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Community Catalyst Fund Grant Helps Launch Major Renovation Project
By Michael Blakeney, Good Profit
Good Profit, the non-profit organization dedicated to public projects in architecture and design, public health and agriculture, has won approval from the New Rochelle City Council to move ahead with its plan to renovate the Echo Bay Naval Armory in New Rochelle, New York.
Clean Air‐Cool Planet’s Community Catalyst Fund support made our conceptual design and the production of a 72-page bid book capturing our work possible. The Armory renovation will save historic structures, create jobs, make the waterfront accessible to the public, establish a center for education and local/regional produce and cuisine. New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson said, “Good Profit brings to New Rochelle a compelling and exciting concept with enormous potential to activate our waterfront and energize our entire community. The New Rochelle City Council was greatly impressed by the broad and deep experience of Good Profit’s first‐rate development team, and we look forward to working in partnership to achieve this ambitious vision.”
Who benefits?
- Residents of New Rochelle (75,0000, bordering New York City and 17 miles from mid‐town)
- Residents of Westchester and Fairfield Counties and the region including New York City (Over 10,500,000 people live within 25 miles of New Rochelle
- Culinary community
- Veterans and their families
- New Rochelle schools
- Regional farmers
- Regional restaurants
Echo Bay Armory Programming
- 49,000 square feet of space on three waterfront acres, walking distance from the transit center
- Anchor of the Armory will be restaurant experiences orchestrated by award-winning chef Jeremiah
- Tower, our executive culinary director
- Restaurants and vendors serving and selling locally-raised and harvested foods
- Indoor open market
- Farm and food distribution depot, helping to improve distribution of locally-grown food
- Programming for veterans including job training
- Commercial office space
- Exhibition hall and special events venues
- New Rochelle city bike program
- Aquaponics and education programs
- Employment
- Financial and Environmental Sustainability
Environmental Sustainability
The development of the Armory and its site will be designed to promote environmental sustainability. Wherever feasible, renewable energy systems will be utilized for the production of thermal and electric energy. The project will also seek LEED certification.
About Good Profit
Good Profit brings together ideas, expertise and funding that work together to promote transformational projects in architecture and design, public health, and agriculture. We take the best practices from the non‐profit and private sectors to achieve outstanding results for the common good. State and local governments are strapped for cash. At the same time the private sector is not investing in public works at significant levels. There is a tremendous need to leverage expertise and resources across all sectors of the economy to get major projects accomplished. We can do that. Good Profit brings multiple stakeholders to the table. We listen carefully. We look for the intersection of mutual interests that can bring diverse parties together.
Good Profit is fiscally sponsored by the Open Space Institute as part of its Citizen Action Program.
Filed under: Planning, Uncategorized Tagged: Community Catalyst Fund, community center, conceptual design, Echo Bay Armory, Good Profit, historic structures, LEED building, local food, New Rochelle, New york 
2012-12-18 13:05:05
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