This document summarizes feedback gathered from: Registration and Comment Sheets and video comments collected at DWP

cluster-based meetings and Community Access Centers between January and March 2011, and Online survey responses collected between January and March 2011. This document is produced by Community Legal Resources . Please direct questions to Elizabeth Luther (eluther@clronline.org, 313.969.7166).

OPEN-ENDED FEEDBACK SUMMARY

CLUSTER-BASED MEETINGS JANUARY 2011 MARCH 2011

Overview
This document provides an overview of the feedback gathered through Detroit Works Project cluster meetings.
These 11 meetings took place between January 27th and March 10th, 2011. Additionally, this overview analyzes input provided through a survey on the DWP website.

DWP Meetings

11

1,630
Participants

Overview

QUESTIONS
1. What is your favorite place in your neighborhood, other than your home? Please be specific. 2. What projects or activities are taking place in your neighborhood that we should be aware of? 3. What do you hope the Detroit Works Project will do for your neighborhood? 4. What would you like the city of Detroit to look like in 30 years? 5. Additional comments, including video comments

SUB-CATEGORIES
Gender | What is your gender?
Response Count: 905 2 Categories: Female, Male

Age | How old are you?

Response Count: 942 5 Categories: 17 or under, 18-34, 35-54, 55-74, 75 or older

Race/Ethnicity | How would you describe your racial or ethnic background?

Response Count: 932 5 Categories: Arab American, Black/African American, Caucasian, Hispanic/Latino, Other

Geography (Planning Cluster)

Mappable Addresses: 589 Cluster meeting attendees who did not provide addresses: 47

Overview
Meeting Attendees

Overview
Participants by Age and Geography

55-74 35-54
THE AGE RANGE SHOWN IS THE MOST REPRESENTED RANGE FROM EACH CLUSTER

35-54 & 55-74

35-54 & 55-74

18-34

55-74

NOTE: A high number of respondents did not choose an age category; this map represents only respondents who chose an age category.

18-34 years 35-54 years 35-54 & 55-74 years 55-74 years

MOST REPRESENTED AGE RANGE

Overview
Participants by Race and Geography

Black / African American Caucasian Caucasian

HISPANIC/LATINO RESPONDENTS WERE MOST REPRSENTED IN CLUSTER 5 THOSE WHO CHOSE OTHER WERE MOST REPRESENTED IN CLUSTER 4

THE RACE SHOWN IS THE MOST REPRESENTED RACE FROM EACH CLUSTER

Black / African American Caucasian

Overview
Participants by Age and Race

YOUNGER OLDER

75 or older [32]

2 1

12 152 83 137 7 3 2

17 155 146 52 10 14

55-74 [360] 11 20 20 35-54 [281] 14 15 18 33

18-34 [245] 10 9 17 or under [24] Blank [26]

Caucasian 2
2 1 2

7 Caucasian

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Arab American [21] No race selected [36] Hispanic/Latino [47]

Other [77] Caucasian [393] Black/African American [394]

NEIGHBORHOOD ASSETS

Neighborhood Assets
What is your favorite place in your neighborhood, other than your home?
Community garden 3% Library 3% School, university 4%
Community organization, social service provider, nonprofit service or project 4%

Nothing 3%

Historic or Museum, cultural architectural institution, landmark theater, public art 2% 2%

Community center 5%

Park, recreation area or center, natural feature, open space 34%

Retail, commercial node or corridor 5%

Grocery store, farmers market 6% Religious institution 7% Restaurant, bar, coffee shop 11% Neighborhood 11%

524 851
Responses Favorite Places

Neighborhood Assets
Favorite Places

Neighborhood Assets
Favorite Places (by Residents Cluster) Parks . . . Food access, gardens . . . institutions Restaurants, bars . . . Schools, museums, libraries, galleries

Community centers, nonprofits . . . coffee shops, retail, commerce Religious . . .

. . . greenways, open space

Community Centers & THIS MAP SHOWS GENERAL TRENDS Nonprofits IN RESPONDENTS FAVORITE TYPES OF NEIGHBORHOOD LOCATIONS ACROSS THE CITY

Neighborhood Assets
Neighborhood Assets Trends

. . . of respondents from Cluster 3 chose a park, recreation center, natural feature, or open space.

58%

. . . of respondents from Cluster 1 chose a school, university, museum, library, or gallery.

25%

1.5 times
. . . more likely than all participants to choose restaurants, bars, coffee shops, and other entertainment venues.

Males were

NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVITY

Neighborhood Activity
What projects or activities are taking place in your neighborhood that we should be aware of?
The environment 3% Nothing 3% Housing 4% Vacancy 4% Development 4% Jobs, commerce 4% Appearance 14% Institutions 2% Collaboration 2% Reuse, historic preservation 1% City services, accessibility 1%

Community organizations 15%

435
Responses Organizations and Projects

Cultural initiatives 5% Education, training 5% Safety 11% General improvements 5% Parks, rec, open space 6% Food access, urban ag 9%

>525

Neighborhood Activity

>525 ORGANIZATIONS & PROJECTS

NOTE: LARGER FONTS INDICATE THAT MORE RESPONDENTS MENTIONED A PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION OR PROJECT.

