Natural Resources
Questions could have more than one answer unless noted to pick one.
1. What kinds of new/improved green space would you like to see in the neighborhood?
a. More public spaces like pocket parks, urban plazas, and greener commercial streets
b. Open space for recreation, activity, and large community gatherings
c. More wooded areas and so-called “pocket forests”
d. More wetlands
e. Collective community gardens where anyone can work-in or harvest from the garden
f. Greenways (or green sleeves) that span the neighborhood: East-to-west or north-to-south
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2. In a general sense, where should new green spaces be located?
a. At major transportation and mobility hubs (transit, bikeshare, carshare, etc.)
b. Vacant lots or underused parking lots
c. Re-use of obsolete industrial properties
d. Beside freeways and railroads
e. Nestled in residential neighborhoods, wherever there are small remnants of land
f. Shared space formed by neighbors taking down fences to plant cooperative gardens, creating common green zones that span two or more front yards, backyards, or side yards
g. On the roof of new and existing commercial, industrial, institutional, or residential buildings
3. How might we protect and access clean water?
a. Regulations that limit corporate water waste
b. Public education that helps people be aware of threats to the water supply and teaches habits that reduce water usage
c. Encourage native plantings that require less watering
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4. Community members have told us that they want to see more green space and better air quality. If given a choice, which of the following would you prefer to see in Payne-Phalen in the next 10 years: (pick one)
a. More surface parking lots (with more space for cars, more concrete, and more asphalt)
b. Some parking lots turned into green space like community gardens, plazas, and pocket parks
c. Some parking lots turned into spaces for carbon capture zones, generating clean energy, pollution remediation
5. How could we work together to make improvements to air quality?
a. Less driving, more car sharing
b. Safer, more accessible, and more active sidewalks to improve walkability
c. More pocket parks, pocket prairies, and pocket forests
d. More active regulations of industries that generate toxic air pollution
e. By developing and supporting generation of clean power right here, in the neighborhood
f. No permits for new gas stations; instead, more electric vehicle chargers
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6. A lot of people have told us that they’re concerned about our society’s reliance on fossil fuels. So, to reduce the harmful impacts, we need to be part of a clean energy future. Which one of these would you like to see in Payne-Phalen in the next ten years?
a. Solar arrays
b. Wind turbines
c. Geothermal
d. District heating and cooling
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7. How do you feel about who should be developing, owning, and controlling clean energy utilities:
a. Public utility companies and/or private corporations
b. Government-owned power generation and utilities
c. Community-owned power generation and utilities
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8. What ideas do you have for how we can teach children, youth, and adults to respect nature?
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Optional: Approximately what age will you be ten years from now?
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Optional: Which of these local organizations have you heard of or know a little bit about?
Capital Region Watershed
Ramsey-Washington Watershed
Reimaging the Civic Commons
Wakan Tipi Awanyankapi
Payne-Phalen Community Council
Dayton’s Bluff Community Council
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