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Concerns about the complexity of planning

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Concerns about the complexity of planning

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newer housing lowers property values

Viability/realistic approach

50% rentals naturally occurring affordable housing will be affected by newer expensive buildings (hard to build inexpensively)

uncertainty about the future of the neighborhood - both as a place to live and a commercial hub and doing adequate planning for that

Planfulness

Better comm with city officials

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public dollars

open spaces--redistributing it or what we do with investments we already have

lower taxes

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Top Ideas: Host inclusive process with experts and models

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Top Ideas: Host inclusive process with experts and models

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Uncertain time, may need outside help to make a resilient plan to last

Needs assessment

partnership in businesses that have an interest and connections

reach out to demographics of people present and ask needs

Payne Ave as an inspiration

Andersonville Chamber of Commerce - mastered localism

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Excitement about building the Grand experience

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Excitement about building the Grand experience

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people want amenities--trash cans, bike posts, trees, dog park

Experiences

Focus on Grand as a place to be, not just to shop

touristy

Seeing the potential here--benches, trash, greenspace, socializing, "third place" option and/or "street activation."

healthy/vital Grand

From interviews: Two people yearned for more active streets, bike- and pedestrian-friendliness

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Timing for businesses 3

Support local businesses, importance 4

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Excitement about Grand as density corridor

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Excitement about Grand as density corridor

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density concentrated on Grand

mixed use corridor opportunity

From interviews: new housing could bring more activity to local businesses and help the whole housing market with availability and variety

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Excitement about increasing affordable, more equitable housing

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Excitement about increasing affordable, more equitable housing

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diversity of home types and sizes

growing density, racial mix of neighbors could be increased

equity

affordability

addressing the affordable housing crisis

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Excitement about connection with neighbors

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Excitement about connection with neighbors

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community

neighborliness

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bustling

Pedestrian focus

walkable, close businesses

wider sidewalks

Grand walkability

vibrancy

Walkability

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Excitement about building an updated sense of place from a vibrant history

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Excitement about building an updated sense of place from a vibrant history

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old buildings, brick style, range of historic houses

Culture and art is wanted

Sense of place

Lively neighborhood

historicity

From interviews: Cities who mix historic and eclectic, modern storefronts are exciting; our emphasis on a consistent look holds us back

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Excitement about restoring a healthy ecosystem

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Excitement about restoring a healthy ecosystem

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Limiting turf grass, encouraging native plants

Water conservation

Concern re: water resources

From interviews: Climate change is real, and we need to adapt now

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Excitement about solo vehicle dependence shifting

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Excitement about solo vehicle dependence shifting

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Prioritize efficiency with parking--shared parking,

intesection of transportation and denser housing

Less car dependence, greener

From interviews: Younger generations are reducing their car usage, relying on multimodal, greener options, and the 'hood needs to move in this direction

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Concerns about losing local power & scale

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Concerns about losing local power & scale

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big box stores

Ohio teaches union/local ownership

National chains

...concern about who owns Grand; desire to keep things smaller and local

perceived threat from big boxes, national chains

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Concerns about losing opportunities if we don't adapt

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Concerns about losing opportunities if we don't adapt

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emphasis on big beautiful houses deters density and people joining neighborhood

Losing to competition 2

concern about stifling investment if we fight any development

From interviews: We need to adapt to grow, or we'll stagnate and lose businesses

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Concerns about departure from existing rules

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Concerns about departure from existing rules

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Variances

Not respecting zoning

Not following requirements of the city

From interviews: Set the rules, follow the rules.

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Top Ideas: Advocate for diverse options to increase housing units

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Top Ideas: Advocate for diverse options to increase housing units

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encourage land trusts and ways to build equity for diverse socioeconomic groups

allow for in law suites, housing co-ops

encourage ADUs

incentives for seniors, students, and group homes

senior co-ops with Episcopal homes or Ebenzener

mixed use with lots of residential

duplexes and subdividing large houses

multifamily throughout the n'hood

section 8 housing opportunities

Affordability: need more housing to drive rent down

Commercial land trusts, foundations, partners

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Concerns about the tough business climate

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Concerns about the tough business climate

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Cost and risk of starting a business

loss of restaurants

Empty stores/covid 7

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Families need cars

Cars are still a primary mode

utilization of common space

underground parking, traffic issues around Lund's

public spaces & cars

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Our Plan Must Address: Increasing options for provision of varied and  affordable housing

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Our Plan Must Address: Increasing options for provision of varied and  affordable housing

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Increased housing, including a variety of home types

Paying attention to what happens with density throughout the neighborhood

Creative use of housing to increase density--ADUs, etc.

