Altadena residents gather for the first of three “visioning workshops” on April 4, 2012 at the Loma Alta Park gymnasium.
by Timothy Rutt
About 130 Altadena residents gathered for the first of three Altadena Community Visioning Workshops Wednesday night at the Loma Alta Park gymnasium.
Susan Harden, vice-president for planning and design at RBF Consulting, the county’s consultant for the project, told those gathered that the workshops were intended to “paint a vivid and positive picture of the future” — not to create an action plan, but a starting point for action.
While the process was not to talk about specific changes to the Community Standards District, which the county want to update, such changes may be included, Harden said.
The process was very simple: on Post-it notes, attendees were to write three ideas about the “treasures of Altadena”: the things they value most about living here. The notes then went together on a section of the wall where they were sorted into general themes by RBF staffers.
Treasures included diversity, architecture, local businesses, the small town sense of community, nature and the mountains, and the library.
Altadena residents gather for the first of three “visioning workshops” on April 4, 2012 at the Loma Alta Park gymnasium.
by Timothy Rutt
About 130 Altadena residents gathered for the first of three Altadena Community Visioning Workshops Wednesday night at the Loma Alta Park gymnasium.
Susan Harden, vice-president for planning and design at RBF Consulting, the county’s consultant for the project, told those gathered that the workshops were intended to “paint a vivid and positive picture of the future” — not to create an action plan, but a starting point for action.
While the process was not to talk about specific changes to the Community Standards District, which the county want to update, such changes may be included, Harden said.
The process was very simple: on Post-it notes, attendees were to write three ideas about the “treasures of Altadena”: the things they value most about living here. The notes then went together on a section of the wall where they were sorted into general themes by RBF staffers.
Treasures included diversity, architecture, local businesses, the small town sense of community, nature and the mountains, and the library.