Community Engagement

 

The California Avenue Neighborhood Choice Neighborhood project is an intentional and compassionate effort to implement a dignified community development process that will result in new housing developments reflecting the connectedness, creativity and culture of current and past residents. This project will promote stability for young people, aging adults, and those who’ve been disproportionately impacted by unfair development in the past.

Every community asset will have a place in this project. From schools and faith communities, to artists and entrepreneurs, the CAN Choice Neighborhoods project will look, feel, and progress with residents at the forefront of the process.

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CAN Engagement

This project hopes to…

Meaningfully improve intra-community dynamics between Latinx and Black residents

Humanize those who’ve been institutionalized and those who have physical and/or cognitive disabilities

Address and promote healing from inequitable rezoning and toxic industry

Put forth a strong example of on-the-ground engagement that is culturally appropriate for the impacted community

Bring fairness to oral history collection and community survey processes

Redefine quality of life and interventions based on resident voices

The community engagement will combine:

 

1. The four phases of project development

2. A dignity-infused planning and community engagement process

3. Pre-existing community engagement efforts

4. Intentional efforts to address social and civic engagement gaps in the community