Neighborhood Activity

Neighborhood Activity Trends

. . . of respondents from Cluster 10 mentioned safety and patrols.

28%

. . . of Cluster 8 respondents mentioned food access, i.e. urban agriculture and markets. Respondents from Cluster 3 were

24%

. . . more likely than all participants to suggest there was nothing or no initiatives taking place in their neighborhoods.

3.6 times

DWP NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT

DWP Neighborhood Impact

What do you hope the Detroit Works Project will do for your neighborhood?

536

Responses

NOTE: LARGER FONTS INDICATE THAT MORE RESPONDENTS MENTIONED A PARTICULAR TYPE OF NEIGHBORHOOD PROBLEM/IMPROVEMENT.

I M P R O V E

DWP Neighborhood Impact

Building reuse, historic Programming Quality of life, preservation 2% general 2% Repopulation Environment, development 2% public health 11% 3% Cultural amenities 2% Food access, urban ag 4% Density, land use 4% Education, training 4% Community organizing 5%

Jobs, commerce 10% Safety 10%

City services, neighborhood presence 10%

Collaboration (e.g. w/ neighborhood orgs) 5% Appearance, cleanliness, blight 5% Housing, infill 6% Alternate transportation 7%

Parks, open space, recreation opportunities 8%

DWP Neighborhood Impact

Undesirable businesses 3%

Foreclosures, homelessness 5% Pollution 5%

Misguided development 1% Tax burden 2%

General/Other 1%

Crime 19%

Vacancy 45%

Blight 19%

R E D U C E

DWP Neighborhood Impact

Neighborhood Impact Trends

Respondents aged

2.1 times
. . . more likely than all participants to mention improvements to public and non-motorized transportation.

18-34 were

Cluster 5 mentioned City

services, accountability, transparency, and capacity.

16%

. . . of respondents from

. . . of Cluster 3 respondents mentioned housing improvements.

15%

1.6 times
. . . more likely than all participants to mention building reuse and historic preservation.

Females were

FUTURE DETROIT

Future Detroit
What would you like the city of Detroit to look like in 30 years?

525

Responses

NOTE: LARGER FONTS INDICATE THAT MORE RESPONDENTS MENTIONED A PARTICULAR ASPECT OF FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS FOR DETROIT.

I M P R O V E

Future Detroit
Land use, density 4% Food access, urban ag 4% Community organizations 4% Environment 4% Housing Cultural amenities 3% 3%

Appearance, cleanliness, beauty 16%

Diversity 5%

Public & nonmotorized transportation 12%

Parks, greenways, recreation 6%

Jobs, commerce 11%

Safety 6% City services, administration 7%

Other 7%

Education, training 8%

Distrust, generally 2% Undesirable businesses 4% Foreclosures, absentee landlords 5%

Auto dependency Illiteracy 2% 1%

Crime 23%

Pollution 8%

Population, footprint 10%

Vacancy, abandonment 20%

City incentives, corruption, tax burden 12% Blight 13%

R E D U C E

Future Detroit

DETROIT COULD LOOK LIKE . . . BUILD A MORE ATTRACTIVE CITY FOR THESE POPULATIONS:

NOTE: LARGER FONTS INDICATE THAT MORE RESPONDENTS MENTIONED A PARTICULAR COMPARISON CITY / POPULATIONS.

Future Detroit
Future Detroit Trends
Those who selected Other as their race were

. . . of those mentioned a city with functional public transportation (light rail, buses) and bicycle and pedestrian facilities.

3.6 times 17%

aged 18-34
. . . of those aged 35 74 hoped for an increase in jobs and commercial activity in the city.

11%

. . . more likely than all participants to mention collaboration between the City and neighborhood initiatives and plans. Males were

1.4 times
. . . more likely than all participants to mention diversity (racial, cultural, neighborhood, economic).

THE DETROIT WORKS PROJECT PROCESS

DWP Process
Comments about the Detroit Works Project process:

Audience questions 5% Other 8% Collaboration 8% Project purpose 10%

Civic engagement 35%

175
Responses

Keypoint (clickers) 10% Communication

11%

Presentation, agenda 13%

DWP Process

156 SUGGESTED IMPROVEMENTS

Best practices, success stories City staff representation

Civic Engagement

Dialogue and discussion Engage wider population

Presentation & Agenda

Keypoint Clickers

Quality/neutrality of questions, choices

Communication

Transparency Web interface, access, updates

Collaboration

Engage neighborhood organizations, CDCs

Project Purpose

Audience questions
Quality of Citys response Respond directly to all

Clarify DWP message, vision, mission