HomeMy WebLinkAboutVisionOshkoshSummary• Why a vision?
–To make the future of Oshkosh as
promising as possible
–To take better advantage of our natural,
cultural and recreational resources
Improve
• Partners
– City of Oshkosh
– Oshkosh Area Community Foundation
– Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce
– Oshkosh Convention and Visitors Bureau
– Oshkosh Northwestern
– University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
– PROPEL
– Lutheran Homes of Oshkosh
– Mercy Medical Center –Affinity Health Systems
Improve
• A. Nelessenand Associates
–Based in New Jersey
–Trademarked approach to community
visioning
• Engage and involve entire community
• Emphasis on public participation
–Clients throughout nation, world
• Milwaukee Downtown Redevelopment Plan
• St. Paul, Minn. Vision Planning
Improve
• Methods
–Online, image-based survey
–Community workshops
• Over 2,300 surveys completed
Voice
• Who participated
–59% female, 41% male
–30% ages 29-43, 30% ages 44-55,
22% ages 56-67
–80% live in City of Oshkosh or Town of
Algoma
–Nearly 75% work in City of Oshkosh
–44% intend to live in or near City of
Oshkosh for rest of their lives
Voice
• Results
–81% want bike lanes/
pedestrian walkways
–98% want riverfront walkway
• Includes restaurants and resort
–97% want to incorporate sustainable
design practices into future development
• E.g. Solar panels, green roofs, wind turbines
Lifestyle
• Recommendations
–Develop a bicycle network connecting
neighborhoods and surrounding
communities
Lifestyle
• Recommendations
–Complete a waterfront walkway on both
sides of the river
Lifestyle
• Recommendations
–Embrace Oshkosh as a green,
environmentally-friendly community
Lifestyle
• Results
–94% want to bury utilities when
areas are being redeveloped,
streets repaved
–90% want to improve existing
corridors leading from Hwy 41
to City of Oshkosh
• E.g. Jackson Street, Ninth Street
–92% want to expand city park
system
Pride
• Recommendations
–Improve city gateways and streets
• Bury utilities whenever possible
Pride
Before After
• Recommendations
–Enhance city signage
Pride
• Recommendations
–Plant more trees!
Pride
• Results
–99% want coordinated planning
throughout the Hwy 41 corridor
• Fond duLac to Green Bay
–97% want continued collaboration
between City of Oshkosh and
Chamber of Commerce (economic
development)
–94% want continued collaboration
between City of Oshkosh and UW
Oshkosh (redevelopment)
Unity
• Recommendations
–Local collaboration
• City of Oshkosh (Comprehensive Plan)
• UW Oshkosh, Chamber of Commerce
(Redevelopment)
–Regional collaboration
• NEW North (Identity and branding)
Unity
• Moving forward
–Continue to make your voice heard!
–Take ownership of the vision survey,
recommendations
–Keep a “can do” attitude
• Two-step process
–Branding begins this fall
Prosper
“Vision without action is merely a
dream. Action without vision just
passes the time. Vision with action
can change the world.”
Joel A. Barker
Prosper