Committee Members:

Chair: Rick Freeman
Mark Johnson
John Haeussler

Task Force Strategies:

• Downtown skating rink with lights at the middle school
• Create a mix of income and class levels
• Locate public/government funds for property improvements
• Engage students through events and activities
• Artist outreach — “Live here, work here” (Jutila Center, storefronts)
• Engage and work with Finlandia to address housing for the growing student population
• Help Finlandia promote the school — more students, more renters
• Promote great schools, access to health care, access to trails
• Include neighborhoods as “downtown”
• Eliminate meters with adequate parking control plan
• Promote easy FREE parking
• Improve signage (create sign program)
• Clearly mark parking spaces

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