Thinking With a Neighborhood

What are the boundaries of your neighborhood? Are there different kinds of boundaries? Planning district? Census tract? Zip code? Civic Association?Precincts? - that shape the boundaries of your neighborhood?

Submitted by Ali Kenner on April 11, 2017 - 1:34pm
What planning district is your neighborhood part of? Has the neighborhood undergone a planning process in the last 3-5 years (by a civic association, community development corporation, or the city)?

Submitted by Ali Kenner on April 11, 2017 - 1:36pm
Give three examples that describe how your neighborhood has been impacted by a planning process.

Submitted by Ali Kenner on April 11, 2017 - 1:36pm
Who lives in your neighborhood? What are the demographics?

Submitted by Ali Kenner on April 11, 2017 - 1:37pm
How many schools, hospitals and parks, daycares, afterschool programs or rec centers are in your neighborhood?

Submitted by Ali Kenner on April 11, 2017 - 1:37pm
How much vacant land is there in your neighborhood and where can you buy food?

Submitted by Ali Kenner on April 11, 2017 - 1:37pm
How much do homes cost in your neighborhood? What kind of homes are there (condos, rowhomes, victorian, something else?)

Submitted by Ali Kenner on April 11, 2017 - 1:38pm
What kinds of employment opportunities exist in your neighborhood and how is the access to public transportation and safe bike lanes/paths?

Submitted by Ali Kenner on April 11, 2017 - 1:38pm
What are the challenges facing your neighborhood? What are its assets?

Submitted by Ali Kenner on April 11, 2017 - 1:38pm
Are there environmental hazards in your neighborhood? (Can be any scale.)

Submitted by Ali Kenner on April 11, 2017 - 1:38pm
What politicians are responsible for your neighborhood? Does it seem like the neighborhood is politically active?

Submitted by Ali Kenner on April 11, 2017 - 1:39pm
Where would you place this neighborhood on a scale of gentrification (1 = already gentrified, 5 = gentrifying, and 10 not gentrifying and no signs of it.)

Submitted by Ali Kenner on April 11, 2017 - 1:39pm

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