Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Town of Highgate has received a Municipal Planning Grant (MPG) from the Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD) Department of Housing and Community Development, to complete further planning and design work for the Village Core Master Plan Phase II. The project is focused on a 2.14-acre municipally owned parcel in the community center for redevelopment. This project is managed by a steering committee and all meetings will be open to the public and all documents created will be available to the public. Public involvement will be an important component of this process. The subject property is a 2.14-acre parcel located in the center of the Highgate Center Village. Highgate Town has 3,600 residents with a State Designated Village Center with compact residential development and a mix of 25 civic and commercial uses including Municipal Complex (Town Clerk, Fire Dept., Public Works), Public Library and Community Center, Elementary School, year-round indoor recreational facility, playground, ball fields, park-and-ride, parks, US Post Office, Highgate Historical Society Museum, churches, cemeteries, general store, two gas stations/quick stops, daycare facility, hardware store, gun shop and café. In 2017, the Town purchased a blighted property in the center of the Village at 14 St. Armand Road with frontage on Route 78 and St. Armand Road, which adjoins municipally owned property. Together the parcels are a 2.14-acre lot that has been the focus of the Village Core Master Plan (VCMP) redevelopment. There is a historic structure on the property, The Steinhour Hotel, which was constructed around 1830. It was utilized as a stagecoach hotel with restaurant and livery from the 1850’s until the 1920’s. More recently it was used as a residence and auto repair business and has fallen into disrepair. A historical assessment has been done on the building, but further assessment is required by a structural engineer to determine whether it makes sense to rehabilitate the structure. A large pole barn is also on the site (30’ x 80’). The balance of the VCMP property is vacant and has road frontage on Route 78 and Gore Road (See attached map). The redevelopment of the Village Core Property is managed by a group of nine community members, known as the Village Core Master Pan Committee (VCMPC/The Committee) and they have worked diligently over the past five years to secure grants and complete assessments and studies related to the project. This work has included: Brownfields Assessments Phase I & II ; Library Feasibility Study ;
