Meeting Recap: September 15, 2025

We hosted a community meeting on September 15, 2025 at the Demakes Family YMCA. Planning staff welcomed 32 residents, property owners, and elected officials to that session and shared a progress report of what has happened since the SHIP plan was completed.

We also identified some key challenges and next steps, which includes shoreline restoration, expanding affordable housing opportunities in the neighborhood, implementing our street grid improvements, and tackling some key stuck properties throughout the district. Finally, we shared some possible next steps with attendees, which included the possibility of utilizing an economic development plan or urban renewal plan to support acquisitions and provide more resources to turn vacant sites into more productive developments.

The audience had many questions and points of feedback during the large-group meeting as well as in opportunities to connect before and after the formal meeting. We answered question about the SHIP, its intended timeline, and particularities of how urban renewal or economic development plans work. Our discussion touched on other priorities, including transportation access, workforce development, and ensuring job access for Lynners.

To see the content we presented, you can download the slides or check out our video version, created in partnership with LCTV, below.