Sunday, December 16, 2012
Community meetings wrapped up at the University of Akron, Lakewood campus on Wednesday.
In 1993, the most important issues facing the city were image, housing, economic development and physical environment. A lot has changed in Lakewood since then. While those issues are still important, city officials set out earlier this year to update Lakewood's Community Vision, a document that outlines the state of the city and provides an outlook for the future. This time around, city officials hope to put the document into practical use. About 25 people attended the city’s final workshop to update the plan at the University of Akron Lakewood campus on Wednesday night. The issues that were highlighted for the 2012 document include safety, mobility, housing, education & culture, community wellness and commercial development. “The process…
Monday, September 10, 2012
The first meeting, scheduled for Wednesday in the library’s multi-purpose room, will feature Jeffrey T. Verespej, the director of operations and advocacy for Ohio City Incorporated.
Last month, the city of Lakewood’s planning and development department announced its next round of workshops to develop a new Community Vision. Now, the city has got several speakers lined up to discuss some of the key issues. The first meeting, scheduled for Wednesday in the library’s multi-purpose room, will feature Jeffrey T. Verespej, the director of operations and advocacy for Ohio City Incorporated, who will discuss safety. The rest of the committee meetings are scheduled and listed below — along with the featured speakers. All meetings start at 6:30 p.m. “Our guest speakers will be at the workshops sharing their view of the world as it related to Lakewood,” said Dru Siley, the director of planning and development in an email. “All …
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Monday, August 27, 2012
The plan to discuss and update the city’s document outlining the state of the city and providing an outlook for the future is set to begin again.
The city of Lakewood’s planning and development department has announced its next round of workshops to develop a new Community Vision. The meetings are slated to begin again in September. A lot has changed in Lakewood since 1993. That’s the last time there’s been an update to the Community Vision, a document that outlines the state of the city and provides an outlook for the future. About 75 people attended the city’s first workshop to update the plan at the University of Akron Lakewood campus in May. Dru Siley, the city’s director of planning and development, said the goal was to have another round of meetings begin this summer. “Instead, we spent the months of July and August doing process and prep work,” Siley said in an email. “For …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The last time the city updated it long-term planning document was 1993.
A lot has changed in Lakewood since 1993. That was the last time the city updated its “Community Vision,” a document that outlines the state of the city and provides an outlook for the future. About 75 people attended the city’s first workshop to update that plan at the University of Akron Lakewood campus on Monday night. “The work that was done in the 90s was the first attempt to articulate what’s important to Lakewood,” said Dru Siley, the city’s director of planning and development. “We’re going to build on that. We’re going to refine it, because the world has changed dramatically in 20 years.” Back in 1993, the planning commission, along with residents, civic and business leaders identified four areas of concern to develop over a …
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