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Henderson launches 2026 Inner City Improvement Plan, seeks resident input
Summary
Mayor Bradley S. Staton and planning consultant Amy Williams kicked off Henderson’s 2026 Inner City Improvement Plan Feb. 5, outlining goals, geographic boundaries and a resident-driven engagement process that will staff six teams and deliver a mid-year progress report.
Mayor Bradley S. Staton opened a Feb. 5 called work session at the Municipal Services Center to launch the City of Henderson’s 2026 Inner City Improvement Plan (ICIP), saying the process will begin by soliciting direct feedback from neighborhood residents to shape project priorities and teams.
Amy Williams of Taylor Siefker Williams Design Group, the planning consultant the mayor introduced, led an interactive exercise asking attendees to write three neighborhood concerns or ideas on post-it notes and prioritize issues before forming teams. Williams, who previously assisted with Henderson’s 2015 Vision Plan, said the approach is designed to empower residents to guide improvements rather than impose top-down solutions.
The mayor defined the “Inner City” as the area bounded by Green Street to Atkinson Street and Washington Street to Sand Lane, and thanked residents, nonprofit partners and city staff for participating. City leaders emphasized that resident input will be consolidated into five focal areas and used to form teams that will meet monthly.
Participants’ input clustered around several recurring themes: housing (safe and affordable housing, infill development, home-repair assistance, landlord accountability, utility assistance, shelter access); health and wellness (mental-health clinic, rehabilitation supports, access to fresh food, cooking classes, providers accepting Medicaid, affordable daycare); roads and transportation (potholes, sidewalks, covered bus stops, safer intersections, traffic calming, alley lighting); business and economic development (small-business incentives, Letcher Street redevelopment, workforce development); entertainment and activities (teen activities, pool access, festivals, increased use of the JFK Center); and community empowerment and beautification (waste removal, code enforcement, youth programming, neighborhood leadership).
To carry the work forward, Williams and Staton outlined six ICIP teams for 2026: Business for the Neighborhood; Entertainment/Activities; Roads/Transportation; Health; Housing; and Implementation. Mayor Staton proposed establishing a dedicated Implementation Team to sustain progress and improve public communications. Teams will be capped at 12 members, include city staff and nonprofit representatives, be encouraged to choose Inner City residents as team chairs, and are expected to meet monthly with flexible attendance. A consolidated meeting schedule will be communicated in March and a mid-year progress report anticipated in June or July.
The work session was informational; no formal policy or funding actions were taken during the meeting.
