Community Grid Vision Plan Feedback
This page features anonymous comments gathered about the Community Grid Vision Plan. These comments were collected both online and in person during the Vision Plan Open Houses.
02/21/2024
Please, please, please implement the MLK park alternative designed by ESF students!!! It is so much nicer than the alternative
02/22/2024
Referring to pages 38 & 39, "SOUTHSIDE & COMMUNITY LAND", scenario 2 is an abomination to the wellbeing of current and future students of MLK School. To take away the valuable greenspace that currently exists for the benefit of denser housing is a lose-lose proposal. If you truly mean to repair the harms of the past, this would be a step in the wrong direction.
02/22/2024
Of all the agencies and the political representatives, I find it a continuous pattern that there is No engagement with the community, most affected, the public input on a consistent basis, not occasional events, where there are renderings and people who we don’t know and are employed or funded by the grand money that has come to this community as a result of this infrastructure project. The funds are and word to be used on public engagement and ongoing process. The community organizations have been met with, and given the funding to better organize and engage the residents and bring them together for the purpose of ongoing dialogue? Who has met in series of dialogue, and engaged in the communication process of explaining, and answering questions, and concerns? Regarding what our community will look like! what is the relocation plan that should be in the very community that you are removing the homes from? If this is restorative justice, then we are the community stakeholders, and why is the communication in the form of: Townhall meetings, informational gatherings, being put together by coalitions in the community? It is only after the articles come out in the news, informing most of us of what is taking place. This is unfortunately business as usual, pertaining to the most marginalized communities without a clear and transparent plan. The people will be relocated but to where? And will they ever come back to this community after years of building and selling off land that currently the housing projects sit on!??
Our community coalition were assured by Joe Driscoll, that the funding that was granted to Syracuse, Housing Authority, and the mayor’s office would have some portions of it to be committed to these dialogues, because he understood the impact of what would happen in this community! He assured us at the meeting with the mayor that this was going to be a Positive and meaningful commitment to hold these series the meetings. Not only did it not happen, but when we hold our town, HAUL meetings in the community, the mayor’s office, and the very agencies that benefited from this grant money do not have anything to say, and often times don’t show up at all! And our elected officials are sitting strangely silent and watching instead of informing and communicating with their constituents! This will be a case of history, repeating itself if we do not keep the pressure on this dismissive behavior, by folks, that only have interest in speaking to the news, and not to the people!
02/27/2024
This is a fantastic vision for the city post 81 (it will not be missed by most). In addition to this plan, I'd like the city consider closing vehicular traffic along Water St in its entirety (or from Almond to Franklin alternatively) and convert it to a linear park with pedestrian/bike accommodations. This is a low volume corridor, and this space could be used to create a stronger connection between the Empire State Trail, Clinton/Hanover Square, and new dedicated bike/pedestrian infrastructure along Almond St/University Hill. There may be some site access considerations, but this may also have some positive vehicular coordination impacts along Erie Blvd given the close signal spacing between Erie/Water.
02/27/2024
I hear consistent feedback from guests about parking availability. We have plenty of parking, but it is difficult to navigate. More uniform signage would be helpful.
What would be even MORE helpful is fewer cars. I'm eager to hear more about BRT but would also like to consider designated ride share pick up drop off locations.
02/27/2024
Very thoughtful & thorough presentation. Plan to scan info and share with minority entrepreneurs since this major project affects them. Thanks.
02/27/2024
I attended the 2/27 session; it was helpful in seeing what the project might become.
I liked the vision for Almond St - however I worry that area in particular is vulnerable to encroachment by the medical facilities and even State of NY (with upstate). It’d be great to somehow safeguard that stretch from being taken over.
Yes and yes to really providing bike-safe and pedestrian-safe networks, and to allowing mixed types of residential and commercial.
02/28/2024
The meeting at Dr. King School on 2/27/24 was well planned. However, in the City really listening to the people in their community. Some the people that spoke was too please, whether it was the city or theirs, I don't know. the question is, what are the city going to do about that? One I believe that some was displeased because they didn't fully understand the plan, or they were looking back into the past where they felt the city overlooked them and now doing the same today. Whether that's true or not, it still exists. I personally know that the city under Mayor Walsh is doing their best to get the word out the communities and that's good. The question is, How is the city going to push harder to change minds? Politics can be messy, and the mind of every person will never change because the past has a foot in the minds of some people. I don't know what the full answer is, but we must not give up because the future generations are at stake. We must continue remember that our youth are not just the future to come, they are 'The Future Now'. What we for them now determine their Tomorrow. I hope this makes sense of what I am trying to say.
