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Equitable Transit Oriented Development Capital Ideas Conference December 6 th , 2018

Links to Opportunity – Tacoma WA

Regional Growth Center Policies

Sub Area Planning

BACKGROUND

ENGAGEMENT • Hilltop Engagement Committee meetings • Door-to-door outreach • Pop-up placemaking and tactical urbanism HILLTOP ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE • Hilltop Street Fair • “Walkshop” events/ Open houses • Hilltop Walking Tour • DOTG Parking Day & Link and Drink • Sound Transit Open House • Briefings with community groups HILLTOP STREET FAIR • Mailers, e-newsletters, Facebook

ENGAGEMENT • Storefront office hours – building on Lincoln Revitalization Project model • Partnerships with grassroots community organizations • Tacoma Housing Authority HILLTOP PROJECT OFFICE • Hilltop Action Coalition/Sound Outreach • Downtown on the go • Spaceworks’ Creative Engagement Specialists CREATIVE ENGAGEMENT SPECIALISTS

EQUITY AND EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE

EQUITY AND EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE • Employment model and recruitment strategy to help remove barriers for members of the Hilltop community, particularly people of color and women, to access careers in construction with a path to long- term economic empowerment. • Outreach: Hilltop Economic Empowerment Advisory Committee & interviews with workers, labor representatives, educators, service providers

Hilltop Vision

S 11 th St & MLK Jr Way Looking South, Proposed