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neighborhood residents, business owners, and other stakeholders; and asking the City Council for approval of their efforts. Then the real work <br />of implementation and evaluation begins. <br />Goals <br />Goals were established by resident -led action planning teams for each of the six key areas identified, the goals are presented here and can be <br />found with their action plans in the Action Plan section of the document. <br />Connections & Communications <br />• Develop a new block captain program to facilitate increased positive interactions between neighbors, covering 90% (at 50) of the <br />neighborhood by 2018. <br />• By October 2014, establish a landlord contact list with the intention of bringing landlords into better communication with the <br />neighborhood, improving contact with new neighbors, keeping properties up to code, and raising awareness of the Quality of Life Plan <br />among non - resident landlords. <br />Quality Housing <br />• Reduce the negative impact of at least 95 vacant and abandoned or substandard housing units in Census Tract 6 by strategic <br />rehabilitation of single family homes, production of quality market rate and affordable rental housing, demolition and redevelopment and <br />other measures by end of 2018. <br />• Increase the knowledge base and accountability of landlords and tenants in the neighborhood to improve rental property maintenance <br />and reduce the number of nuisance rental properties. <br />• Improve the condition and appearance of 3 -5 structurally sound properties through needed repairs and maintenance each year. <br />Economic Opportunity & Redevelopment <br />• Engage in the city's initiative for Lincoln Way West <br />• Adopt a Portage Corridor Vision Plan with a particular focus on the area between Golden Avenue and Van Buren Avenue by 2015. <br />• Restore the Ford distribution building site at 906 -908 Portage Avenue to provide affordable rental housing and first floor commercial <br />development <br />