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Living in the City: Envisioning Downtown Housing in Olympia . Martin McMurry and Cary Retlin MPA Program, Spring 2007. Density = Vibrancy Diversity Design. Photos by CR 2006-2007. Methodology. Survey. General Public Focus Group. ‘Super’ Citizen
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Living in the City: Envisioning Downtown Housing in Olympia Martin McMurry and Cary Retlin MPA Program, Spring 2007 Density = Vibrancy Diversity Design Photos by CR 2006-2007
Methodology Survey General Public Focus Group ‘Super’ Citizen Focus Group
Who Were the SurveyRespondents? Household Size • 47% of households • earn over $60,001 a year • 7% of households earn • $20,000 or less a year • The majority (54%) of • respondents are “family” • households
Rank the Most ImportantElement for Olympia’s downtownHousing in the next 20 Years
Focus Groups Envision Downtown Housing: General Public “A downtown compelling enough to convince people to choose it over the other alternatives.” “There is difficulty in deciphering between a downtown housing vision and a downtown vision; have a cool downtown and people will come.” ‘Super Citizens’
Density Equals Vibrancy Design Matters Demographic Diversity is Valuable Photo by CR 2005
So what? Photo by CR 2006
