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Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018
COMMUNITY MEETING

Resident Feedback: Where would you like to see investment?

At the meeting, we asked residents to mark on a map which areas they would like to see development, with yellow strips for residential and red for retail/commercial. We then put a grid over the map and tallied how many people marked each square of the grid. The darker the box is, the more people marked it. 

It is important for us to understand which areas residents want to see developed the most, and what kind of development they would like to see. This information is vital to the creation of the community plan.

RETAIL

Mapping Exercise Grid Results with legen

Residential

Mapping Exercise Grid Results with legen

Results from Priority Statement Group Exercise

At the meeting, we had residents split into two groups per category--People, Place, and Home--to discuss which resident-submitted issues were most important to them. Each group was given twenty coins to distribute to the four idea categories, chosen by them from a list of resident-submitted ideas, to show which was the most important to them.

PEOPLE

Group 1                                                     

Health

  • Address social determinants of health (9 coins)

Education

  • Align social services and resources better direct those with needs (4 coins)

Employment

  • Transportation to jobs and training (3 coins)

Income

  • More economic development (2 coins)

 

Group 2                                                    

Health

  • Foster collaboration with residents, business, organizations, places, form a stronger sense of community (5 coins)

Education

  • Trade school (5 coins)

Employment

  • Increase in local businesses on Broad St. (5 coins)

Income

  • Push commercial property owners to fix and lease properties (5 coins)

 

 

PLACE

Group 1                                                        

Business

  • The Hilltop needs a signature destination spot. A really great restaurant or bar like Franklinton has now (6 coins)

Safety

  • Crime: Prostitution, domestic violence, gang activity, and drugs (4 coins)

Mobility

  • Better transportation options (1 coin)

Recreation

  • More program(s) and activities for kids and young adults (2 coins)

 

Group 2                                                            

Business

  • Neighborhood clean-up (4 coins)

Safety

  • Crime: Prostitution, domestic violence, gang activity, and drugs (10 coins)

Mobility

  • Increase access to health resources, education, and employment (3 coins)

Recreation

  • More program(s) and activities for kids and young adults (3 coins)

 

HOME

Group 1                                                         

Mixed-Income

  • Rehabilitate existing housing (not historic) (5 coins)

Quality

  • More code enforcement for bad landlords (5 coins)

Affordability

  • Repair/maintain homes for seniors (5 coins)

Homeownership

  • Help seniors with programs to maintain their homes (5 coins)

 

Group 2                                                         

Mixed-Income

  • Rehabilitate existing housing (4 coins)

Quality

  • Fund for code enforcement to fund older and owner-occupied residences to bring older homes up to code (4 coins)

Affordability

  • Partnership with Habitat for Humanity to create low-cost housing opportunities using existing housing (1 coin)

Homeownership

  • Incentives for owner-occupied purchase or maintenance (11 coins)

Questions? Contact:

Nick Plouck - Neighborhood Program Specialist

(614) 724-2040 or email NEplouck@columbus.gov

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