West Homewood plan moving forward

In June, the Homewood City Council was discussing the next steps for the West Homewood redevelopment plan.

The finance committee was considering a request to authorize the mayor to enter into an agreement with Walter Schoel Engineering Company, Inc. for professional consulting and preliminary engineering services for the project. This would provide a preliminary engineering document with cost estimates for the entire plan so the City can consider which projects will move forward. Schoel would work with Kyle D’Agostino with GA Studio on the project.

In May the council voted to rezone 24 parcels of land into the West Homewood District, bringing these properties along Oxmoor Road, Oak Grove Road and Scott Street into the new district in accordance with a form-based code approved in 2013.

According to the code, the document’s intention is “to ensure that development projects, public and private, in the West Homewood District exhibit the highest standards of urban design, and create a form that is compact, walkable and mixed-use in character.”

For more, visit westhomewoodplan.com.