Professional Documents
Culture Documents
COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN
COMMUNITY DISCUSSIONS
czb llc., David Boehlke
Community Building Partnership, Joel Owens, Brenda Turner & Maureen
Austin
June, July 2015
Steering
Decisions,
1st
Robust
Comp
Comprehensive Plan
A general direction setting tool for communities.
Community-Driven
Grounded in Reality
Built to be flexible
Settlement
@ Risk Familes
DATA DRIVEN
Tax Delinquencies
Owner Standards
Market Strength
Population Density
Community Assets
Schools + Churches
Canton
COMPETITION
Ongoing competition makes it difficult to attract
new owners and strong renters; Competition makes
it difficult to grow and add new businesses and jobs .
Manage
Encourage
Develop
Bring
Commit
Rethink
Assets
Repurpose Vacant Land with a focus on
Quality of Life
Maintain and Stabilize the Citys
Neighborhoods through strategic
intervention and community organizing
FOCUSED, ASSET-ORIENTED,
Downtown
Grow, Protect & Connect
Downtown
Grow, Protect & Connect
Grow &
Connect
Key Asset
Job Creator
Grow &
Connect
Key Asset
Job Creator
Protect &
Connect
Key Asset
Employer
Regional
Protect &
Connect
Key Asset
Employer
Regional
Connect
& Protect
Other
Assets
Divides Downtown
from Mercy and
HOF Village
Land Assembly
maintain
Canton Proud
Canton Proud
Canton Proud
Canton Proud
Canton Proud
Canton Proud
Canton Proud
Encourage Commercial
Investment
Encourage Commercial
Development
Rethink
Rethink
provision of services
services
Shared Responsibility
Institutions and
Citizens, Associations
and Volunteers
non profits
Successful
Plan
Businesses and
City Government
Corporations
Success=Shared Responsibility
Rethinking
Coordinating
Creating
Developing
Planning Office
The Community-Driven
Nonprofit
The Public-Private
Development Corporation