SRG Homes & Neighborhoods March 4, 2008

Broken Window Theory James Q. Wilson and George Kelling, March 1982 Atlantic Monthly , “Broken Windows”: “ We suggest that untended behavior…leads to the breakdown of community controls. A stable neighborhood of families who care for their houses, mind each other’s children, and confidently frown on unwanted intruders can change, in a few years or even a few months, to an inhospitable and frightening jungle. A piece of property is abandoned, weeds grow up, a window is smashed…Families move out, unattached adults move in…Litter accumulates. People start drinking in front of the grocery store; in time, an inebriate slumps to the sidewalk and is allowed to sleep it off. Pedestrians are approached by panhandlers.” Wes Skogan (Northwestern University Professor), Disorder and Decline: Crime and the Spiral of Decay in American Neighborhoods : “ This condition, which we will term disorder , has a social and physical dimension. Disorder is evident in the widespread appearance of junk and trash in neighborhood lots…in decaying homes, boarded-up buildings, the vandalism of public and private property, graffiti, and stripped and abandoned cars in streets and alleys…What these conditions have in common is that they signal a breakdown in the social order…Sometimes, disorder propels people to act – if they are fortunate enough to realize it is evidence both that their community is in decline, and that it will cause further trouble in the near future.”

Broken Window Theory

James Q. Wilson and George Kelling, March 1982 Atlantic Monthly , “Broken Windows”:

“ We suggest that untended behavior…leads to the breakdown of community controls. A stable neighborhood of families who care for their houses, mind each other’s children, and confidently frown on unwanted intruders can change, in a few years or even a few months, to an inhospitable and frightening jungle. A piece of property is abandoned, weeds grow up, a window is smashed…Families move out, unattached adults move in…Litter accumulates. People start drinking in front of the grocery store; in time, an inebriate slumps to the sidewalk and is allowed to sleep it off. Pedestrians are approached by panhandlers.”

Wes Skogan (Northwestern University Professor), Disorder and Decline: Crime and the Spiral of Decay in American Neighborhoods :

“ This condition, which we will term disorder , has a social and physical dimension. Disorder is evident in the widespread appearance of junk and trash in neighborhood lots…in decaying homes, boarded-up buildings, the vandalism of public and private property, graffiti, and stripped and abandoned cars in streets and alleys…What these conditions have in common is that they signal a breakdown in the social order…Sometimes, disorder propels people to act – if they are fortunate enough to realize it is evidence both that their community is in decline, and that it will cause further trouble in the near future.”

Stabilize downtown, and push it to 10% on the S-Curve Consistent trash management in Northbank area Use police/ambassadors to keep vagrancy on the move Proactive code enforcement Grow national interest in the story (Joni Foster at LISC, other)

Stabilize downtown, and push it to 10% on the S-Curve

Consistent trash management in Northbank area

Use police/ambassadors to keep vagrancy on the move

Proactive code enforcement

Grow national interest in the story (Joni Foster at LISC, other)

Push Hogan’s Creek to 10% on the S-Curve Assemble all current and past Hogan’s Creek due diligence (environmental, other) Aggregate all current and past stakeholder support Implement HDR Greenway Plan Plan regional stormwater retention and concurrency Identify and filter all Hogan’s Creek stormwater inlets Use available resources to fullest extent Enterprise/Empowerment Zone JEDC COJ

Push Hogan’s Creek to 10% on the S-Curve

Assemble all current and past Hogan’s Creek due diligence (environmental, other)

Aggregate all current and past stakeholder support

Implement HDR Greenway Plan

Plan regional stormwater retention and concurrency

Identify and filter all Hogan’s Creek stormwater inlets

Use available resources to fullest extent

Enterprise/Empowerment Zone

JEDC

COJ

Marketing is not just commercial communication – place-changing marketing is a competitor to visual blight and creates urban vibrancy .

Marketing is not just commercial communication – place-changing marketing is a competitor to visual blight and creates urban vibrancy .

Wayfaring and parking signage become informational and revenue-generating resources Kiosks Commercial advertising Signage ordinance Modify intent to generate urban excitement Simplify application and permitting process Visual arts Marketing message: “Downtown Jacksonville is Jacksonville’s center of culture and art, and is an exciting place to be.” Target existing visual blight -- skyway, buildings, other structures

Wayfaring and parking signage become informational and revenue-generating resources

Kiosks

Commercial advertising

Signage ordinance

Modify intent to generate urban excitement

Simplify application and permitting process

Visual arts

Marketing message: “Downtown Jacksonville is Jacksonville’s center of culture and art, and is an exciting place to be.”

Target existing visual blight -- skyway, buildings, other structures

Conquest marketing Target entrepreneurial and creative communities in more enriched urban markets Develop a package of assistance tools for relocating small businesses Target perceived difficulty of parking and moving around the Downtown Integration of transportation and parking options 21 st century program/payment vehicles

Conquest marketing

Target entrepreneurial and creative communities in more enriched urban markets

Develop a package of assistance tools for relocating small businesses

Target perceived difficulty of parking and moving around the Downtown

Integration of transportation and parking options

21 st century program/payment vehicles