Community Visioning Meeting - Area F
Downtown / Vine / WMU

 

Top Three Visions
  1. A developed and accessible river system.
  2. We have attracted good jobs.
  3. Regional recognition and support for Kalamazoo's role in providing regional amenities.

 

Visions
Rank Visions
1. We have attracted good jobs.
2. A connected pedestrian system of trailways/greenways throughout the city.
3. We can spend our money in our own neighborhood. / Self-sustaining neighborhoods.
4. Regional recognition of Kalamazoo's role.
5. An increase in owner-occupied housing. / An increase in single-family residences.
Others:
  • Pedestrian-friendly downtown.
  • People took action.
  • Regional public transportation.
  • City income tax.
  • No more yellow school buses (kids walk to school).
  • A truly integrated community.
  • A community center for the entire community.
  • A fair, sustainable revenue stream for Kalamazoo.
  • A higher percentage of land on the tax rolls.
  • A city income tax.
  • Unigov.
  • East campus of WMU regained its importance.
  • A Downtown Neighborhood Association.
  • Tap regional resources to support Kalamazoo's regional amenities.
  • Strengthen families producing better educated young people.
  • "Mall Manor"; a senior residence center with child care facilities downtown.
  • A Gibson museum and school of folk music.
  • No need for conflict resolution.
  • A developed river system that is accessible.
  • No superfund sites.

 

Prouds
Rank Prouds
1. Great place to raise a family.
2. Arts.
3. Education (higher).
Others:
  • Mall (pedestrian scale).
  • River Revitalization.
  • Volunteers.
  • Friendliness.
  • Community honesty and spirit.
  • Health care.
  • The name Kalamazoo.
  • Arcadia Development.
  • Cooperation among school districts.

 

Sorries
Rank Sorries
1. Decreasing home ownership.
2. Can't walk to school.
3. The amount of homeless.
Others:
  • East campus (WMU).
  • Violence towards children.
  • We still have "another side of the tracks".
  • Sprawl.
  • River pollution; three superfund sites and junkyards.
  • Loss of traditional business, e.g., Gibson, Checker automobiles.
  • Vacant churches.
  • Boundaries; Portage and Kalamazoo.
  • Loss of development near the river.
  • Loss of physical contact with the river.
  • Lack of shopping opportunities.

 

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