What neighborhood do you live in? Oakland Drive/Winchell
What should be the City’s top priorities for materials management? You've got 2 dots to 'spend' to prioritize. Add recycling containers at apartment complexes. (1), Create a curbside yardwaste & food-scrap pick up system. (1)
What should be the City’s top priorities for the natural world? You've got 2 dots to 'spend' to prioritize. Improve the ecosystem health of public green spaces. (1), Establish a volunteer group to remove invasive species on public property. (1)
What should be the City’s top priorities for energy efficiency and renewables? You've got 2 dots to 'spend' to prioritize. Partner with energy utilities to create new programs, like a neighborhood geothermal system. (1), Create an education program on making simple changes at home that increase energy efficiency. (1)
Add any additional notes about the natural world or your answers above: A consistent yard waste pick up would be a great incentive for homeowners to clean up their yards more frequently. One of the biggest problems is the lack of pick ups.

What neighborhood do you live in? Burke Acres
What should be the City’s top priorities for materials management? You've got 2 dots to 'spend' to prioritize. Create a curbside yardwaste & food-scrap pick up system. (1)
What should be the City’s top priorities for the natural world? You've got 2 dots to 'spend' to prioritize. Create an education program on protecting wildlife & improving habitat at home. (1), Allow limited bow hunting to manage the City’s deer population. (1)
What should be the City’s top priorities for energy efficiency and renewables? You've got 2 dots to 'spend' to prioritize. Create an education program on making simple changes at home that increase energy efficiency. (1), Create incentives for landlords to increase energy efficiency in housing units. (1)
Add any additional notes about the natural world or your answers above: With the residential city lot I still reside on, my late wife and I established a (hybrid) natural wildlife habitat in the mid-1970s. Probably the 1 to 7 frequent deer visitors are overdoing things at times, but have enjoyed most everything else including the groundhogs. However, a feral cat management program would be welcomed in line with the wildlife protection education program listed above. Late in the game I'm learning about the effects of tree roots on drain pipes, driveways, and foundations, so there's another area for a homeowner planting education program.

What neighborhood do you live in? Westnedge Hill
What should be the City’s top priorities for materials management? You've got 2 dots to 'spend' to prioritize. Add recycling containers at apartment complexes. (1), Create a curbside yardwaste & food-scrap pick up system. (1)
What should be the City’s top priorities for the natural world? You've got 2 dots to 'spend' to prioritize. Improve the ecosystem health of public green spaces. (1), Create an incentive program for replacing turf grass with native plants. (1)
What should be the City’s top priorities for energy efficiency and renewables? You've got 2 dots to 'spend' to prioritize. Partner with energy utilities to create new programs, like a neighborhood geothermal system. (1), Create incentives for landlords to increase energy efficiency in housing units. (1)

What neighborhood do you live in? Vine
What should be the City’s top priorities for materials management? You've got 2 dots to 'spend' to prioritize. Add recycling containers at apartment complexes. (1), Create a curbside yardwaste & food-scrap pick up system. (1)
What should be the City’s top priorities for the natural world? You've got 2 dots to 'spend' to prioritize. Improve the ecosystem health of public green spaces. (1), Create an incentive program for replacing turf grass with native plants. (1)
What should be the City’s top priorities for energy efficiency and renewables? You've got 2 dots to 'spend' to prioritize. Partner with energy utilities to create new programs, like a neighborhood geothermal system. (1), Create incentives to swap gas for electric appliances. (1)

What neighborhood do you live in? South Westnedge
Economic growth in your neighborhood looks like... Basic infrastructure is maintained.
Using the map, show where neighborhood businesses meet daily needs and where economic opportunities or gaps exist. Pin at 42.188592, -85.604095 (The stores in town are like slums in comparison )

