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Valley Plan 2030- Building A Thriving Community
Your ideas will shape the future of the Valley
The Housing and Neighborhood Development Services (HANDS)has worked with the community for almost two decades in the planning process about the future of the Valley neighborhood. The Valley 2030 Plan will reflect the opinions and visions of hundreds of people who live in, work in, and care about the Valley. A wide range of issues evolved from a series of meetings with some Valley residents in the fall of 2019. Those issues helped to shape the survey questions below. HANDS is working to solicit ideas and comments from as many Valley residents and business owners as possible.
The Valley 2030 Plan will qualify the Valley for 10 million dollars over 10 years in funding from the state Neighborhood Revitalization Tax Credit program to help improve the neighborhood, rehabilitate old buildings, create affordable housing, foster business development, and sponsor community programs and activities.
The planning process began in August 2019 with a group of Valley residents – some have been here all their life, some for a couple of decades, and a few newcomers. They talked about why they love the Valley but were also vocal about many of its challenges. They talked about a Vision for the Valley’s Future. The latest version of that vision is below:
Your opinions will help inform the Valley 2030 Plan by August 2020. Help fill in the details and make the vision a reality.
What’s the next chapter for the Valley? A vision for 2030
Picture a thriving neighborhood where all people regardless of income or social status can enjoy a good and healthy quality of life – a nice place to raise a family, housing that is safe, accessible and affordable, attractive parks, good schools, active recreation, nearby shopping, local services, arts and culture, youth sports and activities, festivals and celebrations. Places to learn, work, have fun, make a living, own a business. A neighborhood that’s friendly, walkable, safe, convenient, with nice public spaces.
Imagine a place where people of all incomes and backgrounds flourish. A place that is proud to create inspiration and opportunity for all people including the most vulnerable residents. Where people work together for the benefit of all and that celebrates its working-class history of manufacturing. A place where working people can afford to buy a home. Envision an engaged community that determines its own future. And a place where everyone feels that they belong – that the Valley is their neighborhood. A good place to be, to raise a family, to start a business, to succeed.
