Public Input Welcomed for Downtown Plan Draft Recommendations

Public Input Welcomed for Downtown Plan Draft Recommendations

We are excited to share with you The Downtown Plan Draft Recommendations for community feedback. If you live, work, or visit downtown Ithaca we hope you will fill out our short survey to share your thoughts. At the end of the 9-question survey participants will have the opportunity to engage further with more detailed questions if they like.

The Downtown Plan is the latest in a series of neighborhood plans pursued as the second phase to the adoption of the city's overarching Comprehensive Plan. The plan will be the City and Downtown Ithaca Alliance's shared blueprint for the future of Downtown Ithaca as the sustainable, inclusive, and economically vibrant center of our community. Several key themes have emerged during the planning process so far, including ideas around livability, connectivity, and creativity.

The goal of the public outreach is to get feedback about priorities, gaps, relevance, and wording to ensure the document is ready for Common Council adoption this summer.

Keep an eye out for city staff and the DIA popping up at tables around town, in email inboxes, on social media feeds, at community meetings and events, where we will be collecting your input about the recommendations set forth in the draft plan. Please join us our upcoming Open House at the Tompkins County Public Library from 4 p.m.-7 p.m. on May 2. This event will be indoor- outdoor and family friendly!

For more information, please contact City of Ithaca Senior Planner Yamila Fournier [email protected]