LINDEN COMMUNITY PLAN
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square miles
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1,012sf
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median home size
1942
2.44
median home built
of Cleveland Ave.
18,000
32,543
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people in 1960
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DATA SNAPSHOT INCOME
EDUCATION
HOUSING
HEALTH
DATA SNAPSHOT MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME
INCOME
LINDEN $23,934 COLUMBUS $47,156
FAMILY POVERTY
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
LINDEN 41.6%
LINDEN 12.1%
COLUMBUS 16.3%
COLUMBUS 4.82%
DATA SNAPSHOT 4-YEAR DEGREE
LINDEN 8.5% COLUMBUS 34.8%
*CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM: Absent consecutive 30 hours or more in one school month with or without excuse. Or 65 hours in one school year.
EDUCATION
LESS THAN HIGH SCHOOL
LINDEN-MCKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL
LINDEN 25%
55% 4-YEAR GRADUATION
COLUMBUS 11.2%
72% CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM*
DATA SNAPSHOT OWNER-OCCUPIED
LINDEN 36% COLUMBUS 45%
RENTER-OCCUPIED
LINDEN 64%
COLUMBUS 55%
EVICTION RATE
LINDEN 15.6%
FRANKLIN CO. 8.68%*
VACANT HOUSING
HOUSING *MEDIAN, 2002—2014 FOR 41 ZIP CODES
LINDEN 1,926 / 22% COLUMBUS 42,803 / 11.2%
DATA SNAPSHOT LIFE EXPECTANCY
LINDEN 65.2 YEARS FRANKLIN COUNTY 77.7 YEARS
SMOKING
LINDEN 46%
COLUMBUS 21% ASTHMA
LINDEN 34%
COLUMBUS 10%
UNINSURED
LINDEN 16.3% FRANKLIN COUNTY 11.3%
HEALTH
MARKET ANALYSIS HOUSING HOUSING MARKET DEMAND STUDY PURPOSE • Determine market potential for new and existing housing units. • Determine target households and appropriate mix of unit types. • Determine optimum market position for new residential units.
90 housing units per year for the next five years.
MARKET ANALYSIS RETAIL RETAIL LOCATION RECOMMENDATIONS
NODE 1 Interchange mixed-use • Long-term opportunity NODE 2 Local retail • Local Businesses and Restaurants • Authentic, local foods NODE 3 Neighborhood Services • Grocery-anchored retail services
MARKET ANALYSIS RETAIL NODE 1: MIXED-USE • Long-term redevelopment opporutunity
MARKET ANALYSIS RETAIL NODE 2: LOCAL RETAIL • Authentic and unique restaurants • 10-20,000 sq. ft. retail over 10 yrs. • Small, unique shops • Existing buildings need • 50-70 affordable apartments investment, parking needs, new • 10-20 single-family homes structures
MARKET ANALYSIS RETAIL NODE 3: NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES • Grocery-anchored shops • 50-70 senior affordable • 15-25,000 sq. ft. grocer apartments • 15-25,000 sq. ft. shops, services • Need to attract grocery store added over 5 to 10 years
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LINDEN COMMUNITY WORKSHOP
Local Postal Customer Columbus, Ohio 43211
The City of Columbus is planning for Linden’s future! Get involved and offer your vision for the neighborhood.
Bringing neighbors together to plan for the future of Linden.
RETAIL & SMALL BUSINESS
TRANSPORTATION
HEALTH & SAFETY
HOUSING
EDUCATION & WORKFORCE
December 7 and 9
Mayor Ginther announces Linden Community Plan at State of the City address.
Public meetings to announce the community planning effort and solicit feedback. 2017
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WORKING GROUPS JAN
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Residents and stakeholders attend working group orientation and hold first meetings.
O U T R E AC H
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Year-end workshop, presenting findings from working groups and sharing initial planning concepts.
