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What's in the draft plan?
After two years of work with community members in Chaffee Park, Highland, Jefferson Park and Sunnyside, the public review draft of the Near Northwest Area Plan is available for review and feedback. The draft lays out a long-term vision for these neighborhoods that celebrates the “Northside” as an inclusive and diverse area, and ensures that, as it grows and evolves, it remains a place that continues to feel like home.
Through extensive engagement in public meetings, online surveys, focus groups and conversations with local "promotoras" working across the area, participants expressed a desire to build on the area's longstanding sense of community and belonging through recommendations that:
- help residents build wealth and stay in their neighborhoods long-term
- support local businesses and ensure neighborhood commercial areas that residents have come to depend on and identify with continue to thrive
- ensure access to a variety of housing options
- balance preservation with new construction that's compatible with existing architecture, including both residential areas and small-scale store fronts on historic "street car" corridors
- connect the area through an inter-neighborhood trail network and mobility improvements that prioritize pedestrians and alternative modes of transportation
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