Learn about the Village of Webster's NY Forward Plan & help decide where to invest $4.5 million in our downtown!
Overview
The Village of Webster is embarking on a downtown revitalization effort with $4.5 million in support from the NY Forward program. This initiative aims to strengthen the Village of Webster's identity as a regional cultural and entertainment hub.
The revitalization plan focuses on creating an attractive, walkable downtown core with engaging public spaces and a cohesive community experience. Key projects include improvements to Veteran's Memorial Park, a new flexible Village Market Square, enhanced streetscapes along Main Street, and upgrades to the trail network. The plan also supports the rehabilitation of underutilized buildings, provides grants for small-scale projects by businesses and nonprofits, and includes a unified marketing and branding program. With a mix of public realm investments and private development, Webster's downtown will become a vibrant destination offering unique retail, dining, arts, and events for residents and visitors alike.
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NY Forward (NYF) was launched in 2022 to support a more equitable downtown recovery for New York’s smaller communities, with a focus on hamlets, villages, and neighborhood-scale commercial centers. Click the button below to learn more!
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The Village of Webster is the cultural and entertainment hub of the broader community. Main Street is a compact and walkable corridor that celebrates its storied history with comfortable and safe streets, lively businesses, engaging public spaces and flexible outdoor venues that foster a unique identity and a sense of arrival into the Village. The North End Business District is a center of employment, offering an expanding node of residential, commercial, and industrial uses. Main Street and the North End enrich our community’s quality of life by promoting sustainable development while providing a broad variety of public, private, and not-for-profit destinations for all members of the Webster community to experience, enjoy, and appreciate.
Our (Draft) Vision
for Downtown
Project Area
The proposed NY Forward project area is largely coterminous with the Village of Webster Business Improvement District (BID). The Main Street District is centered on the Four Corners intersection of State Routes 404 (Main Street) and 250 and includes the entirety of the Village’s Central Business District. The boundary also includes the North End Business District, which stretches northward along Route 250 across the NY 104 interchange and includes a substantial portion of the Village’s Brownfield Opportunity Area. The BOA is centered on a mixed commercial /industrial node that includes areas favored for mixed-income development to expand housing opportunities.
