What matters most to the Lents neighborhood in its next phase of development?
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What is your relationship to the Lents neighborhood? Choose all that apply (hold down the Ctrl key on your PC or Command on your Mac to select multiple items).
What activities do you, your family, and/or friends like to do in Lents?
Go to the farmers market, take walks, go to baseball games, go to the park, check out new shops.
What kinds of businesses are important to you? What kinds of businesses would you like to have added to the neighborhood?
A grocery store is above and beyond the most important business I'd like to see. With the closure of Fred Meyer on Foster, there is no walkable store to get most groceries. We only have a handful of convenience stores which don't help when you need fresh produce or random ingredients and you certainly cannot do any weekly shop there. I'd also love to see a library in the area. Holgate is not easily walkable from almost all of Lents. We're a massive community without any local library.
What kind of open public space do you imagine here? What could it be used for (e.g., Lents International Farmers Market)?
The farmers market would be amazing year-round.
What kind of housing do you imagine here? Do you want to see a mix of affordable housing units and market rate units? Do you want to see a mix of units to accommodate families of all sizes?
Mixed. I don't want to see people pushed out. I like the diversity of Lents now.
What are your top priorities for Prosper Portland's investment in this development?
I have another priority (let us know below)
Support local neighborhood small businesses through commercial space renovations
Create open spaces for neighborhood events
Create affordable housing units
Programmed events in public spaces, install public art
If one of your priorities was "Other" please describe it:
Grocery store is absolutely #1. I feel like it's universally agreed upon by the community that it is very needed.
What additional equitable development goals are important to you?
Not sure.