the face of change, and increase access to opportunities for all.

It proposes: 1) Strong communities and organizations that contain diverse households, supported by strong social and cultural institutions and services; 2) Healthy neighborhood provides people access to resources necessary to meet personal needs such as healthy food; and 3)Supportive places include infrastructure supporting healthy activities such as parks, sidewalks, playgrounds, transit, shopping and services.

23rd Avenue Action Plan THE CENTRAL AREA (Union-Cherry-Jackson) A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD Together Shared Vision
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- Focus e orts on much smaller areas the community cores, to ensure more e ective implementation with available resources in shorter timeframe (5-6 year) that leads to tangible changes. - Aim to build community capacity and partnership to take speci c actions in collaboration with the City - emphasize community engagment, and utilize Public Engagement and Outreach Liasons (POELs) to engage and empower the underepresented members of the community

Great neighborhoods like the Central Area Contact: are comprised of a strong community, Quanlin Hu, Senior Planner Department of Planning and Development healthy people and a physical environment quanlin.hu@seattle.gov (206) 386-1598 that supports the community and its people.
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There are several ways community stakeholders (people who live, work, learn, shop, worship, own property, play here; or otherwise call this area home) can work together. Community Workshops
The City will host three workshops where you can identify what is good and should be supported, opportunities we can work on and challenges we can overcome. Your contribution will help develop specic actions that address your priorities.

THE TIMELINE
The Current Condition: In February and March 2013, focus groups that
included business owners, historically-underrepresented communities, developers, and community organizations, among others share their understanding of the three community cores.

Community Resource Fairs Things are happening. The beating hearts of the Central Area along 23rd Avenue at Union, Cherry and Jackson are where people gather, shop, work, go to school, worship and live and they are changing.
This great neighborhood is full of history, character, shops, organizations, schools and most importantly a community of people from a broad diversity of backgrounds. The Central Area has experienced changes that have caused anxiety, fragmentation and disappointment for some people while also generating excitement and expectation. It is time to refocus our efforts around key priorities for these three community cores to honor its history and shape its future. Lets work together so that the changes can support community stability and pride as well as opportunity. The community has worked together to create the Central Area Action Plan I (1992) and Action Plan II (1999) to manage growth and changes. These plans are living, breathing documents that reect the vision, goals and character of the Central Area community. Action Plan II had visions for 23rd and Union, 23rd and Jackson also for 23rd Ave corridor. We will be working on strategies to update and implement those visions. This year, the City of Seattle and the community will work together to reenergize key pieces of Action Plan II with a focus on three specic locations: 23rd Avenue & E. Union; 23rd Avenue & E. Cherry; and 23rd Avenue S. & S. Jackson Street. Together we will develop a shared vision and action plan. Through this project, we hope to make this great neighborhood a healthier, more equitable and viable destination for all people who call the Central Area home.

ABOUT THE PROJECT

These three Central Area community cores have active groups, individuals and organizations already working to preserve and enhance the health, culture and vitality of the neighborhood. Community resource fairs will be opportunities for them to showcase their work and services, and for you to connect with them.

Looking to the Future: In Phase 1 (spring 2013) community stakeholders share

whats great and what needs attention to help shape a shared vision for the future.

Action Teams

An important step of the 23rd Avenue Action Plan project is the formation of action teams who will work in unity to leverage resources and political will to achieve community priorities through specic actions.

Getting Down to Details: In Phase 2 (summer 2013) community stakeholders identify priorities and add more detail to get the work done. In addition, people and community organizations come together to form the Action Teams that will get the work done. Getting to Work: In Phase 3 (fall 2013) community stakeholders provide
feedback on the 23 Ave Action Plan to create a nal document. In addition, the Action Teams convene to create their workplans.

The 23rd Avenue ACT (Advisory Core Team)

The 23rd Avenue ACT will collaborate directly with the City and the community to ensure that the vision and implementation actions reect the voices and balanced interests of the community. In addition, the ACT will work with the community to carry the 23rd Avenue Action Plan beyond this projectmaintaining the shared vision, unity and commitment needed to make the changes possible.

Our Commitment to Outreach and Engagement

As part of the City of Seattles commitment to Inclusive Outreach and Engagement, we will use a number of approaches to make it easy for stakeholders to participate. This includes efforts to specically reach historically-underrepresented community members whose opinions may otherwise go unrecognized. In partnership with the community, the ACT, Public Outreach and Engagement Liaisons (POELs) and the City will work to include voices of our youth, seniors, the African/Black American community, immigrants and refugees, people living with disabilities, working families, and the Hispanic Community.