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Gulf Shores Looks to the Future with Launch of Vision 2035 The City of Gulf Shores is excited to announce the launch of Vision 2035, a strategic planning initiative aimed at shaping the community's future for the next decade. Residents are invited to play an active role in this visioning process, which kicks off with a Vision 2035 Input Meeting on October 29 at 6 PM at the Erie Meyer Civic Center. This meeting will provide a unique opportunity for residents to share their ideas and help set the city's goals for the next decade. About ten years ago, Gulf Shores embarked on Vision 2025, since those efforts began the city transformed into one of the most desirable small-town destinations in the South. The community came together to develop a new vision which included specific action items that worked towards enhancing quality of life. These items focused on things like access to better healthcare, environmental stewardship, improving education and creating new economic opportunities throughout the community. Now, as Vision 2025 comes to a close, the city is setting its sights on the future with the launch of Vision 2035. “Together we have made tremendous progress in achieving the goals set forth in Vision 2025,” said Mayor Robert Craft. “Our schools are thriving, the Gulf State Park has been revitalized, we have expanded access to emergent and specialty medical care and we have transformed key districts throughout the city. But we know that our work is far from over. That's why we are embarking on Vision 2035, a new initiative that will allow us to build on our past successes while addressing the emerging challenges and opportunities of the next decade.” The city is now beginning the development process for Vision 2035, with a strong focus on resident engagement. The Vision 2035 Input Meeting on October 29 will feature a presentation by Mayor Robert Craft, followed by one-on-one conversations between attendees, city staff and elected officials. This will be a chance for residents to provide input, ask questions, and help shape the city's priorities for the next ten years. “The success of Vision 2035 hinges on the active involvement of our community,” said Mayor Craft. “Together, we have the power to determine our goals for the next decade and achieve a future that we can all be proud of. I encourage every resident to get involved in the Vision 2035 process. This is your opportunity to help set the course for Gulf Shores' future and create the community we all want for ourselves and for generations to come.” For more information, please visit www.gulfshoresal.gov.

Awkward admission: this is the best photo I got from the CMHC National Housing Conference. Anyone else struggle with failure-to-selfie at events? You’d think I’d have this down pat. I’ve led countless events, social campaigns, and branding strategies. I’m usually the one encouraging others to spread knowledge by sharing powerful stories and images. And then, when I turn up at an event, I don’t heed my own advice. Every. Darn. Time. I show up and dive into learning and connections. I take copious notes and grainy photos of slides. I meet new people and reconnect with folks I know. I juggle meetings and incoming work responsibilities. If travelling, I also try to prioritize movement and sleep. And, inevitably, taking photos is one of the balls that I drop. In lieu of pictures from the event, here’s a list of moments I didn’t take photos of: 🥘 Discovering new parts of the city, including a little Moroccan restaurant in Hull that generously squeezed in Kelly Lin and me for a delicious meal before the Iftar rush. 💡Connecting around how to advance intelligent failure (Krystal Valencia), engage communities around housing as a human right (Cheryll Case), implement outcomes-based design (Happy Cities), and support social resilience (Michelle Hoar). 🔨Hearing about approaches that are making a difference in other jurisdictions, including for seniors housing, multi-family residential, and modular construction. 🦾Learning about applications of new and emerging technology for housing, including AI, 3D printing, and robots (including from Nhung Nguyen). 🫶Meeting with new people and folks I know to exchange ideas around how we can address the housing crisis together. Maybe it doesn’t matter that I didn’t take photos, even of the robots. … Image description: from a window overlooking the wing of an airplane, the sun is setting on the ocean as darkness settles over homes below. #NationalHousingConference #NHC24 #Together4Housing #HousingForAll

Thanks for sharing Dr. Scott and highlighting the importance of the built environment and active transportation. For more information on how the Built Environment for Active Living team can help, https://lnkd.in/eA78qcbz

