Create opportunities for education and economic growth; add a net gain of jobs in the region. - 5 - Very important
What can we do to make this happen? Who should be involved?
Community Development as basis for real estate and business development, not the other way around. The process that produced the South Waterfront needs to be seriously challenged including how questions are structured which reflect assumptions and beliefs of the professional class that has grown around the built environment. Who is Portland competing with exactly? Who are the players in this competition? Is positioning of education and prosperity in a competitive context reflecting sustainability principles and practices (a way to make this happen)?
How can we create educational opportunities and economic growth that reduces the income gap such as by 2035 setting objectives for development that address economic indicators, first, such as reducing the number of our citizens making less that $25,000 (from 24.5% to 15%); increase number of our citizens with B.A.degrees from 43% to 53%, address tax inequities especially for those among us making $150K plus (nearly 10% of our citizens).
GOAL 2: KEEP PORTLAND ACCESSIBLE
Leverage regional assets and public benefits to enhance quality of life for Portlanders. - 5 - Very important
What can we do to make this happen? Who should be involved?
Who can be against this?
GOAL 3: KEEP PORTLAND CONNECTED
Strengthen multimodal transportation connections; enhance the public realm to improve accessibility and create vibrant public spaces and recreational opportunities. - 5 - Very important
What can we do to make this happen? Who should be involved?
Do you want to attract people to our city looking for a wonderful place to live who don't want to own a car, don't want to live in all white neighborhoods, and don't want to have to leave the city to enjoy trees, rivers, gardens? Set clear objectives as to who we want to attract to our city and what we want to pass on to our children so they have a choice whether to leave or stay.
GOAL 4: KEEP PORTLAND HEALTHY
Develop the site so that it reflects high-quality construction, resource sharing, environmentally-friendly practices and social responsibility. - 5 - Very important
What can we do to make this happen? Who should be involved?
Given the 1 in 3 chance of an earthquake in the next 50 years (not the big, big one which is 1 in 10) low quality is not an option. Who is going to be the judge of what is environmentally-friendly and socially responsible? Developers? The Portland Development Commission? Our elected officials? All stakeholders? Do we need to look at the WQ Planning process to see the "who" of involvement and how representative transparent, inclusive, accessible and non-partisan it was or wasn't?
GOAL 5: KEEP PORTLAND ACCOUNTABLE
Create an implementable strategy that attracts private investment and delivers appropriate public benefit. - 3
What can we do to make this happen? Who should be involved?
Where has this worked in the past here in Portland?
Is there anything that we have missed? Please share your thoughts below:
I recommend listening to Adam Davis, of DHM Research and Dave Miller, host of Think Out Loud, talk about the survey results (2013 at City Club) addressing what Oregonians value and believe (http://bit.ly/wecareabout) and use the results to develop best practices for this project to address what we value and believe. The values that are included in these best practices are excellence, inclusivity, transparency, accessibility, accountability and nonpartisanship. Look outside Portland for other projects to use as scenarios we citizens can use to get a better idea of what the options are and whether our beliefs and values are being addressed.
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GOAL 1: KEEP PORTLAND COMPETITIVE
What can we do to make this happen? Who should be involved?
Community Development as basis for real estate and business development, not the other way around. The process that produced the South Waterfront needs to be seriously challenged including how questions are structured which reflect assumptions and beliefs of the professional class that has grown around the built environment. Who is Portland competing with exactly? Who are the players in this competition? Is positioning of education and prosperity in a competitive context reflecting sustainability principles and practices (a way to make this happen)?
How can we create educational opportunities and economic growth that reduces the income gap such as by 2035 setting objectives for development that address economic indicators, first, such as reducing the number of our citizens making less that $25,000 (from 24.5% to 15%); increase number of our citizens with B.A.degrees from 43% to 53%, address tax inequities especially for those among us making $150K plus (nearly 10% of our citizens).
GOAL 2: KEEP PORTLAND ACCESSIBLE
What can we do to make this happen? Who should be involved?
Who can be against this?
GOAL 3: KEEP PORTLAND CONNECTED
What can we do to make this happen? Who should be involved?
Do you want to attract people to our city looking for a wonderful place to live who don't want to own a car, don't want to live in all white neighborhoods, and don't want to have to leave the city to enjoy trees, rivers, gardens? Set clear objectives as to who we want to attract to our city and what we want to pass on to our children so they have a choice whether to leave or stay.
GOAL 4: KEEP PORTLAND HEALTHY
What can we do to make this happen? Who should be involved?
Given the 1 in 3 chance of an earthquake in the next 50 years (not the big, big one which is 1 in 10) low quality is not an option. Who is going to be the judge of what is environmentally-friendly and socially responsible? Developers? The Portland Development Commission? Our elected officials? All stakeholders? Do we need to look at the WQ Planning process to see the "who" of involvement and how representative transparent, inclusive, accessible and non-partisan it was or wasn't?
GOAL 5: KEEP PORTLAND ACCOUNTABLE
What can we do to make this happen? Who should be involved?
Where has this worked in the past here in Portland?
Is there anything that we have missed? Please share your thoughts below:
I recommend listening to Adam Davis, of DHM Research and Dave Miller, host of Think Out Loud, talk about the survey results (2013 at City Club) addressing what Oregonians value and believe (http://bit.ly/wecareabout) and use the results to develop best practices for this project to address what we value and believe. The values that are included in these best practices are excellence, inclusivity, transparency, accessibility, accountability and nonpartisanship. Look outside Portland for other projects to use as scenarios we citizens can use to get a better idea of what the options are and whether our beliefs and values are being addressed.