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Larimer, East Liberty Gardens and the surrounding communities are in the midst of a positive transformation, one that is happening from the inside out and the ground up. Without a doubt, good things are happening, and there is a buzz in and about our community. If you’d like to get involved, please e-mail us at LarimerVisionToAction@jacksonclark.net

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WHAT’S NEW

Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant application is due 09.10.13. On May 31, 2013 HUD issued its NOFA (Notice Of Funding Availability) announcing that applications will be accepted for funding. This is what the Larimer Vision to Action Plan team has been prepping for since our kick-off community meeting in March, 2012! If you’d like to dive in and take a look at the full NOFA document, it’s available at this link.

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Thanks to all 131 attendees who joined us for the Monday April 22, 2013 community meeting at the Kingsley Association. The Larimer Vision to Action Plan’s master planning team and partners from the Larimer Consensus Group provided updates on development of the Plan, information about new housing plans, programs for existing homeowners (thanks to our partners at NeighborWorks of WPa !), green space, parks and stormwater, and an update on the KBK Development. Click here to view a copy of the meeting presentation.

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Thanks to the 121 attendees who joined us for the Larimer Vision to Action Community meeting February 5, 2013 at the Kingsley Association. The Master Planning Team shared preliminary strategies developed as a follow up to the January 3-Day Strategy Session, as well as demographics, preliminary Community Civic Survey outcomes, and other community research with attendees. Follow-up breakout sessions provided an opportunity for community input and more detailed questions for the team. You can view our meeting presentation by clicking this link.

The February 5 meeting included breakout group discussions of key focus areas from the meeting presentation. Here’s a link to input from community meeting attendees.

Artist’s rendering of a potential perspective of the intersection of Frankstown Avenue & Lincoln Avenue

Look for our Community Survey Camper and take the Larimer Survey! Thanks to all 133 attendees who joined us for the Larimer Vision to Action Plan project’s third community meeting on Wednesday, 12.12.12. Our meeting presentation is available at this link. We appreciated the opportunity to welcome our project partners from McCormack Baron Salazar and Urban Strategies. You can find out more about McCormack Baron Salazar’s work by viewing their organizational video at this link. Attendees at the community meeting reviewed project Guiding Principals and used dots to vote for their priorities – view the outcomes by clicking here.

WHAT’S HAPPENING? Larimer residents, business owners, property owners and community members are creating change, working together to create a community we all love and can be a part of for generations to come. We’re planning by getting ready for our future in ways that put the community in charge of what happens here We’re getting educated about how development & community change work We’re growing leaders from within our community and investing in their future We’re creating projects that make a difference now like the community garden & EECO Center We’re building relationships and attracting resources including the people and $ necessary to make long-term change a reality What’s with all the planning? Transforming a community takes time, especially when you’re dedicated to change that comes from within. There is a process involved in moving forward, with each step building on the previous.