02/28/2024
Will another "open house" be scheduled? I hope so because my plan to attend today, 2/28, just got blown away. Thanks for providing the information online, which I shall read.
Overall, as an east side Syracuse resident, I favor community-oriented development over commercial in the post-I81 plan: walkways and inviting park spaces connecting the east to the west side; small businesses like restaurants and local shops, a few small parking lots to accommodate visitors. Reconnect places like Syracuse Stage, OHA, the Version, Canal Museum, the canal walk, etc. all across town. Preserve/renovate Brick City for its residents and, yes, its history and beauty. What we do NOT want to see is SU, the hospitals, and other mega buildings gobble up this land. That would amount to one obstruction replacing another. Other cities have done it. We can, too.
02/28/2024
Please please please consider adding a bike lane on Sims dr. I bike there when the weather permits, and it feels very unsafe when you need to pass a truck or if there is traffic in either direction.
02/28/2024
Almond & East Washington needs snow swales...sidewalks and catchment areas designed to hold plowed and shoveled snow that does not overlap with pedestrian usage.
02/28/2024
The public housing projects need to create home ownership. Agnostic in term of development ownership is a nice concept but the poor or under-resourced are not in the running for that without planned, supportive scaffolding. Where is the rent to own, or first-time home buyers, and income diverse housing planning or loan programs in the public housing and resettlement planning process? Ghettos are easily created by income segregation.
02/28/2024
MLK school should have as much affordable housing as possible. This will decrease the number of homeless in Syracuse. Trails are already coming to the city, and I don’t believe that would be the right choice when houses can be built.
Love the huge changes coming to downtown! This is really going to become a walking and biking city.
I would love to see more modern buildings coming to the city such as our new city center.
I don’t like the idea of smaller intersections. I think crashes will increase.
02/29/2024
This document is deeply frustrating considering the time and resources devoted to it - my loose estimations being about $77 per word.
Perhaps I am not fully aware of what goes into crafting such a document, but this does not seem to reflect the capability of a national leading firm in the world of urbanism – it seems like a mood board of ideas from a handful of community listening events, and basic urban planning principles that are well within the community of Syracuse’s capabilities to put together ourselves – but done by a group of consultants who could at best be described as “pedestrian” in their understanding of our home.
It starts with the acknowledgement on page 2, wherein the Haudenosaunee confederacy is referenced twice seemingly out of confusion between word in English and the phonetic spelling of the word – let alone the misnomer of attributing tribal land of certain peoples to a political structure.
There's not a single citation to a successfully implemented set of these proposed reforms of urban renewal in cities like Rochester, Pittsburgh, or Columbus or wherever else they may be – so one must assume that the only place this proposal will succeed is in the imagination of the Project Director.
Pages 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, 21, 23 are fillers of pictures everyone in the community has seen or could live without paying for.
SUNY ESF students seem to have done the fundamental work related to park/public space redesign / reimagining; which is great to involve them, but what are we paying for? Student contests and community organizing? I thought that’s what DKP specialized in.
Generally, it smacks of a work product that was copy pasted from iterations of work done by the consulting firm with the window dressing of community engagement session.
And tax “roll” is spelled as “role”.
03/01/2024
Overall, the vision for a new more connected and robust community grid.
03/06/2024
Hello, First and most importantly, would be finding a way to remake the original, historical entrance to Oakwood cemetery and use it as another point to slow down traffic entering the city. Second, we need to retroactively protect bike lanes in downtown. Especially on Fayette St and Salina St it is ridiculous how cars are always stopped in the bike’s lanes. Painting green on the asphalt isn't infrastructure, it's not even really a good try at infrastructure. Third, I want to ensure that we are dedicating as much space as possible on parkways, medians and everywhere that we are presenting art and native flowering plants. We need to make sure that Syracuse is a green city and that means having greenery everywhere in the city. Fourth we need to ensure that the city is lit for pedestrians. That means streetlights along all main thoroughfares and pedestrian / transit first streets at pedestrian height. Also, Syracuse is pretty good at this, but using LEDs with a warmer color temperature for pedestrian lighting would be quite lovely and enchanting in a way the cool white lights of car centric lighting requite. But overall, these are great plans! We need as many pedestrian shortcuts as possible, especially radiating out from University Hill and Downtown. Cute little pedestrian streets lined with houses would give Syracuse a wonderful character! Good work to everyone who put this together!
