Build on the Vision for Downtown Lynn

Team of Advisors Meeting 3

8:00-10:00am, Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Lynn City Hall Room 302, 3 City Hall Square

Lynn, Massachusetts 01901

Agenda

8:00-8:10: Introductions and updates

8:10-8:40: Progress updates and what’s next

8:40-9:10: Saturday’s field survey

9:10-9:40: Project conclusion and afterward

9:40-10:00: Open discussion

Progress update and what’s next Our conversations with the community

MAPC has met with…

• Team of Advisors

• City departments, agencies, and officials

• Downtown businesses, business associations, and

developers

• Community-based nonprofit and religious

organizations

• Arts and cultural organizations

• Academic and health institutions

• Residents

What we have heard: Community leadership and coordination

• Pride for Lynn and enthusiasm for its future

• City and agency staff show up when invited

• Lynn nonprofits offer many resources

• Communication, coordination not transparent

• Need to cultivate more community leaders

What we have heard: Development Successes and Challenges • City has made targeted investments

• Zoning is dated, confusing, sometimes contradictory, both restrictive and permissive

• Fear that zoning changes will lead to loss of control

• Permitting and enforcement uneven

• Lack of predictability for developers, investors

• Big picture, coordinated approach needed for planning and development

What we have heard: Downtown assets and challenges

• Desire to make Downtown an arts, culture,

dining destination

• Need to embrace existing destination

businesses

• Need to capitalize on location

• Embrace Downtown’s diversity

• Lynn’s subsidized housing is concentrated here

• Need to increase tax base and disposable

income flowing through Downtown

MAPC would like to meet with:

• City Councilors

• Lynn Nonprofit Business Association

• Downtown Lynn Neighborhood Association

• Seniors

• Youth

• Developers and real estate professionals

• Anyone else that we missed?

Project event dates

Saturday, April 13, 10:00am-4:00pm:

Downtown Lynn Field Survey

Thursday, April 25, 6:00-8:00pm:

MAPC at DTLcd Community Collective

Thursday, May 23, 6:00-9:00pm:

Build on the Vision for Downtown Lynn Public Forum

Tuesday, June 11, 8:00pm:

MAPC presentation to Lynn City Council (tentative)

Monday, June 24, 6:00pm:

Project conclusion and celebration, details TBD

Field survey & property database What can data do for Downtown Lynn?

Project conclusion & afterward Where are we headed?

Open discussion