Paducah Riverfront Development Advisory Board

About the Paducah Riverfront Development Advisory Board

The Paducah Riverfront Development Advisory Board was created in 2017 by the Paducah Board of Commissioners.  The Advisory Board assists and advises the Paducah Board of Commissioners in the development of civic projects and development plans which are intended to revitalize, improve, and generally enhance Paducah's riverfront.

The Board consists of five members appointed by the Mayor with the approval of a majority of the members of the Board of Commissioners.  One member of the Paducah Board of Commissioners may be designated to serve as ex-officio to the Advisory Board.

The board meets on the fourth Wednesday at February, May, August, and November at 1:15 p.m. in the City Commission Conference Room on the second floor of City Hall until specified otherwise.  Note:  The last meeting was held Wednesday, June 14, 2017.

Meeting Agendas and Minutes >>

The Paducah Riverfront Development Advisory Board has the following roles and functions:

• Assist with the development of a tax increment financing district;
• Assist with the implementation of strategies outlined in the  Renaissance Area Master Plan (RAMP);
• Assist with the review of development proposals for City-owned properties along the riverfront; and
• Select its chairperson and secretary and meet not less than quarterly.

Contact

Advisory Board Members

• Carla Berry (Vice-Chair) (term expires February 7, 2021)
• Bruce Brockenborough (Chairman) (term expires February 7, 2020)
• Edward Musselman (term expires February 7, 2021)
• Jonathan Perkins (term expires February 7, 2019)
• George Sirk (term expires February 7, 2020)
• Sanda Wilson - ex-officio (term expires December 31, 2018)

Renaissance Area Master Plan

In 2010, the PRDA engaged a multi-disciplinary planning, design, and market assessment team to develop the Renaissance Area Master Plan (RAMP) for downtown Paducah.  The RAMP was funded by a 2009 Preserve America grant through the National Park Service that included a match from the City of Paducah.  This initiative - covering the historic downtown core, the riverfront, and LowerTown - was designed with its primary mission to better link these three areas, in order to improve the market for each. The PRDA stressed this in its major outcome of the RAMP:

"It is important to the City to create a way for cultural and natural heritage tourists to be able to reach these three areas without interruption in order to be able to have a pleasant experience viewing and interacting with Paducah’s cultural and natural localities."

The RAMP is a comprehensive document that will be used as guidance for years to come.  It was adopted by the former Paducah Riverfront Development Authority (PRDA) on March 20, 2012.  The Paducah City Commission adopted a resolution accepting the plan on April 23, 2013.  As stated in the resolution, the plan shall be used to guide development and make capital improvements.  Every action item within the plan will require separate and specific implementation strategies by the City of Paducah, its agencies, and others.  Approval of the resolution does not obligate the city to implement every action item proposed in the document.  The city should remain opportunistic and react to proposals as resources become available. 

To read the entire RAMP, click Renaissance Area Master Plan.  After input from the Paducah Planning Commission and the former Paducah Renaissance Alliance, seven pages of RAMP Amendments have been compiled.