03/07/2024
Overall Plan good. Let's further the social equity aspects of the plan.
05/01/2024
Please include safe bicycle parking (considering weather) and repair locations. PLEASE include PUBLIC electric vehicle charging options along community grid for parking. Especially those near business or recreational access points. PLEASE consider electrical vehicle charging options that are PUBLIC at FREE parking locations and NEAR rented properties to allow for those who rent to have access as well.
06/25/2024
This looks great. Really nice work!!
08/12/2024
Here to learn and soak in information.
08/12/2024
Connectivity, affordability (low income )60% at least Not the mandatory minimum 10%! The reality is BUILT IN PROTECTIONS are needed for: Working poor are being pushed out and priced out. If the protected class are the working poor, what is the protection in place to ensure the low-income families are housed?
08/13/2024
What will be the plan for protecting the children who attend Dr King School?
08/15/2024
For the bike lanes, look at Paris as an example of a City that manages significant car, bike, scooter, and pedestrian traffic. A concrete barrier separates a two-lane bike path from car traffic going in the parallel direction (offering a passing option to alleviate congestion and has its own traffic signals. for safety.
Ramp up strict enforcement of speed limits and parking now using cameras and technology, people who live outside downtown and want to treat the main streets of the city as a thoroughfare put local residents in danger with no form of recourse. Red lights are run all the time. If people don't like how long it takes to get through downtown, they should leave earlier or drive around rather than endangering residents. And the only way to modify such dangerous behavior is through stringent enforcement block to block at a high dollar value - with exceptions for documented emergencies that can be brought to an appeal adjudication with the BAA.
08/17/2024
The community grid is a good idea. Please elaborate with more details on how you plan to fill the streetscape with businesses or housing e.g. what tax incentives, what small business incubators, what collaborations will the city pursue to fill in the streetscape.
Breaking up mega blocks is an excellent idea. You are doing the right thing with Raynor Ave and the other new street on the west side of South Salina. There are some mega blocks still such as Central Village. What is the redevelopment plan for it? Can you extend Raynor to connect fully?
This is a great idea: Reconfigure the existing MLK Elementary School parking lot into a two-way neighborhood street, extending McBride Street to MLK Avenue. Please definitely implement this idea, however, be sure to reallocate MLK School the parking lot and space they deserve in another plot or along that street. There is no need for that street to be overdeveloped at the detriment to the school's facilities (i.e. parking spaces). Scenario 2 would be disastrous because the school would have no land for their kids to play on or for outdoor activities. The less green space they have as a school, the worse their learning outcomes and health will be. Please do NOT try to implement Scenario 2. The MLK Park plan looks great. More park space around school is good and healthy for children so long as it is safe and supervised. It would also give SUNY ESF more of a stake into the local community.
What kind of retail would come in front of the elementary school? That would need to be thought out very carefully.
What are your plans to replace Harlow Park either in that location or another location?
08/19/2024
As a bicyclist, I get nervous in bike lanes that run between traffic and parked cars. Could we maybe consider removing parked car spaces from roads designated primary bike roads? Or maybe street parking could be mostly designated on smaller streets with less traffic, where bikes are not sandwiched against the shoulder of the road? Along roads where there are large green medians, I would also favor bike paths down the middle, as in the images shown at the Aug. 19 meeting. I would also love to see part of a road designated just for buses, pedestrians, bikes, like State Street in Madison, WI.
08/20/2024
Regarding the City's Community Grid slideshow, the renderings of conceptual future development of revised streets, which the public found uninformative. Most of the rendering are an up-close street view, which is fine. But a bird's eye view (from an angle at a little above building heights) would make it easier to see the new street layout and development and would keep existing landmark buildings visible for better orientation. So, provide a bird's eye view render for each street view render.
08/21/2024
While I fully support changes to the community to improve and provide a safe environment, I do have some concerns.
* Reducing James St. down to 2 lanes. How will this effect traffic with the buses stopping along the way? I worry it will make things harder for people trying to get there or leave, unless a traffic light is added there. People speed up in that area going up or down the hill.
