Living in the City: Envisioning Downtown Housing in Olympia Martin McMurry and Cary Retlin MPA Program, Spring 2007 Photos by CR 2006-2007 Density = Vibrancy Diversity Design
Living in the City: Envisioning Downtown Housing in Olympia Martin McMurry and Cary Retlin MPA Program, Spring 2007 Photos by CR 2006-2007 Density = Vibrancy.
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Living in the City: Envisioning Downtown Housing in
Olympia
Martin McMurry and Cary RetlinMPA Program, Spring 2007
Photos by CR 2006-2007
Density = Vibrancy Diversity Design
Methodology
General PublicFocus Group
‘Super’ CitizenFocus Group
Survey
Who Were the SurveyRespondents?
Four occupants8%
More than four4%
Single occupancy20%
Three occupants
Two occupants39%
• 47% of households earn over $60,001 a year
• 7% of households earn $20,000 or less a year
• The majority (54%) of respondents are “family” households
Household SizeHousehold Size
What does a “vibrant” What does a “vibrant” downtowndowntown
mean to youmean to you ? ?
Rank the Most Important Elements for a Vibrant Downtown
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
Number of Respondents
Parking Transit Entertainment Shopping Sidewalks &crosswalks
Reputation ofsafety
Housingdowntown
Category
Rank the Most ImportantElement for Olympia’s downtownHousing in the next 20 Years
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
Number of Respondents
Sidewalks &crosswalks
Parking Low-incomehousing
Retail andcommercial
nearby
Housing design Market-ratehousing
Category
Focus Groups Envision Downtown Housing:
““A downtown compelling enough to convince A downtown compelling enough to convince people to choose it over the other people to choose it over the other alternatives.”alternatives.”
““There is difficulty in deciphering There is difficulty in deciphering between a downtown housing vision and a between a downtown housing vision and a downtown vision; have a cool downtown and downtown vision; have a cool downtown and people will come.”people will come.”
General Public
‘Super Citizens’
Density Equals Vibrancy
Design Matters
Demographic Diversity is Valuable
Photo by CR 2005
So whatSo what??
Photo by CR 2006Photo by CR 2006
Clip art courtesy of Fish Brewing Co. Clip art courtesy of Fish Brewing Co. 20072007
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