WORKING GROUPS
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DOCUMENT PRODUCTION MAY
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2018
Milestone
Public event
OPEN HOUSE & WORKSHOP THURSDAY, DEC. 7
PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS • COTA • Department of Public Service • St. Stephen’s • CelebrateOne • Department of Public Health / C.A.R.E. Coalition • Smart Columbus • Columbus Division of Planning • Columbus Recreation & Parks • Blueprint Columbus • Columbus Division of Safety • Land Bank • YMCA • Habitat for Humanity • UMADAOP • Columbus City Schools • Columbus Metropolitan Library • Department of Neighborhoods • Economic Development Division • Division of Public Safety
SATURDAY, DEC. 9
5-8 PM
8:30 AM-1:30 PM
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KEY THEMES FROM FALL 2017 WORKING GROUPS
TRANSPORTATION • • • •
Walkability & safety Internal connections Speeding Connectivity
RETAIL & SMALL BUSINESS • Physical conditions for success • Financial opportunity & capacity building • Create distinct identity
EDUCATION & WORKFORCE • Community pride & high expectations • Support youth mentorship • Modernize progamming & curriculum
HOUSING • • • •
High quality housing Support homeownership Address blight Affordability & inclusion
HEALTH & SAFETY • • • •
Build trust with police Safer built environment for activity Support positive choices Improve access to healthcare & food
WORKING GROUP THEMES TOP VOTE GETTERS AT DECEMBER 9 EVENT TRANSPORTATION
Repair sidewalks, add connections to improve walkability and safety
RETAIL & SMALL BUSINESS Financial opportunity and capacity
EDUCATION & WORKFORCE
Provide opportunities for skills training for living wage jobs (ex. apprenticeship, on-the-job training)
HOUSING
No pushout - prevent gentrification! Keep residents in the neighborhood, prevent rent/property tax inflation, help transition from subsidized housing
HEALTH & SAFETY
Improve police and community relations through block parties, consistency/familiarity of officers, offices in the communities, and coordination with block watch 16
TEN IDEAS TO TRANSFORM LINDEN
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FOR LINDEN’S FUTURE
ADDRESS EARLY CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES Encourage stability in young lives, improve access to traumainformed services, and cultivate diverse experiences to foster well-rounded individual development. REDUCE CRIME & IMPROVE PERCEPTION Higher than average crime rates—and perception that outweighs reality—deters investment and erodes pride. Improving safety is vital to transforming Linden. SUPPORT RESIDENT HEALTH A significant investment in resident health will help transform Linden. A holistic approach will consider physical, emotional, financial, and other aspects of health. CONNECT THE COMMUNITY More strongly incorporate Linden into the fabric of the city, improve access to the area, and ease physical and psychological barriers to help transform Linden. REIMAGINE CLEVELAND AVENUE The spine of Linden defines the neighborhood—setting the character for the entire neighborhood. Reimagining Cleveland Avenue is a major step to transform Linden.
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FOR LINDEN’S FUTURE
SUPPORT ENTREPRENEURS & BUSINESS Encourage the establishment of businesses in Linden by residents and others and create viable pathways to entrepreneurship. STABILIZE & EXPAND HOUSING OPTIONS Allow long-time residents to remain, improve condition of deteriorating housing, create housing for multiple-income levels, and improve tenant-landlord relations. IMPROVE ACADEMIC OUTCOMES Reduce impact of external factors, reduce teacher/administrator turnover, increase mentorship opportunities, consider incentives for school performance, address chronic absences. CONNECT RESIDENTS TO EMPLOYMENT Prepare residents for permanent employment through skills training, improving the school to career track, and creating transportation solutions to job centers. BUILD COMMUNITY INVESTMENT Partners and stakeholders should create a favorable environment for market investment through physical and built interventions as well as policy/program changes.
Address early childhood experienceS
Address early childhood experience Ensure schools can address traumatic issues faced by students and families.
Potential Program
Universal Pre-Kindergarten • Allow all children to attend highquality early childhood education. • Sets a critical foundation for future student success
Address housing instability and school mobility by preventing and reducing evictions and foreclosures.
• Provides stability and early socialization for children • Neighborhood-based programs would allow for increased social interaction • Form meaningful relationships at a young age.
Provide high-quality early childhood education, connect schools with social services, and encourage neighborhood school attendance to foster community.
reduce crime & improve perception
reduce crime & improve perception Improve community relationships with police and target structures with repeat code violations and police calls.
Current Program
New Safety Strategy • New strategy announced November 2017
Reduce vacant properties, dedicate code enforcement, and improve lighting/visibility.
• Improve community-police relationship • Expand existing bike and foot patrols • Address trauma of violent crime • Detectives to pursue unsolved crimes • Over $500,000 to fight opiate addiction
Deter crime through job opportunities, training, and universal high quality early childhood education.
Offer safe and walkable parking options and consider public art to create sense of place and support community pride and identity.
• Neighborhood Safety Committees • Community Safety Advisory Committee
SUPPORT RESIDENT HEALTH
SUpport resident health Create an environment in which positive choices for physical, emotional, financial, and all types of health are the easier and more accessible options.
Support housing stability and improve interior and exterior housing quality.
Potential Program Healthy Options
• Aggressive lead inspections and abatement • Indoor environmental inspections to tackle Linden’s high rate of asthma • Address high rates of smoking and diabetes • Food access and nutrition education
Encourage walking and biking through programs and improvements in sidewalks and street design.
Attract grocery store and work to offer seasonal market for access to local produce.
Below: All People’s Fresh Market transformed a former drive thru to provide free produce and perishables to the South Side. The market doubled its delivery of fruits and vegetables.
CONNECT THE COMMUNITY
Connect the community Reduce physical isolation by improving access and connections via transit, cycling, and walking.
Leverage and build on access to educational institutions and support Safe Routes to School.
Draw shoppers to businesses and build on CMAX investment.
Improve pedestrian routes and sidewalk network and build social fabric among residents.
