Goal of the meeting
How do we prepare ourselves as a community to meet these opportunities to re-envision parts of our valley?
Why it’s important
These projects represent a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to re envision what our fire-affected communities will be like to live in. The fires were a terrible reset for the Greenway and SR99 between Ashland and South Medford.
Outcomes of the meeting
Our discussion resulted in some interesting opportunities for the project leads to share information on community values, priorities, and ideas across the projects. It was agreed that the community recovery plan could serve as connective tissue between the limited scope and technical focuses of the TGM and Greenway projects. This connective tissue would extend out to address some of the larger issues like economic and tourism development and the larger Community goals of resilience, inclusion, and equity. R3v and LTRG will follow up with the project leads so that opportunities for community input can be publicized and made as accessible as possible to a representative variety of stakeholders.
The panel
- Steve Lambert, Jackson County Parks, Greenway Re Visioning
- Laura Buhl, DLCD, TGM study project manager
- Bethanie Martin, Urban Design Associates – Paradise Recovery Plan
- Bob Hackett, Travel Southern Oregon
- Caryn Wheeler-Clay, JCC LTRG
Questions addressed
- Opportunities
- Projects
- Bear Creek/99 Traffic Growth Management (TGM) study
- Greenway operations and maintenance plan
- Disaster recovery planning effort – Paradise example
- How will public comment be incorporated into the project’s work?
- Of these ongoing projects, are there multi-year processes that unfold from them?
- Local and regional responses to large issues like housing, tourism shifts, and climate change
- Projects
- Who leads the projects?
- Project leadership
- Consultants
- Government representatives
- Public advisory committees
- Technical advisory committees
- Others?
- Project leadership
- Community involvement – How can various sectors and citizens support the project?
- Public comment
- In meetings
- In writing
- Workshops and charrettes
- Other opportunities
- Public comment
- Challenges
- How do community members miss these opportunities?
- Ways to overcome language, logistical, and cultural barriers?
- How can we prepare ourselves to make the best contribution possible in these processes?
- Next steps towards community visioning?
- How might the community educate itself as to process and possibilities to envision?
- Should community groups identify their key visions and concerns beforehand?
- Should spokespeople be chosen, trained, and empowered by community groups?
- How can the community help create the political will to implement the recommendations of these projects?
Video of the discussion
Video starts just after Steve Lambert of Jackson County Parks introduces himself (sorry, Steve!)
Laura Buhl’s slide:
A couple of slides we presented in the meeting to offer context on the projects
Transcription of the discussion
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