What neighborhood do you live in? South Westnedge
Prioritize the following activities. You've got 3 dots to 'spend' to prioritize. Complete public improvement & infrastructure projects that support housing development (such as sidewalks, road repair, utility upgrades). (3)
Locate areas of your neighborhood where these different housing types would be appropriate. Pin at 42.282516, -85.594654 (Remove all zoning restrictions for residential and mixed use), Pin at 42.285654, -85.586392 (Remove all zoning restrictions ), Pin at 42.290366, -85.579167, Pin at 42.293132, -85.595863 (Remove all zoning restrictions ), Pin at 42.280047, -85.587273 (Remove all zoning restrictions )
Add any additional notes about housing in your neighborhood or your answers above: Remove all zoning and building restrictions from residential and mixed use, remove historic preservation areas, remove parking minimums and remove natural features preservation restrictions. If these are done the housing market supply will increase and prices will level out and then lower. See Austin as an example

What neighborhood do you live in? South Westnedge
What types of Parks & Recreation programs & events would you like to see in your neighborhood? Specifically skateparks, the current skateparks are poorly designed(Upjohn) or overly crowded (Davis st). The city has many parks that have a multitude of recreational facilities, basketball, tennis, jungle gyms, etc, but only a small portion of skateable square footage by comparison. This can be solved by adding some small (and low cost) skateable features to existing parks. This would allow greater access for our community as not all can travel to the current parks and even then they become overcrowded easily.
If you were overseeing a park improvement project in your neighborhood, what would it include? Use the map to add your ideas. Pin at 42.246846, -85.572669 (Skatepark, or smaller skatespot), Pin at 42.270679, -85.588886 (Skatepark)

What neighborhood do you live in? South Westnedge
Mark one of each of these items on the map below as a priority for your neighborhood. Click and drag the map to find your neighborhood, or use the camera controls button on the map to zoom in or out. Pin at 42.247363, -85.583884 (Near 125 Pratt rd there is a big areas that keeps being repaired over and over that its a 10x5ft area of huge bumps that really just needs to be milled out and replaced. Similarly this is starting to happen closer to the bank and Barries as well! This road suffers a lot of potholes and is quickly breaking down every year due to people speeding.), Pin at 42.247428, -85.58191 (Bridge by the church does not have proper drainage into the creek, leading to flooding and safety issues for pedestrians and vehicles.), Pin at 42.247276, -85.586599 (Speeding leads to this road being less safe for pedestrians and bikers as people try to bypass traffic on Kilgore. Also breaking down the road.)

What neighborhood do you live in? South Westnedge
What types of Parks & Recreation programs & events would you like to see in your neighborhood? My priority is that there are lots of programs for kids during the summer that 1) are low cost to ensure access 2) that help build social/life skills 3) keep kids healthy and engaged (not on electronics)
If you were overseeing a park improvement project in your neighborhood, what would it include? Use the map to add your ideas. Pin at 42.246247, -85.572424, Pin at 42.248598, -85.578003, Pin at 42.268736, -85.646002 (Greenspace and trails as an extension to Asylum lake preserve)

What neighborhood do you live in? South Westnedge
What should be the City’s top priorities for materials management? You've got 2 dots to 'spend' to prioritize. Add recycling containers at apartment complexes. (1), Create a curbside yardwaste & food-scrap pick up system. (1)
What should be the City’s top priorities for the natural world? You've got 2 dots to 'spend' to prioritize. Improve the ecosystem health of public green spaces. (1), Allow limited bow hunting to manage the City’s deer population. (1)
What should be the City’s top priorities for energy efficiency and renewables? You've got 2 dots to 'spend' to prioritize. Partner with energy utilities to create new programs, like a neighborhood geothermal system. (2)
Add any additional notes about the natural world or your answers above: I LOVE recycling at apartment complexes! It makes it was easier and accessible for people who would throw recycling away because of barriers to recycle. That said, as a property manager I know that any recycling systems needs to NOT be regular trash looking dumpsters! We paid to provide recycling and had to end it. There is a group of people who will just throw their trash in recycling dumpster because it is the closest thing to them, resulting in the entire container of contaminated recycling being dumped by the processing company instead of recycled! Having to dump the entire thing of contaminated recycling defeats the point, does more damage along the way as recycling that might have been recycled is now tossed, and is a huge waste of resources that could be invested in doing other environmental good. Intentionality with how apartment recycling would be implemented would have to be there!