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10.31.2005

Square News

It wouldn't come as a surprise to anyone if I said I love Highland Square. It's where I love to hang out in my free time. It's where I meet up with my friends. It's where I hear some great live music. That said, I'm very interested in keeping Highland Square's feel consistent. Change is constant and we need to embrace it, but change shouldn't drastically alter the feel of the area.

To help reinforce the idea of keeping Highland Square's look and feel consistent, the Highland Square Neighborhood Association is bringing in an urban expert to talk about these very issues.

Respected Urban Planner to speak at Highland Square Townhall Meeting
David Hudson, Executive Vice President from the Congress for the New Urbanism, will address a special Townhall Meeting hosted by the Highland Square Neighborhood Association at 7 p.m. on Nov. 10, at King School located at 805 Memorial Parkway.

Hudson's presentation will deal with Highland Square's needs for creating design and development standards for creating a more livable urban environment and how residents can work together with the city and with developers to establish such guidelines. Hudson's insights come from his experience as a professional urban planner and his work at the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU). CNU is a non-profit organization that works with architects, developers, planners, and residents in the creation of cities and towns, teaching them how to implement the principles of the New Urbanism. These principles include coherent regional planning, walkable neighborhoods, and attractive, accommodating civic spaces.

The Highland Square Neighborhood Association is committed to preserving our neighborhood's unique and vibrant character and is dedicated to protecting and fostering continued growth in its community through establishing guidelines for its development and design. The neighborhood now faces development without regard to both citizens' input and the Comprehensive Revitalization Strategy recommendations that was partially paid for with our tax dollars. Development with out these guidelines could prove negative to the square. The association urges greater cooperation with both developers and with the city for managed growth that reflects the needs of the community and the desire to maintain Highland Square's diverse community.

Any one with an interest in Highland Square is invited to this open meeting. For more information, go to www.highlandsquare.org or contact Lisa Hofmann at 330-375-1605.

HSNA

(joe :: Square News)

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