Central Avenue Project

Central Avenue Revitalization Project

Status: Open for bids by end of February, 2010

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Funded in part through Katrina CDBG Community Revitalization Program

  • Widening of Central Avenue from the Town Clock, south to Racetrack Road.
  • Addition of a center turning lane, making Central Avenue a 3-lane road with a curb and gutter.
  • Addition of sidewalks on the East and West side of Central Avenue.
  • Improved water and sewer infrastructure
  • Relocation of electrical, cable and telephone wiring underground
  • Addition of landscaped green spaces.
  • Addition of new, decorative street lights

Goals:

  •  To improve overall aesthetics of the old town-small business section of D’Iberville.
  • To create a look and atmosphere that supports the French Market concept that is part of the City’s Master Plan.

Downtown Facade Grant Program

  • Provides grant funds to business owners in targeted old town area, allowing them to improve the design and appearance of their store-front façades.

First completed project: Haney’s Pawn Shop

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Planned Façades:

  • Auto Hi-Fi/Music Motors
  • Marcellus Real Estate
  • Money Now
  • Commercial Strip on East side of Central
  • Mikey’s Oyster House
  • El Bosque

Rendering of Facade for Mikey’s Oyster Bar and Commercial Building [pdf]

mikeys-before-and-after

Rendering of Facade for Auto Hi-Fi/Music Motors [pdf]

autohi-fi-before-and-after