Affordable housing

Renters wanted more openness to development--but also wanted affordable new housing

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financial accessibility -- affordable housing and affordable to small business

need for subsidies for affordabiliity

Rent

affordability

rent is going up, esp. on Grand

taxes, fees

assumptions  made about what people can afford and what the neighborhood is like

Affordability - housing and restaurants/shopping (stressed across kickoff, interviews, and listening sessions)

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no people of color mentioned in the kickoff event questions

stress inclusivity

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Top Ideas: Increase green & sustainable space and practices

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Top Ideas: Increase green & sustainable space and practices

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community garden spaces increase

Summit Avenue green space on Summit

add requirements for sustainability, green building and green space

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Master transportation plan

Better transit on St. Clair

Better transit 2

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make it great for pedestrians, save Grand small business

More walkable shopping (appeal to more ages)

More pedestrian friendly 2

Clustering of businesses to improve walkability, street culture--mini urban

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Top Ideas: Seek balance on density & development

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Top Ideas: Seek balance on density & development

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Acknowledging that more density could help businesses thrive

vacated street by the train tracks- Lombard - zone it for building

More density will hurt home value

reconsider building height and parking restrictions

Neighborhood density

Keeping scale of neighborhood

Allow for more development on established transit lines

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Reconsider parking meters

Encourage shared parking

Ensure parking requirements don't deter development

Parking signage and rules need clarity

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Local arts

arts investments

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Top Ideas: entertain ideas for new businesses

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Top Ideas: entertain ideas for new businesses

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Niche/service/dining businesses MIX 7

New businesses 2

increase proximity to community services

Grocery store 3

More grocery competition/affordable options

investment breeds investment

mixed use development to include artist / performance space and retail

Local business 2

Add suburban shopping, at local scale

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NPC Confirms: We value the local economy

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NPC Confirms: We value the local economy

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focus on mom & pops and anti-big box

The importance of Grand Ave to the entire neighborhood

Local investment

Support local business

grocery stores as anchors, they enable other economic activity

Local ownership

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NPC Confirms: We need a nuanced take on land use and parking that matches our context

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NPC Confirms: We need a nuanced take on land use and parking that matches our context

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Focus on parking and cars as a tension and concern; poor enforcement

People need parking for cars

parking meters not that big of a deal

better transit

Poor transit--esp. on St. Clair--cannot be used as a practical alternative if you could otherwise afford a car

Shared parking continues to be a desire

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NPC Confirms: We hold lots of competing narratives about parking

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NPC Confirms: We hold lots of competing narratives about parking

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permit parking and signage as confusing

Less regulation for parking

Rideshare impact

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Nuanced Tensions to Balance: Solo vs Shared Transportation; Cars vs Greener, More Space-Conserving Forms of Transportation

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Nuanced Tensions to Balance: Solo vs Shared Transportation; Cars vs Greener, More Space-Conserving Forms of Transportation

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Residential vs commercial parking

Parking enforcement need vs impact on residents, shops

Cost of parking--free vs complimentary

relationship between cars, bikes,

transport, density, and parking& environmental issues

Master plan cost for transportation

better mixed mode infrastructure

needed for there to be less cars

cars vs greener forms of transportation

Ways to facilitate multiple uses of parking

Does transit drive density or density drive transit?

People-centered vs car-centered culture

Balance: residential v. commercial parking

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NPC Confirms: We value the pleasures of walking

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NPC Confirms: We value the pleasures of walking

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Walkability=make the walk pleasant, read, chill

People want greener options

pedestrian friendly

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NPC Confirms: We value an inclusive sense of safety

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NPC Confirms: We value an inclusive sense of safety

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feelings of community, security, safe space

Welcoming & inclusion

Land acknowledgement

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Our Plan Must Address: Creative approaches to cars and transit-oriented development

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Our Plan Must Address: Creative approaches to cars and transit-oriented development

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Finding a way to balance affordability, transportation, growth with diversity of styles of housing, people, etc.

Seek out car-use and transit demographics to evaluate based on use for current and future planning

Reviewing our parking studies and making recommendations--Sonja and Brian's numbers

could make a stand around "transit-oriented development"

Transit is esp. important to renters

Walkability - traffic calming

Business owners' concerns about app-based food-delivery traffic around fast-food establishments

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NPC Confirms: Investments are needed to spur Grand vitality

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NPC Confirms: Investments are needed to spur Grand vitality

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lively neighborhood

Wanting Grand to feel like a more active street--a place to be, rather than a place to move through; being a pleasant environment to hang in

Diversity of experience, unique experiences, variety

loss of restaurants, vibrancy

We yearn for useable common space with the boulevards, benches, planters, etc. for "a nice place to hang out"

Need for upkeep being expensive

Where did the hanging planters go? Who sponsored and cared for them?

BENCHES ON GRAND IS DOABLE; PLANTERS ARE DOABLE

Business owners mindful that success changes things: Harder to find parking as businesses get more successful, housing gets denser

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Our Plan Must: Focus on the future, while being rooted in shared values

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Our Plan Must: Focus on the future, while being rooted in shared values

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Values--shared use is good; what else are they?

Eye to the future

Defining needs and desires

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Safety (users of all modes)

One interviewee: Emphasize residents' needs over businesses; Grand is a residential street, with a high density of NOAH to protect.

