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67 Tell Us What You Think: Vacant Lots What should be done with vacant lots? • No-mow native/natural landscaping, especially to demonstrate the alternative to mowing/grass length ordinances and change pubic must-mow perception and attitudes. • U-cut Christmas tree micro-farm. • Low cost purchase other/re-plat to expand size of adjoining lots. Implement Code changes to in- crease min. lot size to keep blocks less dense. • Urban farm. • Who maintains? • New infill housing. Keep streetscape. • Sell lots neigh. New constr. Wild flowers. [illegible]. Allow invested neigh offer at discount. • Natural green space. Trees, grasses, trails. • Goats and alpacas with school program. • Yes! (Referring to “what we heard at the workshop” comments about offering / selling /giving lots to neighbors.) If you owned a vacant lot, what would you do with it? • I have developed (and purchased) 2 vacant lots into a community flower garden. I want to add art/ dance/music opportunities for the local children coming to this space. • If we in-fill it has to blend architecturally. • Snowmen. • Goat paddock-urban 4H and natural lawn mow- ing. • Yes! I love the idea of urban 4H. Most children in this area (Sher-Harri) don’t have opportuni- ties like this and it would be a game-changer for them. • Trees and flowers. Parking for next dr. rental. Might build garage. • For long term opening, plant quick growing trees and flowers. • Vegetated green space to reduce combined sewer overflow. • Sell vacant lots to families @ low prices to build up NNN. • Garages and covered (public) bike storage. • I would take a vacant lot and put a hill for sledding in winter on build natural landscapes for kids to play. No metal or plastic structures-just natural landscaping, a hill, a tunnel, benches, a water fountain. Fence it in for safety. Tell Us What You Think: Vacant Parcel Ideas Take a sticky note and tell us your thoughts on this topic. • Tool library great idea! • Increase visibility at intersection 4 everyone. • No advertising on bus stops. • Yes! All of the above! These all improve quality of life in the neighborhood. We need to trans- form some of these lots into the above, not just build more houses. • Goats/Alpacas. • Shared covered parking (to reduce hit and runs of street side parked cars). • Multi-generational housing (handicapped acces- sible). • Shared covered bike parking. • Cooperative housing development along several vacant lots. • Open/vacant spaces could be developed into or- chards (grapes, apples, pears, paw paws, etc.) and interconnected. • Green space. • Wildlife habitat. Garden [illegible]. Butterfly gar- den. • Certain lots can be used for community purpos- es; however, I think most lots should replotted to expand adjoining lots. Many would be attracted to larger urban lots. • Artists designed skateboarding park. • Ice skating/pond hockey. • A simple pavilion or pergola with picnic table for gathering – unity gardens must be maintained, too many weeds, not enough upkeep. Wildflowers, bees, butterflies. • Community gardens/ag. • Rainwater-capturing playgrounds (NYC-style). • Nature play and learning places, org. (play areas/ rainwater capture). Wetland. Bat boxes. Woody, overgrown spaces with winding/rolling dirt bike trails or walking paths. • Log scramble. • Japan’s Tire Park (Nishi Rokugo) • NYC Teardrop Park with hillside slide. • Berkley Adventure Playground. Supervised so >7 can stay 3 hours without a parent. (“junk”-/maker- space-style playground). • The Riverside Trail is great, but it “cleaned up” the overgrown, secluded play areas of my childhood. I want my kid to have spaces where he can climb a tree and read a book privately in a public space or climb over tree roots and step on rocks along the river. • *Picture attached of the Urban Garden Farmers Market.*