Equity Goal
Goal Measurement
the Stitch that employ universal design principles beyond ADA-compliance.
• Assess the placement of street furniture and public art to avoid curbside and in- park obstructions. • Plan and quantify ADA parking immediate to park entrances, especially if other multimodal changes deprioritize cars. • Assess the placement of utilities and amenities that can foster a feeling of personal safety (e.g. ample lighting, greenery that allows clear sight lines, and similar). • Advise on alternatives to policing in the project area, and partnerships with social advocates and organizations. • Active participation in planning and/or moderating public engagement, providing information, visuals, framing of tradeoffs and similar. • Directly reference public input in the Master Plan.
P-5
Create public space features that encourage personal safety for people who identify as female, LGBQT+, the Black community, immigrants, and the unhoused community.
P-6
Seek and utilize representative public input on parks and public space.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
HOW CAN EQUITABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IMPROVE THE STITCH? Economic development in the project area should facilitate sustainable growth that benefits equity communities. This includes addressing opportunities and challenges at the project site, and the impact to the surrounding area. There are existing large employers and small businesses to preserve that residents depend on, and the new parkway adds real estate that can host additional economic opportunities. New economic opportunities should serve the diversity of the existing community in terms of education levels, wages commensurate to local cost of living, and non-traditional work opportunities. And, the City of Atlanta will earn tax revenue from development on and immediate to the project site, which is an opportunity for equitable reinvestment in the community. Sometimes, growth can leave some people behind, leading to displacement, gentrification, and undesired neighborhood change. The Stitch should be a place equity communities, as much as their counterparts, can work, live, and play.
Equity Goal
Goal Measurement
E-1
Identify the type of job opportunities accessible to equity communities (individuals, not contractors).
Quantify levels of education by household.
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• Quantify job types (professional services, skilled labor, general labor) needed to be proportionate to the levels of education.
C-11
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