Focus Groups--Neighborhood Stakeholders

Please indicate the top four aspects of the Highland Area you like the most?
Hiland Theater Complex
Bank of America offices
Small older houses
Trees
Antique Shops
Close to nobhill and UNM
Multiuse & mixed use real estate
Small businesses like Tricklock
Barber shop (Fernando Archuleta - 45 years in area)
New Chinatown's Hawaiian lounge
Highland High School

Please indicate the top four aspects of the Highland Area you like the least?
Drugs/Crime
Nightlife (Drugs & Crime)
Paint & Body shop - trashed lot
Empty Buildings
Vast parking lots south of Central near High School
Arts/Architecture pushed out of neighborhood by crime


White elephants (buildings that are not desirable or are functionally obsolete ( by order - of need - highest is pressing, lowest is not as pressing) *
Royal Motel
Premier Hotel (and all marginal motels)
Zia Motel
No name motel
Gem Bldg. at Quincy & copper - interesting but deteriorated
American Inn
Paint and Body Shop next to Wendy's
Riteway motel

Old Ice arena/bowling alley
Old Pizza Hut on Central and Truman
Parking lots behind strip center between Monroe and Madison
Masonic lodge
Castle Superstore
Washington Tattoo parlor
3800 Central SE
Old DMV building (and a sketch of what it looks like!)
The entire block around Pulse

Things that you believe the De Anza needs
Lighting improvements
Fill the vacuum with legitimate uses
effective social and limited services around De Anza
Restaurant
De Anza "parking" for motel on Graceland (vacate street)
Arts/Cultural outlets
Diversification of land use/economy
New restaurant on site
Multi-Use Community Use
Controlled Access
Increased legitimate use

*Please note that these were opinions of the buildings conditions by the group, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the City of Albuquerque or Housing Resouces un(Ltd.)