Potential Project
Target Corridor Streets • Address physical barriers created by I-71 and former railway • Access into and out of Linden is limited to key through streets, providing first and last impressions • Structures and infrastructure along these roads should be improved. • Targeting major streets means making them safe for all road users. • Investments in housing/retail may also be concentrated on these streets.
Connect the community VISIONING PHYSICAL HUDSON STREET
Connect the community 17TH AVENUE UNDERPASS TREATMENT
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REIMAGINE CLEVELAND AVENUE
REIMAGINE CLEVELAND AVENUE
Encourage higher-density housing with mixed-uses (i.e. housing, shopping, offices) at specific locations
Potential Project Road Diet
• Make the road an inviting place for shopping and walking • Feel safe for all road users —including children and adults walking, using wheelchairs CMAX BUS STOP
• Currently, design is catered to cars CLEVELAND AVENU E
Make Cleveland Avenue comfortable for all users, address dangerous road conditions, and improve the appearance of the roadway.
GENESSEE AVE
• Cars drive aggressively and speed GENESSEE AVE
• Reduce through travel lanes at two locations to increase parking and slow traffic speeds CMAX BUS STOP
Foster retail by creating unique places, increasing pop-up gatherings and parking availability, and developing a cohesive marketing strategy.
PARALLEL PARKING
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Improve pedestrian safety and encourage walking.
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support entrepreneurs & DEVELOP BUSINESS
support entrepreneurs & DEVELOP BUSINESS Support a culture of business creation with school coursework, mentorship, financial classes, and physical space for business incubation and co-working.
Potential Project
Business Incubator • Offer business plan mentorship • Financial planning services • Branding and marketing assistance
Offer incentivized savings accounts through financial institutions (i.e. Individual Development Account) with matching funds to be used for business capital and start-up funds.
• Co-working space with office supplies and shared conferencing • Foster creativity and personal and create opportunities for people to connect Below: This business incubator in Omaha, Nebraska will provide discounted space for small and minority businesses, and a nonprofit that provides consulting services to small businesses will be located in the building and conduct free evening training sessions.
Increase financing and capital fund options for potential businesses and attract new retailers to the neighborhood, while supporting existing businesses.
Stabilize & expand housing options
Stabilize & expand housing options Create landlord/tenant education program with incentives and support tenant advocacy, eviction assistance, and emergency rent options.
Stabilize property taxes for at-risk populations, support increased home quality and homeownership, support rent stabilization and consider options to retain permanent affordability in Linden.
Potential Program
Tenant-Landlord Education • Frequent moving can hurt neighborhoods • Evictions create instability in the lives of children • Package of tenant/landlord programs could improve tenantlandlord relationship • Risk mitigation fund for landlords • Offer free legal counsel to tenants facing eviction
improve academic outcomes
improve academic outcomes Connect schools and social services, increase mentorship at all schools, and improve access to trauma services and counseling for students.
Address housing instability and school mobility by preventing and reducing evictions and foreclosures.
Encourage neighborhood school attendance to foster community, incentivize parent/student involvement and performance, and reduce teacher/ administrator turnover rate.
Current Program
Hamilton STEM Pilot • Partnership with The Ohio State University College of Social Work, United Way of Central Ohio, and Columbus City Schools. • Better connect students with social service organizations, healthcare, and counseling services. • 3-5 year pilot will explore both academic and non-academic barriers impeding overall school success.
connect residents to employment`
connect residents to employment Connect residents to employment centers and consider other new transportation options as well as walking and biking.
Potential Program
Job Skills Training • Linden’s unemployment rate is more than double that of Columbus
Establish recruitment from schools to skilled trades, offer job training for restored citizens (ex-offenders), and focus on training for living wage employment.
• Address employment barriers — soft or hard skills development — transportation challenges — childcare obstacles, etc. • Make candidates more competitive for living wage*, full-time employment opportunities in industries like logistics, healthcare, and skilled trades
Incentivize and prioritize local hiring (i.e. tax incentives for businesses that hire Linden residents).
*In Franklin County, a “living wage” is $10.77 for one adult, and $23.08 for one adult and one child.
BUILD community investment
BUILD community investment Improve Cleveland Avenue infrastructure to create desirable streetscape and establish nearby and safe off-street parking at key areas.
Focus housing quality improvements on corridor streets and around public assets while constructing new higher-density housing for a variety of income levels.
Consider incentives to develop movein ready retail spaces, subsidies for new entrepreneurs, improving public infrastructure and targeting mixed-use development at specific locations.
Potential Project
Key Development Areas • Concentrate infrastructure investment around key points along Cleveland Avenue • This will help incentivize development • Also intensify impact of community reinvestment.
Below: One of the areas recommended for increased development is the intersection of Myrtle and Cleveland Avenues, near the historic business district.
BUILD community investment CLEVELAND AVE.
LINK THE PARK WITH CLEVELAND AVE. RESIDENTIAL RE
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