These strategies will be based on community input and may include plans for:
Market-responsive mixed-income housing and new community amenities
Energy-efficient, sustainable, healthy, and accessible housing units
Infill development and re-purposing of deteriorated structures
Infrastructure improvements & neighborhood beautification (streets, sidewalks, lighting, parks, etc.)
Business development and retention
Improved access to workforce development, education, and health services
The area covered by the Choice Neighborhood planning grant includes the geographic boundaries in South Lorain, Ohio:
North: Recently reopened Republic Steel Plant, along 28th St
South: High-tension power line along 36th St
West: Broadway
East: Oakwood Park along Grove Ave.
At the center of neighborhood is the target public housing community—Southside Gardens (the Site).
The general approach to determining boundaries was to focus on physical edges, such as the steel plant and high-tension power lines, as well as mixed-use corridors along Broadway and Grove Avenue.
Create opportunities for private and public investments in Southside Gardens and the South Lorain neighborhood to offer amenities and assets that are important to the community.
Improve outcomes for those living in Southside Gardens and the South Lorain neighborhood related to income, employment, education, health, and health services.
Replace distressed public housing with high-quality mixed-income housing that is responsive to the needs of residents of both South Gardens and the South Lorain neighborhood.
