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Group questions--the participants were asked to answer a series of questions on 3x5 index cards--the answers were collated and mounted on a while allowing the group as a whole to make adjustments, additions, deletions, and prioritize answers.
What positives does the area offer
Access to Airport
Access to Uptown
Access to Downtown
Close to home
Art galleries
Historical aspects of Uptown Area
Highland High School
Highland Pool
Recent Historical Heritage
Easy Access to Freeways (centrally located)
Potential for Redevelopment
Potential for "66" focus for business & opportunity
Unique neighborhoods (Diverse and eclectic)
Being able to walk along shops & restaurants - pedestrian scale
An area near center of UNM & Art culture
restaurants
Historical aspects
Bus Service
Big Focus De Anza and Highland Theater
Antiques
Proximity to Nob Hill
Need small unique shops
Connection to Nob Hill, University, Commercial area, residential neighborhood - close by
Old Signs and Neon
Hiland Theater and Music Theater SW
What negatives have an impact on the area?
Presence of nuisance properties
High concentration of social services to drug addicts & homeless particularly on Silver Ave SE and Washington
Limited Resources for Police presence
Safety - particularly at night
Motels used as housing of last choice
collection of unsavory characters
drug homes in neighborhoods
drunks, prostitutes, druggies, panhandlers, and some murders
empty rundown businesses and safety around them
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