COMMUNITY EVENT #4 February 24, 2022
WELCOME
agenda Welcome Project Status Update With Your Guidance Planning Initiatives Small Group Discussion Wrap Up and Next Steps
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
Note: To minimize background noise during the meeting, we ask all participants to stay muted until we enter the virtual breakout rooms.
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Everyone but the speakers will be muted for the first part of the conversation
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Please use the chat feature to share comments and ask questions – we will do our best to address questions during the conversation
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We will be recording this event so that others can view over the next few days
What is your superpower?
Project STATUS UPDATE
Project goals
WeAreBuckeye.com
The Buckeye Neighborhood Youth Engagement workshop asks:
How might we design a better community? The workshop produces a physical prototype, then concludes in a shared collaborative experience where students reflect and present their design solutions.
Sunbeam 12
student attendees
Top three things the students loved about their community:
The houses, the people, and the parks
Top three problems students recognized about their community:
Crime, littering, & dog fencing
Harvey Rice
Top three things the students loved about their community:
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student attendees
The people, the community feel, & restaurants
Top three problems students recognized about their community:
Safety, bullying, & world hunger
Intergenerational School 15
student attendees
Top three things the students loved about their community:
The people, the Boys & Girls Club, & the community feel
Top three problems students recognized about their community:
Safety, littering, & abandoned houses
SURVEY RESULTS: Survey participants
74% Live in buckeye
Black White
My neighborhood is called…
44% 42%
Multiple Ethnicity
11%
Buckeye Buckeye/Shaker Larchmere
Woodland Hills Buckeye-Woodhill CHALK
Shaker Square
about my neighborhood I wish this was different
I Love People
Potential
Personal Safety
Better Amenities
Proximity
Places
More Development / Investment
Road Conditions / Traffic Safety
Visual Attractiveness
More Youth Opportunities
More Community Involvement
Enhanced Parks / Public Spaces
Public Transportation / Mobility
COMMUNITY EVENTS Kickoff Event – October 13, 2021
Event #2 – November 30, 2021
Event #3 – January 20, 2021
WITH YOUR GUIDANCE
PLANNING INITIATIVES
IDENTITY
HOUSING CHOICE HEALTHY CONNECTIONS
ECONOMIC STRENGTH
AREAS OF FOCUS Neighborhood Clean-Up
Branding & Wayfinding Neighborhood Unity Bold Placemaking
IDENTITY
Recommended actions Neighborhood clean-up • • •
BBC led community clean up events Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District’s Litter Clean-Up Supplies program Build unity through ‘Beautiful block’
Branding & wayfinding • • • •
Adoption of a Buckeye neighborhood brand identity Utilize the recommendations set forth in Elevate the East Building off the ‘Providence House effect’ Neighborhood community marketing campaign
Unity • • • •
Leveraging the local grassroots leaders to bring people together strengthen collaboration between Ward 6 and Ward 4 targeted outreach in Ward 4 Improving neighborhood perceptions
AREAS OF FOCUS
HOUSING CHOICE
Preservation & Acquisition Tenant & Neighborhood Protection Lead Free Buckeye Maintain Affordability Providing Housing Options
#WOODHILLUPNEXT
Mayor’s Transformation Initiative
Recommended actions Preservation & acquisition • • • •
limit out-of-town investor ownership Creation of a loan pool program that allows for low interest home loans Local labor helping to build local wealth. Community Land Trust
Maintaining affordability
• Leveraging the Woodhill Homes Choice redevelopment • Community Benefits Agreement • Lease purchase program managed by BBC or other entity
Providing housing options •
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multiple housing types to attract and maintain a variety of users • Townhouse • Single family • Duplex • Mixed-use • other Blending rental, homeownership, lease to own, condominiums, and others
AREAS OF FOCUS Improved Transit Waiting Environments
HEALTHY CONNECTIONS
Expansion Of Urban Farming New & Creative Outdoor Spaces to Gather Healthy Connections Equitable Internet Access Increased Transportation Options Improved Tree Canopy Recreation Center
Steps to Equity
Mayor’s Neighborhood Transformation Initiative
Recommended actions Improved transit waiting environments
• better protect users from the elements, and enhance technology • strategic placement of bus shelters along Buckeye Road corridor • placemaking features and public art
New & creative outdoor spaces to gather • • • •
Leverage contiguous Land Bank lots for public gathering spaces New active spaces: Dog & Skate Park Return long vacant land to its natural state Animal sanctuary [high youth demand!]
Equitable internet access •
Extension of empowerCLe network
Increased transportation options
• Using the Buckeye Road refresh as a guide for roadway enhancement • Create spaces for shared scooter docking and utilization • Traffic calming measures along neighborhood streets
Recreation center
• Explore the feasibility of adding a recreation center • Multi-use space with technology integration
Economic STRENGTH
AREAS OF FOCUS Business/Community Directory Small Business Startups/Incubators Job Training & Support Healthcare Opportunities Re-Use & Restoration Increased Variety Of Business Offerings Kitchen Incubator
Mayor’s Neighborhood Transformation Initiative
Recommended actions Small business startups/incubators • • • • •
Promotion of business startups on Buckeye Road Establish Co-op program – ‘Cleveland owns’ Small business supports Collaboration and coordination with large land holders on buckeye Utilize vacant spaces for pop-up shops
Job training & support • Youth training programs connected to STEAM and construction trades • internship/shadowing opportunities for small business development and startups • Union led training programs within vacant spaces • Financial literacy training
Kitchen incubator • • • •
New food hub in vacant space along buckeye Pursue Cleveland Central Kitchen incubator expansion Support ghost kitchen space Connecting with Edwins training program model
Re-use & restoration • •
Vacant lot & structure re-use Moreland Theater!
Moreland theater
Small group conversation What should neighborhood leadership focus on first? What is missing from these recommendations? This plan will be a failure if
This plan will be a success if
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IN CLOSING… How will you use your superpower to support this plan’s implementation? Put contact information in the chat to stay connected, offer support, or follow up with the Buckeye Neighborhood Plan team!
Next steps Staying connected Plan adoption by planning commission On-going bbc collaboration
Guiding design principles 1. Create opportunities where Buckeye residents can contribute to the growth of the local economy. 2. Improve the quality of life in Buckeye through increased lighting, traffic calming measures, neighborhood beautification, and increased opportunity/access to jobs. 3. Establish a united neighborhood identity they manifests in the landscape. 4. Become the leading neighborhood in Cleveland for anti-gentrification strategies/policies. 5. Keep housing options in Buckeye affordable. 6. Create neighborhood stability through reactivation of vacant buildings/land, and increased accountability among property owners. 7. Establish design standards for commercial corridors and neighborhood streets that protects the quality of the community.