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Community Action Plan

Bowling Green, Ohio

Client

City of Bowling Green

Description

The Bowling Green Community Action Plan (CAP) is a community-led, collaborative effort that follows in the footsteps of the vision set by the Land Use Plan Update adopted by the City in 2014. It describes strategies to improve the quality of life for residents throughout the City, with a focus on identifying projects for the City’s East Side and neighborhoods surrounding downtown Bowling Green. Development of the CAP has been directed by several goals including generating a stronger owner-occupied household market, attracting and retaining
professionals and young families, developing high-quality rental units, encouraging greater investment toward improving existing properties, and establishing better community connections. The CAP has also been guided by comments received through the planning process and community engagement, such as the need to address lifestyle conflicts between homeowners and Bowling Green State University students, lack of housing diversity, ineffective zoning regulations, and misunderstandings related to code enforcement. In order to advance the vision of the community and address these issues, the CAP outlines and prioritizes a suite of proactive and reactive neighborhood initiatives and policy recommendations based on both local understanding and national best practices.

results

• Planning and implementation of Court Street Connects Festival

• Creation of Good Neighbor Guide

• Establishment of $5,000 Neighborhood Micro Grant program

awards

• 2017 Best Practice Award, American Planning Association, Ohio Chapter

Adam Rosa led this project as a Principal at Camiros, Ltd.