intentionally inclusive community by ollie kroner
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IntentionallyInclusiveCommunity
Ollie KronerNorthside Community Council
INTENTIONALLY
INCLUSIVE
COMMUNITY
Northside Community Council• Neighborhood Population: 8,000• ~350 Active members, 40-60 attend per meeting• 13 Board members• Committees: Education, House Tour, Porch Tour, Sustainability,
Safety + Livability, Parade, Skate Park, Youth Soccer Program• Affiliates: Apple Street Market, Northside Farmer’s Market,
Citizens on Patrol, PAR Projects, Northside Business Association, NEST
Council Ground Rules
• Start off with introductions• Encourage participation - open discussion of agenda items• All members vote on all issues• Work toward consensus come to action• Meetings are no more than 2 hours• Think big, be patient
Communicate
• Social media • Cross membership with other
organizations and committees• Bits and Pieces email list• The Northsider monthly
newspaper
Changes
• Lots of development, infill• New residents, increasing property values• Lost our grocery store• Entertainment District zoning• Surge of women/minority owned businesses
Thinking Forward - Who do we want to be
• 2014 Land Use Plan• Maintain an ethnically and economically diverse community• Unique, non-chain, historic business district• A place to raise a family, a place to grow old• Sustainability-focused development
Inclusive by design
• US EPA Equitable Development Grant• “Steer development before development steers the neighborhood”• Conduct Housing Inventory• Community Land Trust, Renter’s Equity• Addressing food desert
Sustainability
• US EPA Grant to evaluate opportunities for sustainable development• LEED-‐ND Neighborhood evaluation, focus on:
• Transit, connectivity, walkability• Building density• Greenspace protection• Energy performance of building stock
Celebrate!
• Parade• Rock n Roll Carnival• House Tour & Porch Tour • Summer Streets
Change• New Council members,
new leadership• Bylaws revisions every
5 years• Communication/
outreach strategies
Keep• Planning• Principles• Vision• Institutional memory
• Complaints into solutions
• Ideas into actions• Anecdotes into stories• Neighbors into
community builders
Turn
Come [email protected]@olliekroner