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Planning staff announces housing study and neighborhood revitalization strategy update
Summary
Staff told the commission the city contracted Bowen and Associates for a housing study and contracted APD Urban Development for an update to the neighborhood revitalization strategy covering Northwest Florence, North Florence and East Florence.
City planning staff told the Florence City Planning Commission that the department has contracted consultants for two planning efforts: a housing study with Bowen and Associates, and an update to the neighborhood revitalization strategy with APD Urban Development.
Speaking during the staff report, Planning Department staff said the housing study will inventory the city’s single‑family and multi‑family housing stock and assess needs to guide future development and inform developers and the public. The staff member said the housing study will be publicly available when complete.
The neighborhood revitalization strategy update will revisit strategies for the city’s three historically identified neighborhoods—Northwest Florence, North Florence and East Florence—and is intended to propose approaches to reinvestment and neighborhood stabilization. Staff described both contracts as active and in progress; no funding amounts or firm timelines were provided in the transcript.
Staff did not announce deadlines or detailed deliverables in the meeting. Commissioners were informed these efforts are underway and that outcomes will be used to guide future planning and development decisions.