*Gentrification - with new changes that will bring about a positive change in the community comes landlords increasing rent and forcing out long-term low-income residents. Unfortunately, this is already happening. We need affordable housing for those who can't afford 1k+ homes. Whether it's some way to help support the community while the prices increase or rent caps would be really important. This seems to be happening all over the North side.
I would love to see more trees and green spaces.
08/29/2024
Thank you. My suggestion has to do with connecting the Westside to downtown. Specifically, what can be done to narrow the passage across Shonnard and Seymour streets where they meet Adams at West Onondaga. It is a nightmare for pedestrian to cross and the traffic is not heavy enough to require so many lanes.
08/29/2024
No road behind MLK!
Community land trust!
Prevent displacement!
Prevent gentrification!
08/29/2024
The thought of S. McBride St. becoming a thru street is very concerning to me. The thought of the street being opened to more traffic worries me for all the children at Wilson Park. I feel making it more greenspaces might be the best fit to keep the area as quieter neighborhood it is.
08/29/2024
Elimination of the West Street fly over of the entrance of Franklin Square neighborhood would cause significant traffic backup for those living in the Franklin Square vicinity. Elimination of the flyover would push residents in Franklin Square proper to face significant congestion on solar street due to the anticipation of new development around the Inner Harbor. While the elimination of the flyover would only impact access to the Westside Tipp Hill, Strathmore, Skunk City neighborhoods accessing the South side of the city would be critical for local traffic and residents attempting to access these neighborhoods without going out to residents attempting to access those neighborhoods without going out to Hiawatha Blvd. or W Kirk Patrick Street via Solar Street. Maintaining the flyer would allow for an alternate regress for lakefront residents in ease in traffic flow in the event of issues on the business 81 and 690 interstate.
08/30/2024
What is the accessibility vision (walk + bike) please take a non-ableist approach in your planning not everyone uses a bike or walk; some people with disabilities would like accessibility of sidewalks, curb cuts, para-transit access, pick up/drop off for handicap/disabilities vehicles and cars. May want to look at developing a park for all where people with all abilities can use examples: let all children play accessible playground +park accessible examples in NYC.
08/31/2024
Given that Syracuse Housing Authority is pursuing RAD transformation of McKinney Manor and Pioneer Homes and that a transformation plan already exists with developer McCormack Baron Salazar, how many of the changes recommended for the East Adams Neighborhood will be implemented? For example, recommendation #4 talks of shifting the new buildings eastward related to the new right-of-way for Almond Street. Is this being incorporated in the transformation plan?
08/31/2024
Under East Adams Neighborhood, it seems essential to reconnect McBride between East Adams and Harrison to rebuild the mesh of vibrant city and connect the public housing transformation to the rest of the city. The Complete Streets concept of East Adams sounds wonderful, and I hope it happens. The changes along East Adams could make the RAD transformation proposed much more appealing to both residents and investors. Images of the likely result of these changes should be shown to public housing residents. They could fell more valued as city residents with this kind of rebuilding.
08/31/2024
Under East Adams Neighborhood, there is a recommendation #6 to preserve two L-shaped buildings from Pioneer Homes and use these as a community center for historic preservation purposes, in part. Also is mentioned reusing the original bricks from Pioneer Homes. We have heard nothing from SHA or MBS (the developer about this) and we’d like to know more. Is SHA considering implementing these recommendations. Which buildings, exactly are being recommended for the community center? A Pioneer Homes Museum is a project we would like to develop and, also, an intergenerational workshop for our community. Mable Wilson would like you to reach out to her about these things.
08/31/2024
Community gardens and public green space are important to include throughout the city. I would like to see some time and planning devoted to community gardens throughout the city and especially in the East Adams Neighborhood. Syracuse Grows should be engaged in this.
08/31/2024
This looks good.
I would like to see a pedestrian mall in the downtown area.
Thanks for your efforts.
09/02/2024
Are there any plans to incorporate cycling infrastructure into the rapid transit system? By incorporating things like bike racks into the bus stops people would be able to bike to a bus stop instead of having to walk. This would increase the access range of each bus stop, increasing ridership of the system as a whole. Also, by incorporating a bicycle rental system into the bus network people would be more easily get to locations that would otherwise be too far away to walk to after getting off the bus.
