C40 Community Garfield Park Official Site

Jan 14, 2021

Do you identify this neighborhood as Garfield Park or Fifth City or both? What does each name mean to you?

I perhaps might consider both due to the boundaries. The neighborhood is bordered by Franklin Boulevard on the north, Arthington and Taylor Streets on the south, Hamlin Avenue and Independence Boulevard... Read more...

Luis G

Jan 5, 2021

What are your priorities for the neighborhood? What priorities should this development try to accomplish?

I’d like to see a grocery store and a gym go up. Pete’s is great, but not ideal when there is snow or when it’s cold(with no vehicle). A gym would be ideal since there happens to not be one that’s walking... Read more...

Mary Nelson

Dec 19, 2020

What meeting platform is best for the most people to attend a virtual meeting? Zoom, Facebook, other Livestream, phone or a combination?

Zoom is so interactive.

Mary Nelson

Dec 19, 2020

Do you identify this neighborhood as Garfield Park or Fifth City or both? What does each name mean to you?

Garfield Park and Austin.

Mary Nelson

Dec 19, 2020

What other questions and suggestions do you have about this project?

Make the people component of the spaces and housing a priority.

Mary Nelson

Dec 19, 2020

What are your priorities for the neighborhood? What priorities should this development try to accomplish?

Priority is building a sense of community, of people knowing their neighbors, of caring for each other. Decent housing, green spaces and gathering places. Most important is schools that connect to the... Read more...