Harvester Neighborhood
Harvester Listening Effort - Tour Tallies
Number of people/ households participating: 96 (9.14%)
• 84% of participants 13+
• 16% 12 and under
(Representative given that 15% of neighborhood is under the age of 14)
Number of issues brought up (across all categories)
Door to Door: 98
• Dreams: 32
• Assets: 21
• Liabilities: 44
Block Party: 70
• Dreams: 34
• Assets: 16
• Liabilities: 20
Quantity of votes (across all categories)
Door to Door: 181
• Dreams: 54
• Assets: 54
• Liabilities: 73
Block Party: 139
• Dreams: 64
• Assets: 38
• Liabilities: 37
Study Dates: June & August, 2023 I Volunteers: 10
(Volunteer Partners Orgs: Ambassador, Indiana Tech, Design Collaborative, NPAW, Harvester)
Postcards: 18
• Dreams: 14
• Assets: 4
• Liabilities: N/A
Postcards: 50
• Dreams: 42
• Assets: 8
• Liabilities: 0
Harvester Listening Tour Overview – Tools Used & Purpose
51 Door to door surveys
30 Block Party surveys
(Adult Engagement to determine focus areas)
June & August
15 Youth
(Youth Engagement to determine focus & projects) August
12 Adults
78 input points
55 dots
(Assess understanding of neighborhood basics & conditions; gauge reaction) August Surveys Quizzes Fill-in & Dot Boards Postcards
(Types of projects & Education about Neighborhood) August
Harvester Listening Tour Overview – Engagement Events
Door to Door Survey
51 (households/ surveys)
Block Party (Adults/ Teens)
12 quizzes completed
78 input points (fill-in boards)
55 dots (dot boards)
30 surveys
Block Party (Youth)
15 Postcards
Quiz Results – Understanding & Community Response
Harvester Listening Tour Overview – Quiz Outcomes: Understanding of Neighborhood & Stats
Boundaries: 83% Correct
Crime Rates: 25% Correct
• 25% increased
• 33% stayed the same
• 17% no response
• Note: 4 participants changed their response
Households: 83% Correct
Businesses: 83% Correct
Houses of Worship: 92% Correct
People under 25: 58% Correct
People over 62: 58% Correct
People with disability: 75% correct (2 lower, 1 higher)
Harvester Listening Tour Overview – Quiz Outcomes: Response to event & data
Learned something new: 75% yes, 25% no
What surprised you most
• 33% Decreased crime rate
• 33% Nothing really/ not sure
• 17% Boundaries (and household size)
• 8% Amount of Community improvements
• 8% Block Party
What you wish people knew:
• 25%
- It’s a good place for family/ it’s not the hood/ How friendly people are
• 17% How quiet it is/ How safe it is
• 8% We are as important as upper class
• 8% # of ethnicities
• 8% We are growing & improving
• 8% It has a park
Future Event Feedback
• Dancing
• Bounce House
• More Picnics/ parties
• Parties in the park
• Community Clean up
• Poetry
• Tutoring in neighborhood
• Trick or treat (at the park)
• Back to school giveaway
• Concerts & Activities
• Wings Kid friendly events
Harvester – Survey Results
Liabilities
Photo Credit: Andrea Piacquadio
Photo Credit: Lucas Souza
Photo Credit: Bilal Karadag
“[My dream is for]…Strong Community with safety + growth”
Our Dreams for Harvester
Our neighbors listed the following as the qualities they most want to see in their dream neighborhood: Recreation, Safety/ Crime Reduction, Infrastructure/ Infrastructure Maintenance, Phonesthetics, Aesthetics.
- Recreation (19%)– Water features in the park (pool, waterslide, improved splash pad, hot tub); More activities for children (after school events and outdoor play- soccer); More play equipment and entertainment options; Boys & Girls Club
- Safety & Crime Reduction (15%) – Feeling safe; Less shooting and crime; safer for children to walk and ride their bikes; more/friendlier police patrol; no drug houses, leashed animals
- Infrastructure & Infrastructure Maintenance (13%) – Improved sidewalks; improved streets (fewer potholes and better drainage); clean alleys and woods; more sidewalks; more plowing (snow)
- Phonesthetics (11%) – Quiet/ calm neighbor; sounds of children playing; no muffler man/ loud mufflers
- Aesthetics (8%) –Well-maintained grass/ laws; More gardens and flowers (like lilacs); Trash pickup
Photo Credit: Andrea Piacquadio
Harvester Neighborhood Adult
Dream Tally (more than 6 people)
Top Dreams by percent (6+)
Harvester’s
Dream Tally (more than 6 people)
Top Dreams by percent (6+)
Dream Tally (Top 5 Dreams– 10 people or more)
1) Recreation
2) Safety & Crime Reduction
3) Inf. & Inf. Maint.
