26-08 Resolution Approving and Adopting the Downtown 2045 Plan

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Engagement & Design Process The best way to create a ,. +� : r successful, implementable vision '4' - for Downtown is to listen to the -,, ; - , .. community and let their priorities ' ' ---: 1 shape the plan. , , ' PM . .• _., . _ , ,:: , , it: ' ,..,: - L.' The City of South Bend developed this plan through a process - . :; f ! e j P' -_::,.::: _ .,:- i that engaged residents,businesses,institutions,governmentjr. - agencies,and other neighborhood stakeholders.The planning F. ,* v process included online surveys,key stakeholder interviews. and workshops that gathered critical information about the1444016... '' Downtown South Bend planning area's existing conditions. / / •ik k '• needs,and opportunities.This engagement provided the basis for this plan. Casey Steinbacher speaks to a packed auditorium about Durham's transforiruhun Hundreds of ideas were generated through the visioning Workshops in early en24 January 2024 February - March 2024 MI Stakeholder Meetings Online Engagement Casey Steinbacher Visioning Workshops The City's planning staff conducted 23 virtual The Downtown South Bend 2045 survey The City of South Bend,in partnership with DTSB. On February 22 and March 5,the City of South Bend and in-person meetings with neighborhood was available online and on the City's online invited the public to attend kick-off events for the offered visioning workshops.formal presentations stakeholders.Stakeholders included neighborhood engagement platform:Together South Bend.This Downtown South Bend 2045 Plan process.On and open house periods.Workshop exercises asked associations,community and nonprofit survey was available February through May and February 20 at 6pm at the Leighton Auditorium in a series of questions to help guide constructive organizations,faith-based institutions,and would be used to inform the design process during the St.Joseph County Public Library's Community dialogue among residents about Downtown's businesses,City departments,and City Council Design Week.Over 170 surveys were submitted and Learning Center.guest speaker Casey Steinbacher future.Following are some of the major themes that representatives.These conversations began to more than 2,400 ideas were generated. presented"Hey Downtown...Are You Surviving or emerged as result of that dialogue. outline general themes and potential focus areas Thriving?"Steinbacher,Founder of Finding Next,is for the Downtown plan. a national expert in urban innovation strategies and told the story of Durham,North Carolina's place- based Downtown revival.A question-and-answer period followed the presentation. Overview i,