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Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion-Related Items Drawn from Throughout

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Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion-Related Items Drawn from Throughout

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growing density, racial mix of neighbors could be increased

How to bring diverse cultural groups--residents or businesses...

no people of color mentioned in the questions (at kickoff)

Are there ways to express a value for diversity in businesses, affordability?

Finding a way to balance affordability, transportation, growth with diversity of styles of housing, people, etc.

Welcoming environment in general, yes, but how to do it in the plan

encourage land trusts and ways to build equity for diverse socioeconomic groups

Affordable housing

section 8 housing opportunities

Creative use of housing to increase density--ADUs, etc.

incentives for seniors, students, and group homes

addressing the affordable housing crisis

need for subsidies for affordability

allow for in law suites, housing co-ops

Will new development raise rent or lower property values

50% rentals naturally occurring affordable housing will be affected by newer expensive buildings (hard to build inexpensively)

senior co-ops with Episcopal homes or Ebenzener

multifamily throughout the neighborhood

duplexes and subdividing large houses

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Loss of GABA/leadership

Desire for centralized, expert planning as a solution

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NPC Confirms: We hold lots of competing narratives about density

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NPC Confirms: We hold lots of competing narratives about density

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The idea that density will depress home values

the amount of support for more density

no one seemed to be concerned about density impacting livability poorly?

many not as concerned about density

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Primary Tension to Balance: Development vs Preservation

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Primary Tension to Balance: Development vs Preservation

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Will new development raise rent or lower property values

Balance: development vs. retaining historic character

Density on Grand vs throughout the neighborhood

Development/ adaptation vs retaining historic character

Development and density vs retaining character, historic look and feel

Historic presvn vs need to have capital to do that; expensive to upkeep and renovate

Local vs chains being better than nothing

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Our Plan Must Address: Constraining large-format, nationally-managed businesses while creating ripe conditions for small, locally-managed ones

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Our Plan Must Address: Constraining large-format, nationally-managed businesses while creating ripe conditions for small, locally-managed ones

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Ways to incentivize small businesses along Grand

small businesses

Development size: consider hindering large-format stores

Lobby the city: Can't outright prevent a national chain who otherwise fits within zoning; drive-throughs can't be prevented outright, can they? "undue hardship due to traffic impacts"?

Taxes of the buildings to increase local small business ownership--creative incentives

Address taxation somehow--small business tax breaks to building owners?

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Our Plan Must Address: Building a more vibrant, well-maintained Grand

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Our Plan Must Address: Building a more vibrant, well-maintained Grand

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Biz Improvement District?

More amenities--trash cans, lighting, signage, dog park, etc.

Need to express desire for vibrant, bustling Grand

Grand is linchpin for renter desirability

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Our Plan Must Address: Defining the culture/vibe we want in a culturally inclusive way

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Our Plan Must Address: Defining the culture/vibe we want in a culturally inclusive way

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Routes to vitality

inclusivity

Retaining a "vibe" or "culture" or "lifestyle"? At the least, retaining/increasing vitality can be captured

third space, arts

Are there ways to express a value for diversity in businesses, affordability?

Desire for a third place

Desire for placemaking, using those^ and stylized amenities to do that

Business owners concerned about rise in crime

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set up fund as fiscal agency for public art

STAR grant experience--leverage that with neighborhood artwork with BIPOC artist tied in with a business

Seek other arts-based grants we could tap into

benches made by an artist, maybe?

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Look into partnerships with creative entities who can help

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Look into partnerships with creative entities who can help

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partnering with SHA for grant or org. funding to access and connect

https://culturehouse.cc third-space pop-ups

https://redesigninc.org nonprofit redesign to buy up properties and convert them into what communities want

Schools listening session: Schools want to be involved as part of the community

Schools listening session: SHA being a connector with schools/businesses/neighborhood

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Build our equity and inclusion efforts to embrace values identified in Plan process

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Build our equity and inclusion efforts to embrace values identified in Plan process

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How to bring diverse cultural groups--residents or businesses...

Welcoming environment in general, yes, but how to do it in the plan

Occasions and space to communicate within the neighborhood

BIPOC listening session concern: SHA seems overly supportive of police dept

BIPOC listening session concern: Visual representation among SHA publicity/website not enough diversity

BIPOC listening session concern: Microaggressions, are a concern; don’t know neighbors well; hard to make connections

BIPOC listening session concern: Assistance connecting neighbors because kids attend so many different schools

BIPOC listening session concern: Crime

Schools listening session: Schools were concerned that students don’t see diversity in business owners on Grand (feeling of welcome missing for students of color)

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Consider Advocacy Where We Can't Act Directly

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Consider Advocacy Where We Can't Act Directly

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Safety and convenience issues around transit... Can encourage and call for it, but have no control over it

Solving the problem

Taxes can't be addressed much--county-level, etc.