Wick Park Neighborhood Revitalization COPC Partnership: Revitalizing Youngstown State University Nei

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Wick Park Neighborhood Revitalization COPC
Partnership Revitalizing Youngstown State
University Neighborhoods
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The Wick Park Neighborhood surrounds historic
Wick Park a wooded 34 acre park just north of
YSU. The old, tree-lined neighborhood contains
many mansions built for industrialists of a prior
era. Most of the neighborhood has large three
story wooden houses with unique architectural
details. Much of the area has recently been
designated as a National Historic District.
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Institutional Partners
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Stambaugh Auditorium Local Churches
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City Parks Good Bad gt
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City Parks Good Bad
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Grand to Modest / Good to Bad gtgt
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Grand to Modest / Good to Bad
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Commercial Light Industrial
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Commercial Light Industrial 2
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Planning PoliticsHow Can Universities
Partner with City Governments, Developers
Community Groups to Enhance the Quality of
Planning and Design?
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• Establish a Collaborative Planning Framework
• Focus on Implementation
• Adjust to New Realities

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Establish a Collaborative Planning Framework
Youngstown 2010
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Establish a Collaborative Planning Framework
Centennial Master Plan
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Establish a Collaborative Planning Framework
ODOT Bridge Enhancement
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Bridge Photos Enhanced to 2007
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Establish a Collaborative Planning Framework
Wick Park Model Neighborhood
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Focus on ImplementationOwnership / Condition
Analysis
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Focus on ImplementationAcquisition Targeting
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Focus on ImplementationDevelopment Series

• Before and After Photos
• of Rehabbed Homes Follow

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• Focus on
• Implementation
• Buy Into
• Youngstown

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Adjust to Emerging RealitiesChanging Focus on
Neighborhood Preservation
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Adjust to Emerging RealitiesTargeting the State
Streets
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Conclusion

• Youngstown States University/Community
  Partnership is not a quick fix. It is a long
  term relationship with the North Side Citizens
  Coalition and our other community partners for
  mutual benefit and advancement and involves
  establishing long term and constructive
  engagement with the full range of actors involved
  in creating and maintaining a sustainable urban
  community.