UrbanPlan Exercise #5D: Neighborhood Liaison Your task is to read and analyze the letters from eight community groups. No project can succeed without community support, and you are your team's expert in understanding the hopes and fears of community members. As you read the letters, identify the main points made by each group and their positions on key issues, like whether to build a Q-Mart. You can work with the other teams' Neighborhood Liaisons to complete this exercise. Part As you read the letters from community groups, take notes on the key points made by each group: Skate On Pro Arts Have been looking for a place to 12 artists will have to leave Victorian skateboard for years but have always Row because of redevelopment been shut down by police officers Rising rents in other parts of town and been treated like criminals have made it hard for artists to live Found a spot near Franklin Academy there where the group could skate in peace Artists want rent free studio space in and have a large amount of space to new Elmwood so that they can stay do so for longer periods of time City council is planning to bulldoze They will only use the space for work the skating area and put a building in and will follow zoning laws its place 10000 sq. ft. or 800+ sq. ft./artist Wants a skatepark and a teen center Will paint murals in alleys behind during the winter Victorian Row to attract new residents and visitors "Vibrant arts community" Jobs & Justice Elmwood Homes for All Bring social and economic justice Provide equitable, affordable, and which will benefit low-income inclusive housing so that no residents residents should ever have to be displaced Improve people's quality of life and length of stay Demands: 15% of newly built townhouses, Redevelopment should include: podium apartments, and apartments Easily accessible entry-level jobs In Elmwoods's historic buildings Mid-paying and high-paying jobs should be made affordable Affordable housing and 40 should be made affordable to goods/services low-income households Convenient access to different stores Retain the homeless shelter Community service facilities Find ways to build affordable yet high Q-mart because it provides quality housing affordable products and many jobs Partner with investors Grace Memorial Church Yorktown University Right now homeless shelter doesn't Wants to make it more accessible and meet needs for people with affordable disabilities Wants to propose a Yorktown Did a fundraiser and managed to University Extension site to provide raise money for a new shelter classes to introduce Yorktown Also raised enough money for land residents to "the new Elmwood" costs but doesn't have funding to buy Will have Professional Development, it Entrepreneurship, and Lifelong Wants to build a three-story, 60,000 Learning classes sq. ft. homeless shelter and wants Courses will be offered during the the city to donate 20,000 sq. ft. evenings and weekends New shelter will be closer to the These courses will allow different church residents to connect with one Old shelter can be used for other another purposes Received a grant to cover costs of classroom and faculty compensation for five years Needs 15,000 sq. ft. of rent-free classroom space The Old Urbanists The Elmwood Neighborhood Alliance Group of seniors living on fixed Wants the once vibrant community to incomes and can't afford to buy new return houses Wants to preserve the Dry Goods Needs Q-Mart because it gives them Building, the Phoenix Hotel, and the an affordable and easily-accessible buildings of Victorian Row place to get different goods Would like exactly 10% affordable Some seniors would like to get a part housing time job at Q-Mart More affordable houses would put Would like traffic barriers put up by burden on schools and lower their Grace Church so that the streets property values aren't as busy near their houses Wants to get rid of shelter because it Would like to stay to interact with all increases the crime rate generations Doesn't want an Ecodistrict or tall buildings resulting in huge amounts of people, noise, and traffic Doesn't want a Q-Mart because it'll create traffic and bring lots of people from other neighborhoods Homeowners will prevent any development that goes against Elmwood's best qualitiesUse Subsidy: City Contribution/ Construction Costs Affordable Housing 15% Public Open Space: Parks & Plazas / Sports Courts / Skate Park 50% Community Facilities / Community Benefit: City Pays 15% of Construction Developer Subsidizes 85% of Construction Costs Costs Branch Library (7,500 SF) 15% Community Art Space (2,500 SF) 15% Providing classes and public studio space for painting, sculpting, and potting for residents and Elmwood workers Community Meeting Space with Resilience Hub (7,000 SF) 15% May be used for civic meetings or rented by Elmwood residents for private functions Computer / Digital Center (2,000 SF) 15% Daycare Center (3,500 SF) 15% Drug Treatment Center (1,500 SF) 15% Police Substation (1,500 SF) 15% Senior Center (6,000 SF) 15% Teen Center (5,000 SF) 15% Yorktown Bike Share Office (5,500 SF) 15% Public Health Clinic (4,500 SF) 15% Small Business Incubator (4,000 SF) 15%