Requests for Ideas and Proposals
Issued for Kinston Neuse River Development Project
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Pride of Kinston, on behalf of the Waterfront -Now! task force and the City of Kinston, has issued Requests for Proposals to developers seeking ideas for converting the old power plant property along the Neuse River into retail or other uses as a destination.In a separate move, Pride has issued a Request for Qualifications to secure proposals by artists, with experience working with engineers, for designing a pedestrian bridge across the Neuse connecting Neuseway Nature Center with Kinston's downtown.
A Request for Qualifications will be issued soon for engineering firms with experience working with artists in designing and building structures such as bridges. A panel of local residents will be engaged to review both artists and engineering firms' proposals and qualifications.
Construction of a pedestrian bridge across the river has been declared a major priority for the larger riverfront project which would encompass some 6-8 miles of Kinston's riverfront. The conceptual vision for the development was crafted last year by local residents, Pride's Kinston Waterfront - Now! Task Force and graduate students at North Carolina State University's College of Design.
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River Project Wins Bi-Partisan Support
Kinston's two congressmen, 1st District Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D) and 3rd District Rep. Walter Jones (R), stopped by the Neuse River during their respective visits to the community week of Aug. 13, 2007. Rep. Jones was here to speak to local Republicans; and Rep. Butterfield held a community forum Aug. 15 to discuss current events affecting Congressional deliberations.
Joining Rep. Jones at the river's overlook in Tiffany West Park were Beaulaville residents Tarrah Walston and her brother Tanner Walston.
Kinston Mayor O.A. "Buddy" Ritch (left) points out the potential location of a pedestrian bridge across the river to Rep. Butterfield during his briefing on the waterfront development plan.
