Charleston Residents Giving Their Input
Thursday at the University of Charleston, the citizens of Charleston came out and expressed their hopes and dreams for the future of their city in the project called Imagine Charleston.
Landscape Architecture Urban Design Principal Craig Gossman says that the feedback has been good. He says people have put time and thought into their ideas.
Imagine Charleston is a long-term comprehensive plan of projects aimed at allowing Charleston to grow and improve in the future. The open houses provided a time for local citizens to see future project ideas for the city and provide their own input.
Gossman says people have come in with ideas of wanting to get the city more engaged with the riverfront and also with improving certain neighborhoods in the city.
Local resident Perry Keller says he came down to check out the comprehensive plan and give some ideas.
“As a resident of the city, I’m interested in making sure that we look at all modes of transportation,” says Keller. “That we look at bicycle accommodations where possible as well as pedestrian accommodations .”
The projects presented in this plan do not deal with just one sector in the city such as just parks or city landscaping, but a bunch of areas.
Gossman says it’s a comprehensive plan that looks at everything.
The information received from citizens will be used to formulate a better plan and direction for projects in Charleston.
“This information is not something we will take lightly,” says Gossman. “It will really influence us on how we channel our thoughts towards implementation.”
Keller says the citizen’s input is very important because you don’t want just five people deciding what Charleston should be in the next twenty years, you want the entire community to do that.
Two open houses were held Thursday in Charleston with another one scheduled to be announced sometime in the future.
Speak Your Mind