannis Main Street skyline and the blocks will grace district open spaces and Main Street businesses for the Fall season. This is grass roots involvement that is collaborative and engages youth to express the mission and necessity of community voice in town planning efforts.
HYANNIS – TDI DISTRICT
Established by the Massachusetts Development and Finance Agency, the TDI program is designed to promote economic growth and sustainability in the walkable commercial districts in Massachusetts’ Gateway Cities. Barnstable’s TDI District is located in Downtown Hyannis along Main Street, extending from Yarmouth Road in the East End to High School Road Extension.
Beginning in 2018, town staff and local partners started working with MassDevelopment staff on a part-time basis, developing plans and projects for public realm and streetscape visioning before the pandemic interrupted and re-aligned the process.
On February 15, 2022, Barnstable was selected by MassDevelopment to become a full time TDI District. Because of the successful efforts of local businesses, residents, and civic groups to collaborate and support our local economy through the most difficult times over the past two years, Barnstable now receives full time technical assistance to provide on-the-ground economic development expertise, as well as access to a range of tools, including grants, to support local development and leverage investment in the Downtown.
The group continues to work as a local partnership that includes businesses, non-profit organizations, and government agencies to engage community members in economic development planning, implementation of the recently completed Downtown Action Strategy, enhancing the public realm, and attracting more public and private investment at the neighborhood level.
TDI BARNSTABLE-HYANNIS NEWSLETTER
Read about the latest projects the team is working on.
Hyannis TDI Newsletter – September 2024
Progress in Year 2: In-Fill Housing Developments, Workforce Training for the Blue Economy, Community “Build Your Block” Placemaking Project Previous Next Since 2022, MassDevelopment has
Latest News – April 2024
SBA Business Resources Matchmaker Event – Wednesday, April 17th at Barnstable High School The US Small Business Administration’s Massachusetts District Office, Cape and the Islands
Hyannis TDi Short Report – Spring 2024
$115,000 AWARDED TO 14 DOWNTOWN HYANNIS BUSINESSES (HYANNIS, MA — APRIL 4, 2024) The Barnstable Planning and Development Department, in partnership with the Hyannis Main Street Business
Latest News – February 2024
Downtown Hyannis Small Business Façade Improvement Grant Program The Town of Barnstable Planning & Development Department, in partnership with the Hyannis Main Street Business Improvement
MassDevelopment TDi Hyannis Newsletter – Sep 2023
ANNUAL UPDATES – SEPT 2023 SEPT 2022 – AUG 2023: $151,000 AWARDED QUICK GRANT OCT 2022 $10,000 Lighting packages installed on Main Street LOCAL GRANT
Latest News – April 2023
Grants Awarded to Downtown Hyannis Small Businesses $235,000 in grant funding has been awarded to small businesses in Downtown Hyannis through the Façade Improvement and
