WESTERN HEIGHTS TRANSFORMATION PLAN
NEIGHBORHOOD IMPLEMENTATION MATRIX GOAL
STRATEGIES
OUTCOMES
Ensure the neighborhood is safe for all
• Provide Western Heights residents with the skills and support to feel safe in their neighborhood
• Residents feel they are partners in establishing and maintaining a sense of safety in the neighborhood
• Design the physical environment to be safe and comfortable for all residents • Ensure residents can safely enjoy outdoor spaces and can walk, bicycle, and cross streets safely
Increase transportation choices for neighborhood residents
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• Partner to increase the transportation options for adults and older youth • Increase options for children to get to school
• Programs and physical environment reduce measurable crime and unsafe conditions
• Residents have transportation to access a full range of quality education, employment, and quality-of-life choices
• Improve walking and biking routes around the neighborhood and to destinations
| Create quality green space, parks, and recreation amenities in Western Heights
• Build beautiful parks with places for children to play and adults to gather, with connected walking paths
• Western Heights residents have beautiful, safe, and well-used parks and green space that serve all ages and abilities
• Actively program parks and green spaces to provide residents with rich, safe experiences
• The parks in Western Heights are unique in the City of Knoxville, offering special amenities that residents can enjoy and feel proud of and that drive economic development by attracting visitors to support local businesses
Strengthen arts, entrepreneurship, engagement, and opportunities to anchor the neighborhood
• Create an arts and entrepreneurship anchor that fosters creative experiences and skills among residents and attracts creative people from outside the neighborhood
• Western Heights residents can express themselves through art, dance, food, and culture and are given opportunities for new experiences and growth.
• Engage residents in civic and community life and connect them to resources
• Western Heights residents have reliable internet connections and can access devices for educational, jobs, health needs, and family entertainment.
• Secure access to technology needed to connect to community resources, benefits, and education and job opportunities • Support existing businesses in the neighborhood Ensure new and renovated housing in Western Heights feel like one community
• Renovate the 1939 residential buildings to ensure they fit into the neighborhood with the new mixed-income housing • Support KCDC Western Heights families living in the 244 renovated units with high-quality case management and supportive services so individuals and families can thrive • Develop vacant lots in Western Heights as affordable, infill homeownership opportunities
Implementation / Neighborhood Implementation Matrix
• Residents in the 1939 KCDC Western Heights housing feel they are part of the mixed-income community with comparable amenities and supportive services. • Vacant land in the neighborhood is developed with infill housing that provides home ownership opportunities for current and future Western Heights residents.
