brownsville on the move

On Sept 21, 2011 Faculty members of the City and Regional Planning Program at the University of Memphis presented the first draft of the Executive Summary of the City Comprehensive Plan. A final version will be prepared incorporating the input received from the members of the Commission.

Click here to download the document  “Brownsville on the Move Executive Summary”

This Saturday, May 14
10AM- 3PM (Lunch Provided)
First South Bank Community Center on West Main

We will go over the proposed overall development goal and major program areas for the Brownsville on the Move Plan. Then as a group we will roll up our sleeves and talk about concrete future steps needed to realize the improvement outcomes in each program area! This will give us, the planning team, the final data we need from residents to write the plan. Hope you can join us!

Wednesday April 27- Lunch and Learn Program @ Elma Ross Library
We will be there at noon and speak about Brownsville on the Move for about 30 mins!

Bring your own lunch; desert and drinks are provided by the library.

Upcoming Community Summit May 14, 2011.

More details coming soon!

http://www.wbbjtv.com/news/local/Brownsville-Needs-Examined-119010604.html

http://www.wbbjtv.com/v/?i=119010604

Door to Door interviews have been postponed for the day due to weather. We’ll be back soon and will let you know when!

The Brownsville on the Move planning process, a partnership with the City of Brownsville and the University of Memphis Planning Department will host its next meeting on Saturday, April 2nd from 10 am to 12 pm at the First South Bank Community Center, located on West Main Street.

Over the past two months project members have been soliciting feedback from town residents to learn more about what makes Brownsville great and what needs to happen to make it better. The visioning exercise is part of a six month community-wide input process which will lead to a community-based plan for the future development and growth of Brownsville based on the values identified by residents in surveys, interviews and input meetings.

“We know we’ve got a good thing here, it’s just building on our strengths and letting people know about it,” said Mayor Jo Matherne.
Brownsville community members of all ages are invited to come to the next input meeting to hear what residents have been saying so far and learn where we go from here.

We have began compiling the information we collected in February into a digital format. Only 3 out fo the 6 groups have been entered so far, so check back later for all of the groups to be updated.

Strengths: Green Bubbles
Weaknesses: Red Bubbles
Opportunities: Blue Bubbles

We will be out and about in Brownsville over the next few weeks interviewing what we call “Movers and Shakers” in person.

We have posted a general web-based survey also that will help guide the process and direct us to the “movers and shakers”. If you want to help guide us or help guide who we interview please take the online survey. It can be completed in 15-30 minutes.

Feel free to pass the link around. It can been accessed from www.surveymonkey.com/brownsvilleonthemove

Check out this video recap of the meeting on the 19th!

Thanks to UM Students Dara Chan and Justice Bolden for the voice over and editing!