Local Group Asks Residents for City Planning Advice
Monday, 14 November 2011 02:00
Got an idea of how to fix Tucson? One group wants to hear it.
Imagine Greater Tucson (IGT) is an organization that engages in city-wide outreach, data collection and policy planning, all with one goal -- to ask Tucson residents what they want changed, and change it.
“There’s lots of agreement,” Leah Edwards, an IGT intern, said. “Almost everyone values education, safety and better transportation.”
IGT’s approach is based on strategies in other cities that have been successful, Edwards said. Residents fill out surveys or just write brief notes describing what they would like to see changed in Tucson. Once the data is all collected, the information will be developed into policy and presented to city planners.
IGT collects information from all demographics and all parts of Tucson in order to create a comprehensive idea of what residents want. Edwards, who works with the youth engagement and awareness team, said teenagers are particularly concerned with transportation and education. She said the bus system can only take teens so far, and often they have trouble getting places after dark.
“Youth don’t feel safe walking around at night,” she said.
Public health is also a top concern for Tucson residents. People want more sidewalks, less pollution and more physical education classes in schools.
Surveys will become available on the IGT website in January 2012. So far, IGT has collected over 33,000 comments.
“It’s really great that people have seen us and liked what we’re doing enough to ask us to come and meet with their groups as well,” Edwards said. “We have seen a lot of support across Tucson.”
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