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McKinney planner outlines neighborhood outreach, preservation and pilot marker program for East McKinney
Summary
City neighborhood planner Tori Brown described outreach, research and pilot programs aimed at protecting East McKinney's legacy neighborhoods, including bilingual community events, a creek cleanup that removed 2,480 pounds of litter and a pilot Texas historical marker effort focused on historically Black and Hispanic sites.
Tori Brown, neighborhood planner for the City of McKinney, presented the city's approach to neighborhood planning for East McKinney on June 5, outlining outreach, research and preservation projects intended to protect legacy neighborhoods from development pressures.
Brown told the Historic Preservation Advisory Board that the neighborhood planner position was created from the East McKinney preservation study and the 2023 East McKinney Neighborhood Preservation Plan and now sits in the historic preservation and downtown development team so the role can coordinate with development review, preservation, and downtown staff.
The presentation described four main program areas: relationship building, public education and outreach, internal staff education and targeted special projects. Brown highlighted a bilingual East McKinney community conversation held in…
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