Appendix: Community Collaboration Meeting 03 Summary 2018 - 2019 Allentown Comprehensive + Economic Development Plan Appendix: Community Collaboration Meeting 03 Summary 2018 - 2019 Allentown Comprehensive + Economic Development Plan CITY OF ALLENTOWN ALLENTOWN VISION 2030 STEERING COMMITTEE Comprehensive and Economic Janet Roth, Sharon Fraser, Development Plan Harry C. Trexler Trust Eatwell Consulting Steve Bamford, Ashley Blake, Mayor of Allentown Ray O’Connell Allentown Neighborhood Run for Books Creative Managing Director Joseph Mc Mahon Improvement Zone Center Inc. Development Authority Dr. Daniel Lopresti, (ANIZDA) ALLENTOWN CITY COUNCIL Lehigh University – Dept. of Damien Brown, Council President Roger MacLean Computer Science and Allentown City Planning Engineering Council Vice President Julio A. Guridy Commission David Jones, Candida Affa Superintendent Thomas New Vision Church Daryl L. Hendricks Parker, Courtney Robinson, Cynthia Mota Allentown School District Allentown City Courtney Robinson Dr. Joseph Napolitano, Councilperson Ed Zucal Dorothy Rider Pool Trust Dr. Luis Brunstein, Melissa Shafer, Lehigh University – DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND St. Luke’s University Health Diversity, Inclusion, and ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Network Equity Director Leonard Lightner Dr. Kamran Afshar, Roger MacLean, Operations Manager Thomas Williams KADAC Allentown City Council President Lisa Curran, BUREAU OF PLANNING AND ZONING The Century Fund Audrey Mathison, Allentown School Board of Director Irene Woodward Rev. Dr. Gregory Edwards, Directors Chief Planner David Kimmerly Resurrected Life Flor Velez, Senior Planners Hannah Clark Community Church Puertorrican Culture Matthew Tuerk, Jesus Sadiua Preservation LVEDC ALLENTOWN CITY PLANNING COMMISSION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The Allentown Vision 2030 team would like to thank City of Chairman Oldrich Foucek III, Esq. Allentown staff, our public, private, nonprofit, and Vice Chairman Mark J. Buchvalt institutional partners, the generous hosts of our Community Secretary Richard L. Button Collaboration Meetings – the East Side Youth Center, South Mountain Middle School, JCC of the Lehigh Valley, and St. Luke’s Sacred Heart Campus - and the participants of the CONSULTANT TEAM Allentown Vision 2030 Community Ambassador Program evolve environment :: architecture for your support and participation in the Allentown Vision Fourth Economy Consulting 2030 plan development process. FACES International Finally, we would not have the Allentown Vision 2030 Plan without the incredible participation of our Allentown Clear Language Communications Inc. community – residents, workers, youth, and all those who engaged with the plan development process through meetings, at the Community Engagement Hub, our 2018 - 2019 community survey, and the many other events held This document is an appendix for the 2018- throughout the planning process. Thank you for your time, 2019 Comprehensive and Economic your participation, your ideas and sharing your VOICE to Development Plan for the City of Allentown create a shared vision and plan for the future of Allentown! 4 Allentown Comprehensive and Economic Development Plan CONTENTS 1. Meeting Overview 2. Important to Me: Urban Systems Activity Results 3. Future of Allentown Activity Results 4. Asset Map Activity Results 5. Story Mapping Activity Results Appendix: Community Collaboration Meeting 03 Summary 5 6 Allentown Comprehensive and Economic Development Plan Community Collaboration Meeting 03 Build Sessions Jewish Community Center, West Allentown June 18th, 2019 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM BUILD SESSIONS The third Allentown Vision 2030 Double doors STAGE Community Collaboration Meeting Height of wall = 5’ took place on June 18th, 2019 from 6-8PM at the JCC of the Lehigh Valley located in the West Allentown. The focus of Community Collaboration Meeting #3 was to begin to identify and prioritize the actions for Allentown Vision 2030. In addition to prioritizing actions, community members were asked to evaluate what these actions looked like across the different areas and neighborhoods in Allentown. Appendix: Community Collaboration Meeting 03 Summary 7 01 MEETING AGENDA PAMPHLET Attendees were given a passport or meeting agenda to encourage active listening • general project information • contact information • online portal+social media handles 02 PRESENTATION Attendees received a comprehensive summary of results from Community Collaboration Meeting 01+02 earlier in the process. Attendees were then introduced to the 5 ‘Urban Systems’ that support Allentown’s future planning, and were PUBLIC TRANSIT USE created from the data and community ACCESSIBILITY + CONNECTIVITY According to a recent LANTA Planning report, Clusters of Services + Amenities Trail + Bikeway