A Vision for Our WaterfrontCommunityFutureWaterfront
What’s next for our waterfront
Waterfront Holland is an opportunity for our community to shape the future of Holland’s downtown waterfront. With inclusiveness and transparency, we are taking a comprehensive approach to gathering public input and developing a vision for what’s next.
How to get involved
Moving forward, there are two ways to become involved in this process. Whether you submit feedback online or sign up and attend an upcoming event, your ideas will help to shape a vision and a framework of principles that will impact decisions going forward.
Our Vision
Holland’s waterfront – a distinctive complement to our downtown weaving together water, land and people in a continuous thread of beauty and vibrancy… an adaptable and evolving place that celebrates a harmony of urban and natural uses… a walkable, year-round destination where water views abound, green spaces offer quiet respite and active play, and connected public access to the water is enhanced. This is the character of the waterfront we seek.
The latest news
As we take the next steps on Waterfront Holland, we are committed to remaining transparent. To achieve that goal, all new information on where we are and what opportunities are coming next can be found here or on our Facebook Page.
Design charrettes next step in Waterfront Holland project
Waterfront Holland has announced the next steps in the transformation of Holland’s James DeYoung power plant and the surrounding area. Following a two-day stakeholder workshop earlier this month featuring subject matter experts, the Waterfront Holland initiative now...
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Waterfront Holland holds Stakeholder Workshop
This week, Waterfront Holland held a two-day stakeholder workshop for subject matter experts to come together and begin refining the vision for our future waterfront. In a series of focus group discussions, the Waterfront Holland team engaged stakeholders with the...
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What’s Next for Waterfront Holland
Preparation is underway for the future of Waterfront Holland. We continue to build on your feedback, and the next step is a closed series of stakeholder workshops led by local subject matter experts. These workshops will help create a frame for upcoming design...
read moreDuring Our Community Workshops & Site Tours, We Heard You!
Inclusive to All Residents, Age Groups, Abilities
Outdoor Entertainment, e.g. Concert, Arena
Affordable Housing
with a Park
Marina
Food Trucks
Waterfront Rooftop Restaurant Venue
Local Performance
Arts Center
Linked Well to Downtown with Bike Paths & Bus Stop
Sculpture Park, Encourage Arts
All Natural.
Keep it that way.
Entertainment
Complex like the
B.O.B. in GR
ALWAYS
Handicapped
Access
Do Not Block
the View with
Condos
Science + Industry Museum Park
Bike, Kayak, & Paddleboard Rentals
Dog Beach
& Park
Drive In
Movie Theater
For Residents, Not
Just Tourists!
Public Access to
the Water
Why Waterfront Holland
With the retiring of the James De Young power plant in 2017 and the recent completion of the Holland Energy Park, our city has the unique opportunity to envision something new for the site. As we move forward, we realize that the potential of this project transcends this site and will impact how our community as a whole is viewed. The goal is to embrace what currently exists on the waterfront, including other local businesses, to create a waterfront environment integrating places to live, work, and play that are distinctly Holland.
From this broader Waterfront Holland framework developed by the community, specific land use and programming scenarios embodying the vision and principles will be generated in a collaborative manner for the JDY site.
