Canton Comprehesnive Plan June 2015 Meetings

CANTON COMPREHENSIVE

PLAN COMMUNITY DISCUSSIONS

czb llc., David Boehlke

Community Building Partnership, Joel Owens, Brenda Turner & Maureen Austin

June, July 2015

Cantons Comp Plan Process 20 member Steering Committee (SC) directs czb consultants Steering Committee (SC) worked for 8+ months every other week Decisions, trade os, our values set by Steering Committee, not consultants

1st round of meetings last September, October 2014 Robust web site to keep community informed: https://canton-comprehensive-plan.squarespace.com

Comp Plan includes much more than neighborhoods: transportation, infrastructure, economic development, community development, zoning, land use, parks, recreation, downtown, sewer and water-its COMPREHENSIVE & STRATEGIC

FAIR, SMART, BALANCED

Comprehensive Plan

A general direction setting tool for communities.

A strong comprehensive plan is..

Community-Driven

Grounded in Reality

Built to be exible

DATA DRIVEN Settlement @ Risk Familes

Owner Standards Tax Delinquencies

COMPETITIVE, DIVERSE, RIGHT SIZED Market Strength Population Density

Schools + Churches Community Assets

Comp Plan Future Steps

This Draft Plan will remain open for comments through July 2015 The PLANNING COMMISSION will review and likely hold additional hearings before approving and passing onto City Council The CITY COUNCIL will review and approve if acceptable: likely after additional opportunities for comment

Stay Up-to date on activities on the Comprehensive Plan information site:

General Plan information site: http://canton-comprehensive-plan.squarespace.com .

Content of todays meeting

Update on planning activities since community meetings last fall

Review of Plans Core Strategies & Elements Your Opportunity to Clarify, Question and Answer, Comment

Your Input Will Make A Dierence

The Numbers Are Serious

- 2800 vacant houses

- Loss of too many middle class households

- Unprecedented numbers of families in poverty

- Limited tax base but high service demand

- Too much infrastructure serving fewer people

- Too few employment opportunities

FOCUS: Too many vacant houses

Focus: Loss of Population

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Population Trends, 1900 to 2010

MSA Canton

FOCUS: Too Many Families Are Struggling 1 in 4 families live in poverty 1 in 3 families are classied as low income Canton houses more than twice its share of the countys poor individuals and families that have few choices.

By 2012, the poverty rate reached 30.8%. A poverty rate of 20% is considered high and a poverty rate of 40% is considered extreme.

Among 755 metropolitan areas in the country with at least 50,000 residents, Canton has the 27th highest poverty rate.

COMPETITION Ongoing competition makes it dicult to attract new owners and strong renters; Competition makes it dicult to grow and add new businesses and jobs.

Repositioning Canton to Compete

Protect key assets: the hospitals, downtown, Hall of Fame Village and adjoining neighborhoods

Manage excess property and land Encourage new commercial activity Develop strategies to engage more residents and volunteers Bring corporate sector in as full partner Commit to sound zoning, codes, and infrastructure Rethink provision of services: parks, police, schools

Three Core Strategies

Protect, Grow, Connect Citys Core Assets Repurpose Vacant Land with a focus on Quality of Life

Maintain and Stabilize the Citys Neighborhoods through strategic intervention and community organizing

FOCUSED, ASSET-ORIENTED, ROBUST

Downtown Grow, Protect & Connect

Downtown Grow, Protect & Connect

Grow & Connect Key Asset Job Creator

Grow & Connect Key Asset Job Creator

Protect & Connect Key Asset Employer Regional

Protect & Connect Key Asset Employer Regional

Connect & Protect Other Assets Divides Downtown from Mercy and HOF Village

Connect & Protect Other Assets

FOCUS ON QUALITY OF LIFE *conserve and reposition

Clean and Green then Repurpose

Clean and Green and Grow

Clean and Green and Grow

Land Assembly

Clean and Green and Repurpose and Grow

Clean and Green and Repurpose and Grow

Clean and Green and Beautify

Clean and Green and Expand

AREAS THAT ARE WORKING WELL

maintain

Landscape Contest Winners in West Park

Neighborhood Pride in Vassar Park

Residents and Art in The Boulevards

Addressing Problem Houses: Case Study

Addressing Problem Houses

Addressing Problem Houses

Canton Proud

Canton Proud

Canton Proud

Canton Proud

Canton Proud

Canton Proud

Canton Proud

Encourage Commercial Investment

Encourage Commercial Development

Engage more residents and volunteers

Engage more residents and volunteers

Engage more residents and volunteers

Engage more residents and volunteers

More Ways to Reposition Canton

Expand the role of corporations

Rethink zoning, codes, parks and services

Rethink provision of services

Break for Questions

Shared Responsibility

Citizens, Associations and Volunteers

Institutions and

non prots

Businesses and Corporations City Government

Successful Plan

Success=Shared Responsibility

Rethinking about what can and cannot be done by local government and where capacity must be expanded.

Coordinating the work of the foundations, educational and religious institutions, and community nonprots to strengthen Canton

Creating new ways in which corporations can partner and invest in Canton

Developing innovative ways for citizens to be included in the decision-making and the work of neighborhood stabilization

What will it take to make this work?

The city must add a planning oce to coordinate city government work, to support the mayor and the city council in carrying out the comprehensive plan and to solicit new federal, state and other resources

What else will it take?

Canton needs a signicant community organization that gives the residents a much larger voice, that oversees the neighborhood initiatives, and that provides direct services like home purchase counseling, organizing self-help eorts, promoting community gardens, farms, and nurseries, etc.

And One More Step

The community must develop a public-private partnership to carry out critical development projects such as land acquisition, assistance to existing businesses to expand and outreach to new businesses, and to promote the city and the region

What will it take to make this work?

The Planning Oce The Community-Driven Nonprot The Public-Private Development Corporation

Condence in Our City

Choice Competition Conditions Capacity Community

100 YEARS AGO THIS YEAR.

Were Planning On a Better Canton!