Phased Development Approach
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Martin will be redeveloped over a ten-year period. The redevelopment program will be sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Huntington District and the Floyd County Fiscal Court. The Corps has established a four-phase schedule for implementing the redevelopment program. The order of the phases was determined ujointly with the project sponsor and is further described in the project Real Estate Plan.

Phase 1

• Clearing/construction of the redevelopment site (6.4-acre hillside location)
• Design and construction of key facilities (City Hall/Police Station, Post Office, Martin Alternative School, Church, Mixed-Use Commercial and Office Buildings, Public Space)

Phases 2 and 3

• Acquisition of downtown properties
  
• Clearing of existing downtown
  
• Fill and raise cleared site above floodplain (14 acres readied for future development)
  
• Construct mixed-use redevelopment area

Phase 4

• Implement voluntary flood proofing program
  
• Apply nonstructural methods, including buy out and protection in place