More youth activities & play*
Water Play: pool, splashpads, hot tub, waterslide,
Roller Coasters
Boys and Girls Club
Grass for soccer
*playgrounds, afterschool events, firetruck, roller coaster, slide, petting zoo, hot air balloon, trampoline
Feeling safe
No shootings/ not worries about shootings/ less crime
Safe(r) for children (to play and ride bikes)
More police patrol
Animals Leashed
Nice police patrol (no harassment)
No Drug House
Safe
Improved Sidewalks
Clean property: yards, less litter, weeds, trimmed trees
Improved Streets/ fewer potholes
Better Drainage
Clean Alleys & Woods/ No dumping
Slower Traffic/ Less Racing
More Sidewalks
Plowed more often 4)
Phonesthetics
Aesthetics
Harvester’s Biggest Strengths
Our community’s top ranked assets include: Care/ Respect, Phonesthetics, Green Infrastructure, and a tie for Aesthetics, Family & Friends, Safety/ Crime Reduction, and Social Offerings.
- Care/Respect (35%): Good / nice neighbors who look out for one another and treat each other like family. Everyone is respectful; I love the people.
- Phonesthetics (23%): Quiet and calm. Peaceful super chill.
- Green & Public Infrastructure (13%): Living close to a park/ the park is nice and well-maintained; All the trees and vegetation.
- Aesthetics (4%): It’s looking better than before/ changing for the better; I love the environment.
- Family & Friends (4%): I have family and friends nearby
- Safety (4%): Its safe; I feel pretty safe
- Social Offerings & Infrastructure/ Recreation (4%):We’re working together; I love that the community is taking steps to come together; Churches; Give more
“It’sgreat now” Harvester Neighborhood Youth
Harvester’s Assets
Asset Tally (3 people or more/ top 6)
Top Assets by percent (3+)
Harvester’s Assets
Top 5 Strengths
Asset Tally (3 people or more/ top 6)
Asset Tally (Top 5 Assets- 4 people or more)
Respect
Neighbors:
Great friends & family
4) Social Offerings
3) Green Infrastructure
“Enforce neighborhood code for keeping our property in good clean order- remove all the trash in yards, etc.”
Harvester Neighborhood Adult
Harvester's Biggest Challenges
Our community’s top challenges include a need for more- or improved- Blight, Social Offerings, Aesthetics, Care/ Respect, and Infrastructure.
See the description below for additional details:
- Blight Remediation (16%) – Cleaner yards (less weeds, codes enforced, lawns mowed); Repair/ tear down run-down houses; Clean-up (empty lots, dog poop)
- Social Offerings (16%) – More things for kids to do (pool, splash pads, activities); Sense of community – we need more events to foster social connection and get to know others; Help with home repair; More church activities
- Aesthetics (13%) – Trash pickup (including tire pickup)’ Alley and street clean ups; Better behavior with trash (receptacles?); Mitigating dust from Palermo’s
- Care/Respect (11 %) – Better upkeep of yards/ properties; better behavior of kids; more friendliness; More parental supervision of kids; more positive attention from politicians; more friendliness
- Infrastructure & Infrastructure Maintenance (9%)- More & Improved sidewalks
Liabilities Tally (more than 5 people)
Top Concerns by percent (5+)
Liabilities Tally (more than 5 people)
Tear
More community & social connection (events)
More for kids to do (splashpad improvements)
Dog Park
Help with home maintenance & repair
More church involvement (Harvester)
Summary of Listening Tour Results
When tallied in aggregate, Harvester’s top 8 areas of focus include: Care & Respect, Phonesthetics, Recreation, Safety& Crime Reduction, Aesthetics, Social Offerings, Green Infrastructure, and Blight Remediation.
