-MCRP Studio
Assets
- friendly neighborhood
- good access to public trans
- central location (amenities); wide variety of services
- cottage style architecture
- fire and police facilities near
- central to Memphis
- university as cultural center
- great urban forest
- well kept yards
- quiet
- access to public library branch
- strong neighborhood associations
- walkable neighborhoods
- double coverage between city and university police
- integrated
- grid layout
- community center (Davis and YMCA)
- bungalow architecture
- bikability
- very little violent crime
- upwardly mobile (values, quality of life, etc.)
- open spaces
- close to campus
- businesses highly involved in redevelopment
- diverse
- neighborhood alliances
- locally owned businesses
- numerous churches
- houses well built
- good access to parks and university
- resources
Liabilities
- a lot of rental
- college student neighbors
- use of neighborhood as shortcut
- hard to distinguish b/t cut through traffic and crime
- increasing number of trains (types of materials transported)
- no neighborhood alert system for hazmat spill
- grid layout
- overflow parking from university and street congestion
- no shuttle system for university
- campus maintenance doesn’t maintain trash blown over to adjacent properties
- no high school in neighborhood
- campus school only goes to 6th
- threat of stadium (Normal Station)
- trash and litter
- east side of Highland and property condition
- lack of landscaping on periphery of campus
- condition of fraternity houses
- light pollution from campus parking lots
- noise from students
- speed on Central higher than surrounding streets
- not pedestrian friendly, esp. around tracks
- crime
- some businesses not assisting in redevelopment
- Park Ave
- Types of businesses
- increasing rate of rental housing (Normal Station)
- instability that results
- Graffiti on Highland
- rodents
- trash on Highland
- parking not defined on Walker
- asphalt on south side of Southern
- drainage still a problem around Black Bayou
- Drainage a problem in Sherwood
- Lack of public parking on campus
- Red and white housing on Getwell rental scheme
- No uniform sign code
Future Vision
- Restore blighted properties
- Repave central streets
- No absentee landlords
- No stadium
- Train underground
- Light rail through area
- Midland high school raises property values
- Bike route connecting to greater city area reducing traffic
- Bike path
- Highland strip more pedestrian friendly and connecting neighborhood
- Diverse range of stores that serve the entire neighborhood, not just the University
- Neighborhood and university working together
- No above ground power lines
- Diagonal parking along Highland
- Deal with the train
- Improved communication within the community
- Restrict PUDs
- Better zoning (similar to Normal station rezoning)
- Grocery store
- Better and increased amounts of landscaping on university property and in area, mitigate effects of parking lots
- Foot and bike police
- Consistently enforce parking and traffic regulations
- Retain neighborhood character
- Local business, faculty in neighborhood, eclectic mix of businesses
- PACA