09/03/2024
I love the ideas, I would just underline the obvious threat of pricing people out when development of housing, etc. become almost entirely privatized. Along the same vein of promoting equity, I would want to see a particularly strong push to expand community areas in the Southside and, perhaps, there also need to be discussion of redirecting some resources away from policing and other methos of crime mitigation/prevention.
09/03/2024
As a lifelong resident of Syracuse, I say that I admire the effort to develop this important plan. It is not an easy task. I think Joe Driscoll and Greg Loh have shown great patience in explaining what needs to be done. The most obvious thing to me is a lot of work has already gone into this plan. I do not have any criticism. But I do support the effort. I believe taking down the Viaduct is a good idea. I hope the continued effort pays off in a positive result.
09/03/2024
During construction traffic is horrendous, S. Salina St., State St. Are there any funds to rebuild street damage to these streets after construction?
09/03/2024
Would like bike lanes to reflect the bike lanes on Water St. Large sidewalks with car parking but protected. Would love to see event spaces implement into larger tree medians. I would love ped/bike/public transit only roads. Would prefer parking garages over lots. Would like it transit from the Mall to downtown/southside so less traffic and cars are needed.
Found slideshow hard to read would prefer color blind/sensitive colors of less info written on each slide
09/03/2024
Things I like: More parks! The BRT! The housing idea of Washington Street with "car-less" alley for walking/biking! The tiered height zoning so there not 12 story apts. next to 4 story apts. Protected bike lanes! Connecting the Empire State Trail. Tree lined streets! Multi-use parks. Bike lanes, connecting parks. Planning multi type apartments so people don't "age out" of downtown/Syracuse and move to suburbs when they start a family, etc. Prioritizing a bikeable/walkable/public transit city rather than a "Car-centric" city. Love that Emmanuel Carts is involved in MLK planning!
Things that could be better: Northside seems a bit weak for walkability - still has long unconnected diagonal roads.
09/03/2024
What sites have been identified by city planners as future sites for new public (elementary) schools to be constructed? See NYS SED guides.
09/04/2024
You talk about needing more density to create green space, etc. but more density means LESS family friendly housing -- which means housing that doesn't include children and room for them to play and independently be let out of the house to sage playing areas and be observed by their parents. McKinney Homes allows children to go out and be with their parents. That is family friendly. Two story is family friendly. Garden apartments. How do we impact the planning commission? Roads are driving the architecture.
09/04/2024
I am concerned about the lack of low-income housing that will continue to be reduced through these developments. I am concerned about the lack of focus on reviving the 15th ward.
09/04/2024
There was talk today about putting a bike lane in the median of Almond Street. This would create an arterial bike lane that is good at moving people through the area, but bad at allowing them to engage with future businesses along the street. Protected bike lanes on the sides of the road would allow for more engagement. The median could still include a pedestrian promenade to enjoy the tree canopy or public art.
09/04/2024
I think that the business loop 81 going back to a limited access highway is not a good idea. I don't like there, but I know that the highway still separates neighborhood. I think it'd be a better idea to keep it a boulevard, maybe like State St. A one way and have the new boulevard be the other direction and then have it go back to a limited access highway around the NBT Stadium and the transit center.
09/04/2024
- I don't like extending McBride St south through Dr. King School parking lot. Where are staff members going to park? There's not any other adjacent parking. Compared with other school parking lots, it isn't that big to begin with.
-Looking forward to the BRT.
- I'm encouraged (largely) by the sidewalk improvements/replacements the city has been making so expect similar improvements with CGVP!
-Housing on west side of Dr. King School -- isn't that on the current playfield?
-Bike lanes: I have friends who want to ride their bikes on city streets, but they feel way too unsafe to do so. We have very little truly safe bicycle infrastructure currently. In order for an appreciable number of people to use it, it needs to be truly safe.
-We also need safe places to park bikes - currently and in the future.
09/04/2024
This community grid vision plan is about dollars and cents. It is not about what is best for the neighborhood people. You are considering extending S McBride St to the back of Dr. King School and opening up E Raynor Ave. PLEASE DO NOT MAKE THOSE CHANGES. You want to redirect more traffic through the area; DO YOU ALL LIVE HERE?? As a tax paying citizen who owns a home who has been on the job for SCSD 39 years do not open the streets to accommodate more traffic.
09/04/2024
No row houses, create individual housing.
