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Community Engagement
<br /> Overview Virtual Workshop Exercise:Map My Neighborhood Residents responded that they traveled within and around
<br /> the plan area using multiple methods.
<br /> Due to the impacts of COVID-19 across the United States, In place of public meetings,the City developed an online What we asked
<br /> the City of South Bend was unable to host public meetings interactive survey that mimicked the methods of collecting 1. Where do you go in and around the Miami Hills Area? Most trips are completed by car.Walking and biking trip are
<br /> for the purpose of gathering input from neighbors in the feedback at public meetings by having participants list, generally reserved for recreational purposes.
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<br /> Miami Hills Neighborhood.Instead,a virtual engagement locate,and prioritize responses.In the form of interactive Miami Hills Area on a weekly basis.Where are those
<br /> process was developed to capture feedback by targeting maps,responses could assigned to a specific location and Preferred routes of travel included Fellows St.,Ireland Rd.,
<br /> residents,property owners,and other area stakeholders. were visible to all.Postcards were mailed to all residents, places that you and others enjoy going? List as many Miami St.,Southmore Mutual Housing streets,and Walter St.
<br /> property owners and stakeholders of the Miami Hills as you can think of.
<br /> Stakeholder Conversations Neighborhood announcing the process and sharing a link to What we heard 1
<br /> In addition to being invited to participate in a survey,the the project webpage where they could access the survey.In •- • .m, .
<br /> City held informal virtual meetings with key stakeholders addition,paper copies were available to those that wanted '1enjoy walking my dog through Southmore and along •
<br /> and institutions to discuss the planning process and share one.A follow-up postcard was sent to remind recipients of .Fellows.../enjoy walking the hilts of Chippewa,Woldha •
<br /> their history,current operations,and future plans. •
<br /> the survey and the official close of the survey period. and that neighborhood'
<br /> , ?he skateboard park and O'Brien park are lovely places
<br /> Key themes/points shared with the City include: ■am a residentor In, families."• The operations and conditions at the Miami HillsrApartments has hada negative Influence on the Myfriend(s)and l walk from our apartments in 5outhmo • -neighborhood through real and perceived issues.
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<br /> • The neighborhood is stable and its housing is of good but am not a resident ample or responses • •
<br /> value.It has potential for future growth in value given
<br /> its proximity to key retail destinations and other popular ■i attend anassonahon The most frequent travel purpose was retail/commercial -,[
<br /> ocations. located in Me area (shopping)with the vast majority in the Ireland Rd.corridor,
<br /> followed by recreational travel within the neighborhood, •
<br /> • While residents see the area as walkable for recreational Omer
<br /> MI and travel to other residences inside and outside the . -j
<br /> trips,a lack of safe,convenient connections to adjacent neighborhood.
<br /> destinations make practical non-car trips less desirable. ! V
<br /> Breakdown of respondents to the survey basedPlo n on association to the area
<br /> • The Miami Hills Neighborhood has limited access What we asked f i `�y
<br /> to existing park space with a large portion of the 2. HowThidonk youabougettyour around?ans " �i ./..!. 1 t b • e
<br /> neighborhood more than a 10-minute walk to a park per Miami Hills Small Arep --,, • '_
<br /> The Trust for Public Land Park Serve. Survey&Public Input wer above about your favorite4.
<br /> places in the Miami Hills Area.Now think about y
<br /> • Long time institutions and new stakeholders are forging •
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<br /> partnerships to aid neighborhood families,bringing an ....,mow•+...„„. ,•„ Map results of where residents go in and around the Miami Hills
<br /> ongoing opportunity for quality of life improvements for `•`^,=•-^` of the typical routes that you take?What type of Neighborhood and how they travel to these places
<br /> ...r~......•• transportation do you use(walk,bike,car,etc.)?
<br /> residents. ,•._..,
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<br /> ,,, """"r'• 1]only drive because the sidewalk[s)are not wide
<br /> ? . :: N enough or smooth enough to ride a bike or walk."
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<br /> �....,._,.� 'Sometimes I walk down to the shops on Ireland,
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<br /> :±�' sometimes/bike up to Notre Dame;Fellows,Donmoyer,
<br /> • and Twyckenham."
<br /> I typically walk and bike III am staying in the Miami Hills
<br /> Mailer sent to residents and property owners of the Miami Hills Area"
<br /> Neighborhood Sample of responses
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