THE COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE

The Community Collaborative is a focused effort between multiple local organizations on the challenges facing our communities. The goal of the Collaborative is to highlight an area’s history, bring awareness to its future potential, and then promote sustainable growth.

Each year a focus area or issue is established, community input is gathered, and multiple studies and efforts are performed. The Collaborative concludes each year in a public event and a publication that summarizes the research, designs, concepts, and efforts performed that year. This discourse in turn begins to shape public policy and private development strategies. The Collaborative is the vehicle for our community to envision the possibilities of our region and shape our collective aspirations for the future.

Community Collaborative study areas so far:

2018/2019 - Burlington neighborhood

2020 - Sutherland Avenue Corridor

2021/2022 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue Corridor

Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Corridor

A segment of the corridor from S. Olive Street to Castle Street was chosen for the 2021-2022 Collaborative.

Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Corridor Survey

Over 80 community members filled out a corridor survey; the results packet, seen above, guided our plan

Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Corridor - Urban Master Plan

Our plan was guided by the commmunity input and best current practices for walkable, bikeable cities.