WARREN MASTER PLAN SURVEY RESULTSAND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SUMMARY

June 3 2019

DEMOGRAPHICS

Survey open May 2018 -January 2019

n=1,389 online, 13 hard copy

Zip Codes~10% outside the City

Housing tenure

Racial or ethnic identity

Level of education Annual income

Physical disability

Number of household members

Ease of access for disabled persons

16.9% of Warren Residents have a disability

Languages spoken at home

English97.2%

Bengali0.8%

Spanish0.2%

Other1%

Hmong0.2%

Ukrainian0.2%

French0.2%

How easy is it to keep up with the City’s goings-on (for non native speakers)

DESCRIPTION OF WARREN

When you decided to live in Warren, how important were the following?

How long have you lived in Warren?

How have things changed in Warren over the past 5 years?

For Better

■ City services, especially trash

■ Roads

■ New development

■ Increased diversity

■ Less blight

For Worse■ Crime■ Roads■ Traffic■ South Warren■ Blight

Top three things that you would like to see improved.

Do you agree with these statements?

53% agree or strongly agree

36% are not sure

WHAT IS ONE WORD THAT YOU WOULD USE TO

DESCRIBE WARREN?

WHAT IS ONE WORD THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO USE TO DESCRIBE WARREN?

WHAT IS ONE WORD THAT YOU WOULD USE TO

DESCRIBE WARREN?

WHAT IS ONE WORD THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO USE TO DESCRIBE WARREN?

HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOODS

What type of home do you live in?

What type of home do you WANT live in?

0.00% 1.00% 2.00% 3.00% 4.00% 5.00% 6.00%

Accessory dwelling unit (Granny Flat)

Attached home (townhouses and rowhouses)

Duplex/triplex/fourplex

High rise apartment/condo building (20+ Units)

Loft above commercial use

Mobile home

Senior housing

Small apartment/condo building (5-20 units)

Current vs Desired Housing

Current Wish

Number of units

+636

+1389

-85

+2357

+1491

+427

+1411

+417

What elements do you think are necessary to describe a “complete neighborhood”?

Have you rented or bought a home in Warren within the last 5 years?

How easy was it to find a home in your price range?

In what price range were you looking to buy a home?

In what price range were you looking to rent?

COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT

How satisfied are you with the VARIETY of restaurants?

44% “satisfied” or “very satisfied”

What types of restaurant would you like to see?

How satisfied are you with the VARIETY of shopping options?

43% “satisfied” or “very satisfied”

What type of shopping would you like to see?

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120%

In the same building

Next door

Within walking distance

Within biking distance

I prefer commercial development to be completely separated from myhome

Traditional style Conventional style

What type of commercial development do you prefer to see in Warren?Traditional – 87%

Conventional – 13%

What’s the CLOSEST distance to your homes you would like to see commercial development?

Completely separated

Biking distance

Walking distance

Next door

Same building

Where do you go for shopping, dining, and entertainment?

Which of the following development characteristics do you most wish to see?

ENVIRONMENT AND RECREATION

Which of the following environmental issues would you like to see supported?

How would you rate the following characteristics of Warren’s parks and recreation facilities?

Where would you support urban agriculture?

TRANSPORTATION

How do you prefer to get to the following destinations and activities?

Do you agree with the following statements?

PRIORITIES

Priorities

What does Warren look like 10 years in the future?

Top 3 priorities from each group were shared and recorded as “collective priorities”

Greenspace70 votesCommunity goal: Preserve and increase open green spaces that can be used for recreation

Downtown58 votesCommunity goal: A multi-use walkable downtown that offers a diverse range of eateries, retail, and entertainment

Housing52 votesCommunity goal: Maintain properties to attract committed and invested residents

Entertainment48 votesCommunity goal: Support small business growth and new diverse business development

Healthy Living35 votesCommunity goal: Maintain healthy lifestyle options including recreation and access to nutritional food

South Warren29 votesCommunity goal: A south Warren that is clean, safe, beautiful, and viable

Greenspace70 votesCommunity goal: Preserve and increase open green spaces that can be used for recreation

• More access to nature is the top improvement request in our purview, also the top environmental issue

• Parks or open space was top desire in neighborhoods• Capturing the majority of park and rec users• Trees, green infrastructure, renewable energy, and urban

gardening all have majority support • Trail connectivity by far the lowest park and rec rating• Urban ag supported everywhere we can see it

Downtown58 votesCommunity goal: A multi-use walkable downtown that offers a diverse range of eateries, retail, and entertainment

• Access to retail and restaurants mid-attractors; arts and culture are low (opportunity)

• Restaurants and arts/culture most requested improvement after nature; better stores was lower

• Daily need goods and services was third-highest desire in neighborhoods

• Minority are dissatisfied with current restaurant or retail offerings

• Capturing the convenience shoppers and diners

• Overwhelming preference for this development style, both in qualitative and in quantitative results

• Permits closer adjacency to residential• Beautiful design was strongest development

characteristic; ped-and-bike accessibility also strong

Entertainment48 votesCommunity goal: Support small business growth and new diverse business development

• Quality and affordability of housing are #2 and #3 attractors• These rank low on the list of improvements – well done• About 8,000 detached-home dwellers wish they lived in

another type of home• Parks are the greatest desire in a “complete neighborhood”

Housing52 votes

Community goal: Maintain properties to attract committed and invested residents

• Proximity to major transportation corridors as important as access to retail and restaurants, friends and family

• Traffic reported worse• Easier to get around without a car was a mid-level desired

improvement• Nonmotorized transportation for fun; motorized transportation

for work; rise of ride-sharing “to socialize”• No one feels safe from traffic when walking or biking• Sidewalks were a top desire in neighborhoods• Trails, a lower priority, were still considered necessary for a

complete neighborhood by 40%

TransportationCommunity goal:

Safe and connected networks for all users and destinations

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