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Zoning & Planning Committee
Title
Approving and adopting the M-11-13 Junction Avenue Neighborhood Plan as an amendment to the Toledo 20/20 Comprehensive Plan for the City of Toledo, Ohio; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The applicant is requesting a review of the Junction Neighborhood Master Plan, prepared by the Toledo Design Center, and the Junction Coalition (JC). The Junction Neighborhood Master Plan is intended to be a flexible, long term guiding document that is intended to help direct development / reinvestment in a coordinated fashion while focusing on strengthening the community, increasing overall environmental awareness and guiding the proper use and allocation of resources.
The Junction Neighborhood Master Plan focuses on revitalizing the area that was previously served by the Community Development Corporation (CDC) known as Organized Neighbors Yielding Excellence (O.N.Y.X). That CDC is now defunct and the Junction Coalition has taken charge of revitalization efforts. The Junction Coalition was developed as a guiding force for systematic change and to combat the blight of vacant lots and abandoned in the neighborhood. Through planning, organizing, directing, and coordinating economic revitalization activities, the Junction Coalition will oversee the development and redevelopment within and adjacent to the boundaries of the Junction Community.
The Junction Coalition is three (3) individual groups that together form the whole. These diverse group of people consist of Private Sector Stakeholders, the Steering Committee, and Public Sector Stakeholders. Among the Private Sector Stakeholders are: residents, institutions, home and business owners, and merchants. The Steering Committee is comprised of the Toledo Design Center, Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commission, and the JC Core Planning Team. This a sub-group of members of the Junction Coalition as a whole who met on a regular basis to review and in...
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