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Southern Boulevard Neighborhood Study planning partners working meeting summary 10.6.2016 | East Bronx Academy | 1716 Southern Blvd Common themes and issues heard Connections • Connect community to open spaces and parks • Connect community divided by transportation infrastructure • Connect community to jobs, training, and education • Connect community to needed services Services • Need for ESL / Continuing Education • Need for Immigration services • Make sure positive changes are for neighborhood residents • Need for senior and youth resources • Need for career training, vocational training, college programs Housing • More low income housing • More affordable housing Public engagement feedback Top three modes of effective communication • Flyers and Handouts (23) • Email (17) • Community Events, Street Fairs, Community Board Presentations (14) Top three types of engagement • Community Event, Street Fairs (21) • Small group meetings (16) • Large group meetings, Survey, Focus group, Houses of Worship Presentations (12) How often should the planning partners communicate? • Regular Email Updates (22) • Meet on a Regular Basis (22) Infrastructure • Implementation of Sheridan study • Better service on transit • 174th Street Bridge needs improvement • Lighting Parks • Underutilized spaces in Crotona Park, Sheridan Ave, Bronx River Parks and Bronx river • Lighting in parks • Programming and capital (e.g.a carousel) • Connect the waterfront parks Retail • Vacancy on Southern Blvd • More grocery stores
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Southern Boulevard Neighborhood Studyplanning partners working meeting summary
10.6.2016 | East Bronx Academy | 1716 Southern Blvd
Common themes and issues heard
Connections• Connect community to open spaces and parks• Connect community divided by transportation
infrastructure• Connect community to jobs, training, and
education• Connect community to needed services
Services• Need for ESL / Continuing Education• Need for Immigration services• Make sure positive changes are for neighborhood
residents• Need for senior and youth resources• Need for career training, vocational training,
college programsHousing• More low income housing• More affordable housing
Public engagement feedback
Top three modes of effective communication• Flyers and Handouts (23)• Email (17)• Community Events, Street Fairs, Community Board Presentations (14)
Top three types of engagement• Community Event, Street Fairs (21)• Small group meetings (16)• Large group meetings, Survey, Focus group, Houses of Worship Presentations (12)
How often should the planning partners communicate?• Regular Email Updates (22)• Meet on a Regular Basis (22)
Infrastructure• Implementation of Sheridan study• Better service on transit• 174th Street Bridge needs improvement• LightingParks• Underutilized spaces in Crotona Park, Sheridan
Ave, Bronx River Parks and Bronx river• Lighting in parks• Programming and capital (e.g.a carousel)• Connect the waterfront parks
Retail• Vacancy on Southern Blvd• More grocery stores
Next Steps
Southern Boulevard Neighborhood Studyplanning partners working meeting summary
10.6.2016 | East Bronx Academy | 1716 Southern Blvd
Partners sharing their experiencesBronx River Alliance
Casita Maria
Children’s Aid Society
Community Board 2
Community Board 3
Community Parent Ambassador
East Bronx Academy
Mid Bronx Desperadoes
November - December 2016: Partners will conduct a community survey of their members and
constituents
December 2016: Partners to compile and present the results of the survey
NYC Community Schools Corp
NYC DOE
Phipps Houses
Phipps Neighborhoods
Pratt Institute
Salters Square Homeowner’s
Association
SEBCO
South Bronx Rising Together
Southern Boulevard BID
Southern Bronx River Watershed
Alliance
Tried Stone Baptist Church
WHEDco
Youth Ministries for Peace and
Justice
For the most up-to-date information, visit our website at www.nyc.gov/planning (study website to come!)
Other groups to engage include:
Community Board 9
Local schools & houses of
worship
Local organizations, businesses,
& community groups!
Know of a group to join us as a planning partner organization for the study?
Email us their contact information at [email protected]
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