L.O.V.E. Goals: Every Great Place needs a variety of attributes to succeed. Great Places 2020 uses the L.O.V.E. acronym to embody these critical components: livability, opportunity, vitality, and education. Twin Aire developed the LOVE goals during a community engagement and planning process to build upon current assets and guide work over the next five years.
About Great Places: In a great city, you need a number of great places to create a truly lively community – places where people choose to live, work and play.
Great Places 2020 is a collaborative initiative that responds to this need. The effort seeks to transform five strategic places in Marion County into dynamic urban villages bettering both the economy and quality of life for residents and visitors alike.
Twin Aire was designated a Great Places 2020 in 2016.
To view the full Great Places 2020 plan, go to GreatPlaces2020.org
Livability:
Enhance the health and well-being of residents by creating natural and cultural amenities and improving greenspaces, walkability, and public safety.
Strategies
Increase connectivity throughout the area by expanding trails, improving pedestrian infrastructure, and creating opportunities to access a variety of transportation options
Expand access to art, nature, and recreational opportunities for all residents
Improve public health and safety
Create a community center
Opportunity:
Utilize the area’s existing hardworking spirit to attract entrepreneurs and growing businesses that will increase employment opportunities for local residents and create an economic development imitative that leverages the assets of the neighborhood to strengthen the overall community.
Strategies
Establish a dense, mixed-use center of activity that attracts local businesses and enhances economic development initiatives
Increase employment opportunities for local residents and create an economic development initiative that leverages the strengths of the neighborhood to attract local businesses and higher paying employers
Create resources for entrepreneurship and minimize barriers to entry for small businesses
Vitality:
Improve the quality of existing housing stock and create a diverse range of new housing options to ensure that the area will remain affordable for residents of all income levels and accessible to residents of all ages.
Strategies
Ensure that the area will remain affordable for residents of all income levels by developing programs to assist current residents to remain in their neighborhoods
Improve the quality of the existing housing stock and create a diverse range of new housing options
Become a model “Aging-in-Place” Community
Education:
Offer a rich array of educational opportunities to all residents from, from cradle to career, to ensure that children, youth and adults have access to high-quality schools, particularly early learning, cultural and enrichment activities, and training programs including programming for non-English speakers.
Strategies
Increase access to high-quality early Learning and youth programming
Expand opportunities for post-secondary education and workforce development
Capitalize on the unique cultural context of the area and provide English language programming for non-English speakers
Work with TANC, SEND, and SECS to create new cultural programming to celebrate the heritage of the people of the neighborhood