09/10/2024
Interested in seeing the unused spaces to be part of an intentional plan at least 5 acres in and around the MLK stem school to be placed in a community land trust with community stakeholders and not in the possession of DOT! For a community that was dismantled and desecrated based on Bridge that went too far to divide communities and racially segregate the black community in a landlocked scenario. I further feel we could be better served with additional land, which is being cleared for green spaces to have more housing units, not necessarily private homes for sale because the average income does not Support that. They need to be low income, clean, well designed and affordable housing which is not under the control of Syracuse housing Authority based on their complicated relationship with apartment dwellers. I would like to go further to request and expect that both DOT representatives and Housing representatives, A part of this conversation and not continually absent or left out.
09/12/2024
Make “Jermain Loguen Boulevard” the Heart of the Community Grid
As a lover of our local history of social justice and liberation work, I am proposing that we make "Jermain Loguen Boulevard" the Heart of the Community Grid, renaming what replaces Almond Street as the main thoroughfare. I hope that our African American community would look favorably on this and feel it as an effort to honor them and their great Ancestor.
Rev. Jermain Loguen, the great African American abolitionist of Syracuse, was widely known as the “King of the Underground Railroad.” He presently has far too little recognition in outdoor public spaces, though Loguen is arguably one of the most impressive figures in our local history. With the creation of the Community Grid, let's rename Almond Street as “Jermain Loguen Boulevard.”
Rev. Jermain Wesley Loguen, originally named Jarm Logue, (1813-1872) escaped from enslavement in Tennesee at twenty-one and, after sojourns in several places in Upstate New York and Canada, settled in Syracuse. With his wife Caroline, he had a house built at the corner of E. Genesee and Pine Streets that served as a major stop on the Underground Railroad, of which he served as Syracuse stationmaster. A minister, teacher, orator, writer, and organizer, he defiantly took out ads in newspapers offering their home as a refuge for African Americans fleeing enslavement. He was one of the leaders of the 1851 Jerry Rescue, helping William “Jerry” Henry break free from jail and avoid return to servitude under the Fugitive Slave Act, an event of national impact. Loguen traveled with his friend and admirer Frederick Douglass, giving anti-slavery speeches across the region. The Loguens’ daughter, Sarah, became one of the first African American women licensed medical practitioners. A street across from Upstate Medical University Hospital is named in her honor.
Rev. Jermain Loguen is well-represented in the exhibits and offerings of the Onondaga Historical Association, but only a sign marks the spot where his home once sheltered hundreds of fugitives seeking freedom. The Loguen house was, unthinkably, torn down in the 1980s and its former site is now occupied by a vacant chain drug store. Loguen deserves creation of a prominent statue and memorial in Syracuse, which I encourage, but in the meantime, we can honor him with the naming of a major artery in the heart of a revitalizing district in our city.
An earlier version of this statement was posted as a petition on the website www.change.org and had fifty-seven signatories at the time of this submission.
09/13/2024
The plan should address the streets that are part of the in other words look up and down the street. 1) Restore the curbing and sidewalks between 151 Court –159-Court. 2) Restore the sidewalk on Park Street between the intersection of Washington Square / Park to the intersection of Park and Wolf.
09/16/2024
1. The plan needs better-designed maps in order to effectively convey the vision to the public. People want to understand their place in the community, and the consultant-made maps don't feel personal or all that readable.
2. People are clearly concerned about pedestrian safety. I would consider even narrower car lanes where possible. Additionally, it doesn't appear that many bike lanes in the design would be protected from vehicles by stanchions or other barriers.
3. Relatedly, push for more car-free areas. Car-free zones are safer for pedestrians, quieter, and often improve foot traffic to businesses. Especially a car-free downtown area!
4. Why aren't more intersections becoming roundabouts?
5. I support the idea of a community land trust.
6. Let's also work on educating our constituents that a single-family home is not the only path to economic stability or a narrative of success. More privileged communities know that single-family homes can have isolating effects in our neighborhoods and put a lot of the burden of upkeep on one or two people. Why then would we sell this as *the* attractive housing option on the community grid? Let's learn from our own history as well as from other communities as we direct the future of Syracuse.
My over-arching feedback is this: the plan feels so typically American design firm. While it has plenty of good ideas, I don't think we are doing enough to diligently push for the best options. There is so much we can learn from other cities -- even American ones -- about infrastructure that supports people and climate over other interests.