CHINATOWN GATEWAY COALITION

CHINATOWN MASTERPLAN 2010

Project Scope

Description

The Chinatown Master Plan 2010 project is a 2-year community-led initiative to create a master planning process and document to guide the future development of the Chinatown community. The project was made possible by funding provided by foundation(s) to the Chinatown Gateway Coalition to support this project.

Purpose

The purpose of the Chinatown Master Plan 2010 is to propose a plan for managing the Chinatown communityís growth for the next decade. Since the publication of the Chinatown Community Plan of 1990 and an updated version in 2000, the Chinatown community face new challenges that were not addressed in the previous plans. From 1990 to 2004, Asian Americans are the fastest growing population in Massachusetts while the Chinese American population alone has grown by 110%. In the past decade, Chinatown has seen a large number of developments that has changed the neighborhood economically and socially. As a center for the Asian American community in the Greater Boston area, the growth of the population has created more demands on Chinatownís public infrastructures, housing stock, social services, recreational space, and economic opportunities. The Chinatown Master Plan 2010 will assess these new challenges and create a vision to guide Chinatownís growth.

Study Area

The study area is the Chinatown community as defined by the boundaries of the Chinatown Neighborhood Council. The northern boundaries include: West Street, De Lafayette Avenue, and Bedford Street. The eastern boundaries include: Surface Artery/Albany Street and the Chinatown Gateway Special Study area. The southern boundary is East Berkeley Street and the western boundary Tremont and Charles Street.

(Download: Map of Chinatown Neighborhood Council boundaries.)

Timeline

The Chinatown Master Plan 2010 is a 2-year project starting from July 1, 2008 and estimated to end June 30, 2010.

Deliverables

At the end of the 2-year project, a Chinatown Master Plan 2010 report will be published and made available to the public.

Download Files:

PDF map of Chinatown Neighborhood Council and Study Area boundary