• Redevelopment of the Livery is the most cost effective option for the site. Apartments and other rental space will pay taxes to the City. Developing the site as a parking lot will increase the burden on the City to maintain this lot.
• Retention of the building helps maintain high activity and population density in the downtown area, a key component to downtown viability.
• Demolishing the Livery would expose the site to more extensive and expensive environmental clean-up requirements, and increase the likelihood of spreading contaminants.
• In the recent thinking of green development, adaptively reusing the complex is appropriate and keeps debris from the landfill.
Sustainable Design and Construction
A key recurring theme in TCC’s proposal is Sustainable Design and Construction. For readers not familiar with the term, here is a general definition:
Sustainable Design reduces the possible negative effects on the environment as far as possible and makes the most of social and economic benefits.
Moreover, sustainable design and construction:
• Reuses building sites and structures and minimizes waste during construction and operation.
• Minimizes energy consumption and carbon footprint.
• Emphasizes use of locally produced, durable, recyclable materials that are non-toxic and produced with minimal impact on the environment.
• Allows users to relate to the natural environment.
TCC reflects principals of sustainable design in many aspects of the proposed redevelopment of the Chelsea Connection. Some samples follow.
Site and Community:
• Adaptive reuse of nearly all structures minimizes landfill waste.
• Promotes community/ downtown living to minimize use of automobiles.
• Building uses were selected to build a sense of place and community with neighbors and downtown community.
Energy and Utilities:
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