Neighborhood Assets & Residents Diversity - Promote Sherman Park's advantage & unique opportunities
- Improve communication among residents, businesses, & government officials
- Address neighborhood services delivery as a quality of life issue
- Provide opportunities for cultural education & awareness among residents
Housing - Expand home ownership throughout the neighborhood
- Reduce rental property difficulties
- Maintain the appearance, historic character, & structural integrity of neighborhood housing, maintain the variety of quality neighborhood housing opportunities
- Develop a network of housing assistance providers, realtors, and lending institutions
Health Care & Human Services - Develop free and/or sliding scale clinics & health education programs for all ages
- Secure available services which protect the health of neighborhood residents, increase resident awareness of available human services agencies operating in the area
- Monitor neighborhood-based facilities for group health care, group homes, & day care for children & the elderly
Land Use - Do infill development within commercial districts
- Eliminate residential uses in the industrial corridor
- Maintain other existing residential and institutional uses
- Indentify concerns & priorities; communicate them to city development officials
Urban Design - Development appropriate relationships between co-existing commercial and residential uses
- Create identifiable neighborhood entrances
- Improve spatial relationships between industrial properties and surrounding land uses
- Maximize the potential of major street intersections
- Develop connections between public, institutional, and commercial building with public spaces & the public way
- Preserve architectural & physical order
- Promote responsible development, secure city adoption of design/redevelopment plans
- Preserve & enhance district quality of all historic properties
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Neighborhood Economy - Improve commercial strips, increase the integrity commercial districts
- Increase neighborhood employment opportunities & family-supporting jobs
- Meet the needs of the neighborhood consumer market
- Maintain a neighborhood Business Directory
Public Health & Safety - Development effective crime reduction programs
- Expand positive youth development activities
- Increase positive relationships between he Police Department & the community
Education - Support the development of community schools
- Organize an Education Task Force of teachers, parents, students, & community leaders addressing neighborhood education issues
- Expand the availability of school facilities for community activities
- Develop Safe School initiatives
- Develop community education programs
Cultural Activities & Public Art - Carry out special events that promote the unique qualities of the neighborhood
- Include public art in neighborhood revitalization strategies
- Develop outlets for creative expression
Circulation - Maintain the physical condition of sidewalks & roadways
- Maintain or increase public transportation & its accessibility
- Create safe areas & routes for bicycles & other recreational ( non-motored) transportation
- Carry out pedestrian safety & traffic-calming measures
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