Belong, Be Strong: West Price Hill Neighborhood Planning Process - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Belong, Be Strong: West Price Hill Neighborhood Planning Process

Working Group Meeting #1 January 30, 2020

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Why We Plan and Why it’s Important

• Allows for a platform for dialogue and engagement
• Creates and confirms neighborhood identity, goals, and vision
• Helps guide policy decisions that impact the neighborhood
• Helps guide development and investment decisions
• Used as a tool for community investment projects
• Demonstrates to City leaders that the neighborhood is united

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Glenway “B” Neighborhood Business District Glenway “A” Neighborhood Business District

• W. 8th Street

Commercial District

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Belong, Be Strong: Where We’ve Been?

• January 2019

Presentation toWPHCC

• Summer 2019

Steering Committee Kick-Off Planning

• September 28, 2019

Kick-Off Event at Seton High School

• October 2019

Kick-Off Meeting Feedback Organized

• Nov. – Dec. 2019

Formation of Working Groups

• January 30, 2020

Working Group Meeting #1

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Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7

Pre-Work Background Vision Discussion Detail Review/ Approval Implementation

Organizing the groundwork Where are we now? Where do we want to go? What can we do to get there? Who, what, when, how? Reaching final consensus Getting started on the work ahead? ACTIVITIES Form Steering Committee Determine Process Kick-Off Meeting Working Group Meetings: Develop goals, strategies, and maps Working Group Meetings: Detailed recommendations with timeline Final Steering Committee Review and Approval Start following Plan Plan outreach and background Create Communication Systems and Methods Small Group Meetings 2nd Community Meeting:

• Validating Vision
• Is this headed in

the right direction? Draft Plan West Price Hill Community Council Review and Approval Develop Implementation Committee on West Price Hill Community Council Neighborhood Survey Review meeting

• utcomes

Review meeting

• utcomes

Final Plan Open House:

• Final reaction to

detailed recommendation

• Prioritization

City Department Review Develop regular review cycle Existing Conditions Analysis Develop Draft Vision Statement City Planning Commission Review and Approval Plan the Kick-Off Meeting and Small Groups Plan the Working Group Meetings City Council Review and Approval

Planning Process – Steps in the Planning Process

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Communication and Outreach

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Communication and Outreach

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Working Group Meeting #1: Agenda

Introduction/Background 6:30 – 6:40p Working Group Expectations 6:40 – 6:50p Vision Statement andTheme AreaVisioning 6:50 – 7:40p Visioning Share Out to Larger Group 7:40 – 7:55p Next Steps 7:55 – 8:00p Adjourn

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Working Group Meeting: NEP Input

• Neighborhood Enhancement Program Input
• Glenway A Neighborhood Business District
• Wish-List related to Transportation and Crime/Safety
• Give input on map

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Working Group Meeting: Visioning Terms

• Identify descriptive words that say:
• What are your hopes for the theme area?
• What do you want to see?
• How can this area improve?
• How do you want this theme to feel
• What are current assets of this theme area?
• What are the physical features (how does it look)?
• How does it relate to the neighborhood around it?

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Working Group Meeting: Vision Statement

• AVision Statement:
• Describes the future state (at least ten years in the future)
• Gives a vision and direction for the theme area to move in
• Uses present-tense language
• Dreams big
• Uses clear, concise language
• Is a few sentences long (around a paragraph)

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Working Group Meeting: Homework Assignment

• Photos
• What works best
• What would you like to see more
• What doesn’t meet your ideal of the Theme Area
• What things need to be changed
• What you like to see less of
• Used in two ways:
• In the Belong, Be Strong plan document
• In

working groups/community-wide meetings to promote dialogue around certain ideas/spaces

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Working Group Meeting: Next Steps

• DraftVision Statements will be posted to website
• Sign-in sheet for being added to contact list
• Next Working Group Meeting:

February/March TBD

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Andy Juengling, Senior City Planner

City of Cincinnati, Department of City Planning 513.352.4840 | andy.juengling@cincinnati-oh.gov