Sam Newberg here, writing as a Forum member and also as part of the
Minnehaha-Hiawatha Corridor Community Advisory Committee. As Forum moderator
Steven Clift announced late last week, today we're launching a two-week
online event on our Forum to get your input about the future of the
corridor.
First, a little background: The Minnehaha-Hiawatha corridor from the Midtown
Greenway to Minnehaha Parkway will be the focus of major county investments
over the next several years. In spring 2008 the county began a two-year
effort to determine which types of investments could best revitalize the
corridor and improve the quality of life for people who live work, travel,
shop, and enjoy the area.
These decisions will be community driven and made in close collaboration
with stakeholders, and as part of the Community Advisory Committee, I'm
helping gather ideas from a wide variety of stakeholders -- like all of you!
We need your perspectives to help us develop an implementation strategy that
will leverage strategic investments in the corridor area to address issues
and priorities, optimize revitalization opportunities, and reflect community
values. While the direct investments will be only within the corridor, as
neighbors we are important stakeholders and our voices count.
The question I am posing to all of you is this: What kinds of improvements
in the corridor do you think would create a more vibrant community and
increase your quality of life?
Over the next two weeks, all your great ideas posed under this subject line
will be compiled and included with other stakeholder input as part of our
decision-making process.
To see what other people have said and for information about the whole
project, click on one of these links:
Project home page: http://minnehaha-hiawatha.com/
Project overview and examples of investments:
http://minnehaha-hiawatha.com/project-information/project-overview
Corridor map:
<http://minnehaha-hiawatha.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/corridor-map-small
er.pdf>
http://minnehaha-hiawatha.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/corridor-map-smalle
r.pdf
Community Advisory Committee members:
http://minnehaha-hiawatha.com/advisory-committees/community-advisory-committ
ee/cac-members
Input to date:
http://minnehaha-hiawatha.com/community-engagement/stakeholder-input
Thanks in advance -- I'm really looking forward to what you have to say!
Sam Newberg
Joe Urban, Inc.
3913 29th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55406
(612) 251-4662 direct/mobile
(612) 721-1407 fax
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