Implementing a Vision for Watertown Square

The City of Watertown is continuing the implementation of the Watertown Square Area Plan, a vision endorsed by the Watertown City Council in June 2024.  Included in that plan is a vision for a revitalized downtown Watertown in a variety of ways, including a blend of housing and retail spaces, making the area safer for pedestrians, connecting the community path through the entire Square, and designing beautiful public spaces for everyone to enjoy and spend time in.

The immediate next steps the City are taking towards implementing this vision include:

1. Developing a revitalization plan focused on analyzing the area to maximize the opportunity for redevelopment opportunities that reflect the vision for the Square in the Area Plan;

2. Preparing a detailed engineering design of the simplified “four corners” roadway that the Watertown Square Area Plan envisioned. 

These two projects are separate but the City is moving them forward at the same time on separate tracks to ensure they can continue to inform each other throughout the development and design of each plan.

More details are to come soon on each of these processes!