Top Dreams by percent (top 5)
1) Recreation- 19%
2) Safety & Crime Reduction- 15%
3) Infrastructure & Inf. Maintenance- 13%
4) Phonesthetics- 11%
5) Aesthetics- 8%
Overall Summary
Top Assets by percent (top 5)
1) Care/Respect – 31%
2) Phonesthetics – 20%
3) Green Infrastructure– 16%
4) Social Offerings- 6%
5) Aesthetics- 5%
Top Concerns by percent (top 4)
1) Blight - 16%
1) Social Offerings- 16%
2) Aesthetics- 13 %
3) Care/ Respect - 11%
4) Infrastructure & Inf. Maintenance- 9%
Residents of the Harvester Neighborhood enjoy a strong sense of community, characterized by close-knit, respectful relationships where neighbors treat each other like family. They appreciate the current peaceful atmosphere but seek improvements in areas such as enhancing children's behavior, increasing friendliness, and fostering greater parental supervision. They also desire more positive attention from politicians to further strengthen community bonds.
In terms of aesthetics and recreation, Harvester residents love their neighborhood’s tree-canopy and green-infrastructure, including their park. They envision a neighborhood with even more lush greenery (including well-maintained lawns, and more gardens) alongside improved trash pickup and cleaner streets. Harvester residents seek to address challenges related to blight including repairs to dilapidated houses as well as vacant lots in addition to improved lawn maintenance. (
When it comes to social offerings, residents express a desire to see enhanced recreational options, including water features, additional play equipment, and the establishment of a Boys & Girls Club or similar organization that can offer recreation and programing options for all members of their neighborhood, including youth, adults, and persons with disabilities. Safety is also a top priority, with residents seeking friendlier police interactions, elimination of drug houses, and control of unleashed animals to further secure their environment.
Summary of Listening Tour Results
When tallied in aggregate, Harvester’s top 8 areas of focus include: Care & Respect, Phonesthetics, Recreation, Safety& Crime Reduction, Aesthetics, Social Offerings, Green Infrastructure, and Blight Remediation.
Top Dreams by percent (top 5)
1) Recreation- 19%
2) Safety & Crime Reduction- 15%
3) Infrastructure & Inf. Maintenance- 13%
4) Phonesthetics- 11%
5) Aesthetics- 8%
Top Assets by percent (top 5)
1) Care/Respect – 31%
2) Phonesthetics – 20%
3) Green Infrastructure– 16%
4) Social Offerings- 6%
5) Aesthetics- 5%
Top Concerns by percent (top 4)
1) Blight - 16%
1) Social Offerings- 16%
2) Aesthetics- 13 %
3) Care/ Respect - 11%
4) Infrastructure & Inf. Maintenance- 9%
1) Care/ Respect- 12%- Positive aspects of the Harvester neighborhood include close-knit, respectful neighbors who treat each other like family. Improvement areas include enhancing kids' behavior, increasing friendliness, enhancing parental supervision, and receiving more positive attention from politicians.
2) Phonesthetics- 10% - Harvester neighborhood residents envision a community that is peaceful and calm, filled with sounds of children playing and friendly conversation – rather than loud mufflers or cars. Fortunately, for many neighborhood residents it seems that this dream has already become a reality- they describe the neighborhood as peaceful, quiet and even “super chill.”
3) Recreation- 10% - Harvester neighborhood residents desire increased recreation options, including water features in the park, additional children's activities (with an emphasis on soccer and outdoor play), more play equipment, and the presence of a Boys & Girls Club.
4) Safety/ Crime Reduction- 9% - While Harvester residents currently view safety as a neighborhood strength, and describe feeling relatively secure, they would like to see additional safety improvements. They desire friendlier police patrols and the elimination of drug houses and unleashed animals in order to reduce crime and create a safer environment for children.
5) Aesthetics- 8%- Many harvester residents report that they love the look and feel of their neighborhood and believe things are changing for the better. Ultimately, they envision a trash-free neighborhood with ample greenery, well-kept laws, and more gardens and flowers (like lilacs) They see room for improvement in trash pickup, alley/street cleanliness, responsible trash behavior, and dust mitigation from Palermo’s.
6) Social Offerings- 7% - The Harvester neighborhood prides itself on community collaboration and social hubs like churches. One neighbor stated, “I love that the community is taking steps to come together.” Residents express a desire to build more relationships – and requested more opportunities to foster social connection for adults and youth alike– and for neighbors to be able to have fun with and help one another (through after school programs, church activities, home repair projects, etc.)
7) Green Infrastructure- 7% - Harvester residents appreciate their green and public infrastructure- particularly the proximity and upkeep of their nearby park, and the presence of trees and vegetation in their neighborhood.
8) Blight Remediation- 6% - In Harvester neighborhoods, challenges include maintaining cleaner yards, addressing run-down houses through repairs or demolitions, and cleaning up empty lots and dog waste