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Planning with the Community

Photos and story by Gina Whitehill-Baziuk

Throughout this summer, С��è��ý staff have been meeting with the and participating in 47 one-on-one conversations and one focus group with 68 individuals who currently live, work, own a business or property and/or manage an organization, faith-based group or educational institution in the neighborhoods surrounding Cascade Campus to learn about�� their history, experiences, concerns and�� hopes for the neighborhood and С��è��ý Cascade. The conversations provided a perfect opportunity to have community members review the college’s recently drafted ��Cascade Community Vision Document, a document that will become a foundation of the Master Planning and new building design work. The interviews are also helping the college to form the “bones” of a new community Stakeholder Advisory Committee (SAC). ��Community stakeholders have been generous with their time and insightful and candid about their visions for their community’s future.

С��è��ý will compile this collective history of community perceptions, experiences and expectations regarding the community, С��è��ý and Cascade Campus to create a Community Assessment. The Cascade design team will use this assessment and the Campus’s Community Vision to guide the development of the Campus Master Plan. The assessment will also guide С��è��ý in developing strategies and tools to engage the diversity of neighborhood stakeholders in the planning process and expand С��è��ý’s community partnerships.