Livable Neighborhood Summary
1. Neighborhood: GOOSETOWN
2. Date of Meeting: May 30, 2000
3. Number of Participants: 10 present
4. Facilitator: Phillip S Field, United Way
staff
5. Boundaries of Neighborhood: Madison,Garvin, Washington, 8th Street,
Parrett, Mulberry
6. Neighbor Description of Neighborhood
Permanent residents; *older homes; *Patchwork
Central; * the fountain; *Culver School; *police station; *Jefferson Park;
*Habitat houses; *mixture of homes and businesses; *grocery store on Garvin
& Madison; *alleys.
7. Descriptions of “Ideal Livable Neighborhood”:
Dilapidated houses gone; *lawns kept; *gutters clean; *junk cars gone; *new sidewalks and flooding solved at Madison and Judson; *houses restored; *drug free; *better landlords & property management; *getting rid of noise; *neighbors communicating.
|
GOAL |
’96
PRIORITY |
2000 PRIORITY |
RESPONSIBILITY |
|
RESERVATION
OF NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER
AND HISTORY (13) |
First
(tie) |
First |
Goosetown: broad talking bad about the neighborhood; *communication;
*promote home ownership; *positive news media; *try to get Habitat to rehab
instead of building new; *explore other cities’ work. Bus./Inst.: Promote the festival;
*Patchwork City/Government:
Blanket down-zoning;
*enforcement of codes; *clean sewers; *survey the sewers; *respond to
complaints; *have city employees to enforce code violations they see; *repair
the sidewalks; *sewer inlet at Judson & Madison; *Washington &
Governor. Other Resources: Historic Preservation to
promote Washington Avenue. |
|
PROMOTE
BETTER PROPERTY MANAGEMENT (9) |
was
not an option |
Second |
Goosetown: *hold workshops; *obtain
list of landlords; *invite landlords to meetings; *compile package for
landlords; *contact Apartment Association of Indiana. Bus./Inst.: *get churches and
businesses involved. City/Government: *Require training for
landlords when they break codes and are fined. |
|
ELIMINATION
OF NUISANCE (5) |
First
(tie) |
Third
(tie) |
Goosetown: Report problems; *have
good communication. Bus./Inst.: Eliminate some pay
phones.. City/Government: More creative
enforcement; *be stricter on repeat offenders. *mandatory AIDS testing
for prostitutes. |
|
IMPROVE
PUBLIC SAFETY (5) |
Fourth
(tie) |
Third
(tie) |
Goosetown: *Watch out for your neighbor; *block
captains; *promote home ownership; *work
to curb domestic violence. City/Gov.: Respond to 911 calls;
*provide space for police; *have police walk the neighborhood; *build trust
between residents & police. |
OTHER GOALS:
Ø
Have
City employees to report any nuisance or infraction (4) not a goal in 1996;
Ø
Improvement
of Public Space (2) 3rd-tie- in 1996;
Ø
Increased
access to basic services (1) 3rd-tie- in 1996;
Ø
Increased
recognition for neighborhoods (1) received no votes in 1996;
Ø
Improvement
of parks and recreation facilities (0) received no votes in 1996;
Ø
Sensitive
and effective traffic planning (0) received no votes in 1996.