The City of Newark is currently working on several exciting long-range planning projects. Projects of this magnitude involve developing different plan alternatives, working with community groups and, most importantly, input from the public. We encourage you to get involved in these projects and provide your input as the projects progress.

NewPark Place Specific Plan

The City of Newark has approved a Specific Plan that will guide the transformation of the NewPark Mall area into a vibrant mixed use area. 

View complete information including the Adopted Specific Plan

Bayside Newark

(Formerly known as the Dumbarton Transit Oriented Development Project)

This project area includes 233 acres of land that has contained various industrial, manufacturing, chemical processing and salt production facilities since the early twentieth century. Newark today envisions a transit oriented community built next to a Dumbarton Commuter Rail station. The hope is for a neighborhood that takes advantage of its transit investment to facilitate alternative commutes, dramatically increase pedestrian mobility and to take full advantage of its location and surrounding open space resources. This will create a high quality of life community that is both unique and seamlessly integrates into the existing Newark community.

• View complete information on this ongoing project.

Planning Areas 3 and 4

This is an approximately 950 acre site located in southwest Newark and is generally bounded by Mowry Avenue on the north, Cherry Street on the east, Stevenson Boulevard on the south, and salt flats on the west. Planned uses for this area include an 18-hole golf course, approximately 1,200 housing units of various densities, and elementary school, open space wetland mitigation areas, as well as retention of existing light industrial, institutional, and City Fire Station, park, and community center uses.

• View a complete history of this project including reports, plan alternatives, and information on upcoming meetings.

Old Town Newark Specific Plan

The Old Town Newark Specific Plan aims to bring together over 30 years of planning and analysis to identify a grand vision that is matched by clear realistic steps for implementation. This plan will implement long-standing goals for revitalization, including new public spaces, improvements to Thornton Avenue, and opportunities for new multifamily and residential mixed use development. At the same time, this plan provides steps to maintain the existing housing stock and avoid displacement of existing residents and businesses. 

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