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Mercy Drive Vision PlanConcepts and Strategies

What you told us

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What you love

Your neighbors are:

Welcoming

Helpful

Strong-willed

Individualistic


What you love

Your community has:

Parks

Quiet Neighborhoods

Churches that

collaborate

Community Center &

Health Center

Daycare, Head Start

Community Garden

Image: Mercy Drive Ministries


What you love

Your community has:

Central location

Lynx bus service

Walking distance to

businesses

Sidewalks on Mercy

Drive


What you’re concerned about

You’re concerned about:

Crime & Personal Safety

Traffic (buses, trucks)

You’d like to see more:

Safe walking & biking

Access to parks, fishing, canoe launch

Maintenance of sidewalks, landscaping,

private buildings, trash pickup

Community participation; community policing

Awareness of available services


What you want to

see more of:

Single-family & Multi-family

housing

Stores (laundromat, fresh

produce, general store)

Space for small businesses

(such as live /work units)

Event space

Youth & senior programs

Public elementary school

Image courtesy of Four12

The Vision

A safe, attractive, and connected

community with quality homes

and apartments that empowers

neighbors of all ages to learn,

build, and create together.

The Street


The Street

Reduce Traffic Speed

Reduce Traffic Noise

Reduce Truck Traffic

Safer Street for Walking

and Biking

More Large and Small

Street Trees

Colonial Dr.

Princeton St.

Barnett

Park

Lake

Lawne

Windsor

Cove

Me

rcy

Dr.


Roundabouts


Welcome to the Neighborhood!

Image: Dylan Passmore


Community Signage


Traffic Buttons


Better Bike Lanes

Image: John Greenfield


More Street Trees

Connecting to Nature

and the Water


Barnett Park Trail


Lake Lawne Park Fishing Dock

Image: Runner1928

New Housing Opportunities


Housing Opportunity Sites


Planned Multi-Family

166 new affordable

apartments

Rented to families at

60% or less of median

income (e.g. a family of

four making $35,000)

Services available to

the community at large


Planned Multi-Family Rehab

Windsor Cove was recently purchased

Buyers intend to rehabilitate and upgrade both

interior and exterior of units

5% of units will be handicapped accessible

A New Neighborhood Center


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Neighborhood Center

Windsor

Cove

W.D. Judge Dr.

Me

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Dr.

Lake Lawne Ave.


Neighborhood Center

Features:

Live/Work Townhomes

More Crosswalks

Parallel Parking

Event Space

Spaces for Small Businesses

Laundromat

Locally-Owned Restaurant

Jazz Club


Neighborhood Center

Building Community


Tool Lending Library

(cc) Toronto Tool Library


Home Repair Classes

Cleveland, Ohio


Build and Learn Apprenticeship

Hodges Roofing


Community Information

Liberty Village Toronto


Detroit SOUP


OPD Events


Artist Neighbors Inventory

Image: King Arts Complex


Artistic Neighborhood

Image: Town of Richmond Hill


Artbox

Image: Mills50 Main Street District, Orlando


Artistic Crosswalks

Image: Noozhawk


Community Intersection Painting

Image: Milwaukee Public Schools


Painting Party

Image: 'Arati' Michaud Portland, Oregaon


Fence Painting

Image: Lori Gomez Art


Storytelling

Engage teenagers to document senior stories


Best of Mercy Drive Awards

Best Yard


Best of Mercy Drive Awards

Most Creative Neighbor


Best of Mercy Awards

Most dedicated volunteer

Image: Widener University

(cc) UGA College of Agriculture and

Environment

A safe, attractive, and connected

community with quality homes

and apartments that empowers

neighbors of all ages to learn,

build, and create together.

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