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Fort Bragg Mill Site Specific Plan

Fort Bragg, California

Georgia Pacific

Sub-consultant to Urban Planning Partners

2008-2010

CD+A is part of a team that is defining the vision for redevelopment of a former Georgia-Pacific mill site overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Fort Bragg, California. The multi-disciplinary team, which is led by RRM Design Group and includes Nelson\Nygaard transportation planners and Economic & Planning Systems market research consultants, is charged by the City of Fort Bragg with preparation of a Specific Plan for the 420-acre mill site.

For over a century, the mill site, which has been a mainstay of the local economy, has also cut off the city from its waterfront. From its origins as a small redwood mill in 1885, through its growth into a large-scale industrial operation, and subsequent closure in 2002, the mill site and its border along Highway 1 have effectively established the western edge of the city. The redevelopment of the site offers an opportunity to reconnect the city to restored coastal bluffs and to expand neighborhoods, downtown businesses, open space, and other uses into the site. The project also aims to integrate Fort Bragg’s Main Street, a portion of Highway 1, into the project and transform this thoroughfare from a border into a spine that seamlessly links the city with the redeveloped mill site.

CD+A has been responsible for research and conceptual planning related to land use on and adjacent to the mill site. The firm’s work began with an existing land use study meant to facilitate the careful planning of uses on the mill site that are compatible with those in adjacent areas. CD+A then developed a suite of 3D models and case studies illustrating over a dozen different development prototypes. These models and case studies were integral components of a public workshop, helping participants envision and test a wide variety of development schemes on the mill site.

CD+A has also performed research related to open space, green infrastructure, and recreational use planning. These efforts also played an important role in feeding information into public workshops and design charrettes, and they will ensure that Fort Bragg residents and visitors alike will have access to new civic and recreational open spaces, as well as to the previously inaccessible bluffs, scenic coastline, and a new coastal trail system. Open space provisions will also help preserve and restore native plant species and wildlife on the site. CD+A is currently assisting team members with the development of a network of walkable, multi-modal street types, and developing a set of detailed residential land use transects that illustrate how existing Fort Bragg neighborhoods might expand towards the coastline.