CLPHA’s Housing Is Initiative is celebrating our tenth anniversary. To mark this milestone, we have released We Envision..., a comprehensive report reflecting on the Initiative's accomplishments and looking towards the future of cross-sector partnerships that improve life outcomes. Housing Is has achieved great success over the last decade in building momentum for cross-sector work at the national level and in reframing safe, stable, and affordable housing as a crucial foundation for improved life outcomes. Our groundbreaking work as a national convener supports scale and replication of successful cross-sector partnerships and has helped to change the conversation about what housing, and specifically PHAs, can do to help residents achieve their goals, work towards educational success, and live healthier lives. We Envision... shares a history of the creation and national leadership of Housing Is; elevates learnings from a decade of the Initiative’s efforts; spotlights successful PHA collaborations with health, education, digital connectivity, and other partners that serve vulnerable populations; and imagines a future where strong, sustained cross-sector partnerships help low-income individuals to attain the same education, health, economic, and digital connectivity opportunities as their more affluent peers. Read the report here: https://lnkd.in/eai7xsZG 

#ft3ExpertiseDrive #IntegratedDesign An Integrated Design Process (IDP) is a design method we use at ft3 where the project’s relevant parties (clients, users, consulting professionals, and the contractor) participate in the design process—from the start—to realize synergistic benefits. When Klinic Community Health and Sexuality Education Resource Centre MB consolidated services under one roof on Sherbrooke Street to improve efficiencies, IDP remained essential in addressing each organization's design and programming priorities and how they will function within the larger urban ecosystem. As Sherbrooke Street serves the West Broadway, Wolseley, and West End neighbourhoods, areas characterized by a deep sense of community and camaraderie, bringing the residents into the design process was critical for the client in realizing the new facility. While Klinic and SERC provide essential health services, the client also wanted to be regarded as “good neighbours” through a transparent public consultation. Our team led a public open house to determine whether the new facility would respond appropriately to community needs. Ultimately, the proposed design solution (without compromising the project's functional requirements) prioritized a sensitive, accessible, and equitable approach that realized a patient-first environment while becoming an indispensable part of the neighbourhood fabric. Check it out:

Save the date for the 2025 Main Street Now Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from April 7-9! Seriously - save it. Conference is my favorite holiday.🎉 Join your peers (and friends) from across the nation for insightful education sessions, unique special events, and immersive mobile workshops in Philly, a city of neighborhoods. Registration will open in December. Preview registration rates, themes, and more > mainstreet.org/now2025 The Main Street Now 2025 education agenda will feature evergreen Main Street Approach content, plus engaging sessions centered around a core theme — A Healthy Main Street Movement — and three related sub-themes (learn more about them at the link above): A Healthy Main Street Movement Main Streets are the hearts of our communities. They are hubs of innovation and creativity, where the dreams of entrepreneurs become local institutions serving vital community needs. They are gathering places, bringing together people from across the street and across town. They are places of shared memory and cultural expression that carry the stories of generations through permanent public art installations and temporal events. In these ways, and so many more, Main Streets both reflect and shape individual and community health. And just like people, Main Streets require care, nurturing, and attention to reach their full potential. To foster healthy Main Streets, we must bring people together to encourage deeper connection, drive future-focused solutions by exploring innovative approaches, and create a sustainable Movement where everyone can fully participate and thrive. I can't wait!!! Main Street America

Environments for Aging is previewing some of the upcoming #EFAcon educational sessions in a series of Q+As with speakers, sharing what they plan to discuss and key takeaways they’ll offer attendees: https://bit.ly/43EijjL

Mike with the deep dive. 🫡 - Lubbock population growth: 51.3% form 2023-2060 - Lubbock MSA: 57.4% annual GDP last 10 years - Lubbock exports 670M (agricultural) high of last 6 years (expansion phase) - Diverse economy - 10 different sectors averaging over 5% growth since 2020 - 20,000 new jobs coming by 2033. Pretty big for a tertiary city. Food company alone bringing 8k jobs, semiconductor company bring 2k jobs, and projected median household income outpacing the US - