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Housing Design Likes
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Smaller units with some separation between them to attract a variety of lifestyles (families, empty nesters, young professionals, etc.)
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Porches so that neighbors can get to know one another.
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Garages in the rear of the home/site.
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Some open areas between houses, although continuous row houses were also popular.
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Buildings that fit the scale and style of the neighborhood.
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Sidewalks and open space.
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Diversity of housing styles.
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Housing Design Dislikes
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A survey was also distributed at the public workshop in order to quantify participants' opinions. This survey was subsequently distributed to City, County and Via Christi employees. The goal of the survey was to gather information regarding general impressions of the Center City Neighborhood, the most critical needs, and the most serious problems. It also asked respondents where they currently live, their family status, where they work, if they would ever consider living in Center City, how much they expect to spend a month on housing costs and what amenities would attract them to home buying or renting in Center City.
Many of the survey respondents listed their home address within the Midtown and Center City Neighborhood and surrounding area. Substantially fewer numbers of people indicated that they had a place of business or rental property in the neighborhood. As a result, the survey results are heavily weighted by opinions of residents, not all of whom live within the boundaries of the study area.
On a scale of 1 to 5 ('1' being least positive and '5' being most positive), the general impression of the Center City Neighborhood rated between '2' and '3.' The greatest needs identified by participants were grocery, transit, park, residential and retail/business services. Substantially fewer respondents indicated a need for other services, housing, two-way streets, schools, accessibility, greater feeling of community, continued church outreach, and family medical clinics. Crime, or the perception of it, and property conditions were overwhelmingly identified as the most serious problems in the neighborhood. In fact, when survey participants were asked what it would take to
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Related to A Development Plan for the Center City Neighborhood |
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