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Chair presents draft neighborhood map for Littleton, seeks community input
Summary
The board reviewed a GIS-based draft neighborhood map and debated top-down versus bottom-up approaches; the Chair urged posting a draft for resident feedback and a study session to gather formal input.
The Chair presented draft neighborhood maps built from GIS layers and invited the public and board members to provide input before a formal study session. The presentation emphasized purpose-driven mapping and recommended limiting the map to neighborhood identity and liaison functions rather than trying to solve multiple use cases with a single layer. "One of the big things I try to do here is acknowledge existing neighborhood identities," the Chair said.
Members debated scale and method: several favored a bottom-up approach that lets residents self-identify neighborhood boundaries, while others recommended using existing data (HOA maps, Nextdoor, block parties) to detect natural hubs. The Chair proposed posting a concise research packet and sending an asynchronous ask for redraw suggestions, aiming to produce candidate maps and a short public engagement window before the September meeting.
