PROVIDENCE NEIGHBORHOOD, TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA
Providence was selected as the second Renaissance Partnership neighborhood.

Initial meetings have taken place. Presentations about the neighborhood were made to the City of Tallahassee, Leon County Board of County Commissioners, and the Leon County School Board.

A survey of the neighborhood has been completed by the Tallahassee-Leon County Planning Department with assistance from the Florida State University School of Regional and Urban Planning and neighborhood residents. The survey include a physical assessment and mapping of the neighborhood, including a housing inventory, road network survey, assessment of safety issues, including streelighting, overgrown lots and vacant lots. The survey findings were presented at the January 27, 2003, meeting of the Providence Neighborhood Association.

Neighborhood community meetings will begin in February 2003.

Draft Planning Schedule for Providence

[Dates are tentative at this time]

February— Stakeholder’s meeting and steering committee convenes

March— Issues and Options Workshop—beginning a shared vision with the neighborhood

April— Action Team Meetings

Action teams finalize draft strategies

July — Complete draft of Neighborhood Plan

July/August — Final draft review with priority ranking of issues
Neighborhood Steering Committee meetings

September— Adoption of Neighborhood Plan and begin
implementation