Throughout the project, there will be a series of public open houses. At each of these sessions, the residents will have an opportunity to provide feedback on reports and suggestions for future activities.
Open House, April 1, 6:00 - 8:00 PM
The Highland Community Brownfield Opportunity Area (BOA) Step Two Nomination Study
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Download PowerPoint Presentation from Consultant Team
Public Open House #2:
Setting the Stage Setting the Stage aims to flesh out, at this very early stage in the process, the goals and objectives of Brownfield redevelopment in the Highland Area, and it attempts to locate the relationship of community regeneration to Brownfield redevelopment. The overall goal will be to unite residents and stakeholders around key goals and objectives of Brownfield and community redevelopment. The open house will generate a community vision statement that captures the broad ideas and interests of residents and stakeholders within a local context.
Presentation by Consultant Team (pdf)
Public Open House, October 23, 5:30 - 8:00 PM
Directions for the Future Collectively, the consultant team will take the community through a summary of the Comprehensive Analysis, Findings and recommendations, including: market potential, recommendations for BOA reuse and development and, future and interim land use. This presentation is intended confirm findings to date and form the basis of a community visioning exercise for the purpose of ensuring that local ideas and expectations are aligned with local opportunities and constraints. The goal of the visioning exercise is to solicit input on the primary directions for the design of Land Use and Development Scenarios (in phase three). The overall intent of the Directions Open House is to inform participants about real opportunities and constraints and engage them in shaping a vision for the future—one that considers new possible land uses/infrastructure requirements and reuse possibilities against realistic market potential.
Community Discussion of the Community Vision, Goals and Objectives—A special public meeting will take place to review and comment on the Community Vision developed by USI. USI will prepare a community vision statement, inclusive of specific goals and objectives that the community would like to see realized alongside community redevelopment and revitalization. In addition, USI will also provide a description that outlines the relationship of the proposed project vision, goals, and objectives with other existing community vision, revitalization strategies, and or comprehensive plans.
BOA Map
Opportunities Framework
Power Point Presentation
BOA Brownfiedl Mini-Course Summary
Demographic & Economic Trends DRAFT May 08
Natural Resource & Transportation Baseline draft
Public Open House, March 11, 1-4 pm:
At the Open House, Saturday March 7th, two different Land Use concepts for the BOA study area was presented for review and discussion. The intent of this open house was to solicit public input on the scenarios, refine the evaluation criteria, and to discuss the relevance and merit of the scenarios against the stated community vision goals and objectives. This open house provided an opportunity for participants to offer key directions for redevelopment and reuse of the study area.
Public Open House #5:
Master Plan Concept--This final open house will be structured as a more formal conclusion to the BOA study and provide an opportunity to present the Master Plan Concept and remediation strategy to the public.
Highland Open House, June 8, 09 (reduced size) uploading
Highland BOA Master Plan
Land Use Plan
Highland Panels uploading