Hillcrest Master Plan
Use the tools below to complete a survey on our master plan scenario finalists, or to offer your own ideas for the project!
Use the tools below to complete a survey on our master plan scenario finalists, or to offer your own ideas for the project!
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What's your idea?
about 3 years agoPlease use this space to add your own idea for the community to see, or to view and respond to other people's ideas!
Add your ideaMartha Hooverabout 3 years agoGiven # of housing units, curious of the avg # children/household. Some acreage should be set aside for public school, ISD would buy land.
0 comment1Don't Cut The People Out!about 3 years agoSlow. It. Down. The community deserves to the chance to shape - rather than be shaped by - this project.
How can the Port Authority be proud of its community engagement process if this system has garnered 5 "Ideas" in total? How can community members feel at all confident that these comments will be incorporated into the planning process if engagement opportunities have been few and far between? 1200 new housing units will substantially impact the East Side, and the community deserves the time and space to understand just how affordable these units will be. What's the point of throwing City resources and public money at a project people have no control over? If the City wants the East Side to get excited about this project, give people the chance to shape it (beyond the current limitations of "Option A or Option B"). Take this incredible opportunity to address longstanding inequities in our city by providing deeply affordable housing for people who need it the most, and prioritize businesses that provide essential services and expand affordable options for healthcare, nutritious food options, etc.
0 comment3Ericabout 3 years agoFuture Regional Rail Station
A regional rail station just south of the Hillcrest site along the existing Union Pacific tracks would be a good idea to keep in mind.
0 comment1Andrew Tengwallabout 3 years agoA multi-faith-centric community space
A community center or hall could be useful, so taking that a step further by centering that space on multiple diverse faith communities could make it a really valuable space by drawing in faith communities who would invest relationally in the new neighborhood. Maybe build such a space into the ground floor of a higher-denisty housing building. Imagine a Hmong-language Lutheran church, an English-language Pentecostal church, a Buddhist group, a Muslim prayer group, a yoga studio, and a secular social/volunteering organization sharing a space throughout the week and also making that space available to the public for events. These groups could provide a sense of belonging to various people who will live here and could invest their relational and financial resources in making this new development a community with a sense of place and identity. I think of the Bonnier Multifaith Center at Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter MN as an example of the kind of physical space that could function in this way. This could be a partnership with one or more nonprofit organizations to help navigate specific religious groups.
2 comments18Jayabout 3 years agoKeep the green space between Sherwood and Ivy
The green spaces at the dead ends of Cottage and Clear are used as park space by the neighborhood kids, close enough to their home that parents can keep an eye on them from home. If needed, Winthrop could jog around this greenspace to stay connected.
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Key Dates
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March 16 2021
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April 16 2021