1.
Neighborhood: OLD ERIE CANAL
2.
Date of Meeting: May 15, 2000
3.
Number of Participants: 7 present
4.
Facilitator: Phillip S Field, United Way staff
5.
Boundaries of Neighborhood: Walnut, Denby, Lincoln, 10th
Street
6.
Neighbor Description of Neighborhood:
New homes; *elimination of some old homes;
*improved alleys; *new businesses *good neighbors; *new sidewalks; *friendly
people; *better lighting; *new park; *history; *new mall; *new funeral home.
7.
Descriptions of “Ideal Livable Neighborhood”:
Fence
at Walnut & Linwood removed; *new houses in place of abandoned houses;
*cleaner streets; better storm sewers (10th & Cherry; Garvin
& Walnut); *individuals cut grass or city pays resident.
|
GOAL |
’96
PRIORITY |
2000 PRIORITY |
RESPONSIBILITY |
|
PRESERVATION
OF NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER
(6) |
Third |
First |
Old Erie Canal: Encourage the city to have better building codes; *attend
Housing Court; *give encouragement to neighbors. Bus./Inst.: Keep business clean;
*have more church involvement: *have window stickers for businesses that are
members; *have religious training van. City/Government: Be active in Housing
Court – enforce codes; *take care of sewers; *take care of nuisance problems;
*more street sweeping. |
|
BETTER
STORM SEWERS (6) |
was
not an option |
Second |
Old Erie Canal: Keep sewer inlet clean to
prevent flooding. City/Government: Clean side streets more
often; do sewer replacement study |
|
ELIMINATION
OF NUISANCE (5) |
First |
Third
|
Old Erie Canal: Clean up litter; *block
captains; *report whatever nuisance; *give recognition to those who keep area
clean; *find out who owns property; *send newsletter to businesses. Bus./Inst.: Belong to the association. City/Government: Better code
enforcement. |
OTHER GOALS:
Ø
Sensitive
& effective traffic planning (3): 7th goal in 1996;
Ø
Increased
recognition for neighborhoods (1) 6th goal in 1996;
Ø
Improved
parks & recreation facilities (1) 4th goal in 1996;
Ø
Improve
public safety (1) 2nd goal in 1996;
Ø
Improvement
of public space (0) 5th goal in 1996.