Systems approximately 50% of LANTA Metro service riders use the service to travel back and forth The accessibility and connectivity to Allentown’s to work. This represents approximately 10,000 Centros de servicios y Redes de caminos que incluyen work commutes daily. The remaining 50% use services and amenities (i.e. parks, community LANTA Metro service for shopping, medical/ amenidades a bicicletas feedback collected thus far. dental appointments, personal business and other quality of life needs. On any given day, centers, etc.) contribute to one’s quality of life. approximately 1,500 to 2,000 seniors will use Making it easier to move around the city - whether LANTA Metro service. LANTA has been preparing for Enhanced Bus by walking, car, bus, or bike - and improving Service (EBS), with an early plan noting linkages between South Side Bethlehem, Allentown and Whitehall. The first phase of implementation is access to essential services and amenities can help expected to roll out next year. create a more equitable and thriving city. 03 POSTER TO ACHIEVE OUR VISION IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IT IS 1 To 2-way Street Conversions IMPORTANT TO... Conversión de calles de un Micro-transit sentido a dos sentidos Servicios de micro-tránsito The community was introduced to the QUALITY OF OUR INCREASE INCREASE CREATE ENHANCE SIDEWALKS CONNECT AFFORDABLE meeting content as they found their way ACCESS SAFE AND DIGITAL PLACES IN AND DIVERSE National studies have shown that investing in TO THE EFFICIENT ACCESS AND bike/walk lane infrastructure is beneficial to THE CITY MOBILITY CITY ROUTES INCLUSION economic growth and community vibrancy. In CHOICES commercial and business districts, bicyclists stay longer and spend more money than those arriving by car. into the cafeteria. Maps and analyses According to the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission’s 2016 Sidewalk Inventory, Allentown has 482 miles of sidewalk, the most of all municipalities in the region. Although Allentown has many miles of sidewalks, There were mounted along the walls as a primer are some areas that are missing sidewalks on one side or do not have sidewalks at all. The Lehigh Valley Planning Commission’s WALKLV MOBILIDAD/TRANSPORTE = ArcGIS Online Application maps the sidewalks in Streetscape Improvements Transit Stop Improvements Allentown and the Lehigh Valley. Mejoras de calles, aceras, Mejoras en las paradas de to the content that would be the theme ACCESSO + CONNEXIO arboles, vegetacion autobús SIDEWALK IS ON BOTH SIDES SIDEWALK IS ON THE LEFT SIDE En Allentown el acceso y conexión a servicios, SIDEWALK IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE for the night. It allowed for people to read amenidades, parques y centros comunitarios contribuyen a nuestra calidad de vida. Facilitando la movilidad de nuestros ciudadanos, ya sea through the content, verify the data and REGIONAL BIKE+TRAIL caminando, bicicleta, tránsito público o auto y SYSTEM aumentar el acceso a servicios esenciales contribuye Allentown is a part of the Delaware and Lehigh provide initial feedback on the findings. National Heritage Corridor, a historical and a la equidad y calidad de vida en nuestra ciudad. cultural trail that connects Wilkes-Barre to Philadelphia. Bike routes exist in Allentown but are not interconnected to various locations. Some PARA ALCANZAR LA VISIÓN DEL PLAN MAESTRO ES efforts are underway to encourage the creation Commuter Corridors of sidewalks that link parks and play areas and IMPORTANTE... increases their walkability. Smart City Equipment Corredores para viajeros de PRIORITIZING ACTIONS Most recently, Allentown received $1,000,000 from the state for construction of a shared use Equipo de Ciudad Inteligente trabajo diario path from the city of Allentown’s Jordan Basin INCREMENTAR AUMENTAR Park, through the 51-acre Jordan Creek Park, CONNECTAR through Whitehall, and halting on the western AUMENTAR OFERTAS CREAR ACCESO end of the 476-acre Jordan Creek Parkway. LUGARES Attendees were given a set of stickers ACCESO A ECONÓMICAS RUTAS DIGITAL DE EN NUESTRA DE MOVILIDAD SEGURAS Y MANERA QUE NUESTRA CIUDAD DIVERSA EFICIENTES INCLUYA A MÁS CIUDAD EXISTING TRAILS PERSONAS based on their self-identified ‘area’ of Allentown (i.e. East, West, Center, South) and asked to prioritize actions for Allentown’s future that relate to the 5 Urban Systems - Economic Development, Living Systems, Connectivity + Accessibility, Housing, and Services + Amenities. ASSET MAPPING We asked the community to tell us the places that were important to them in Allentown. This gives us a sense of perceived physical and spatial assets that they identify with the city and provide us with an inventory of significant places. During the meeting participants were given a set of stickers that represented the different types of community assets. The categories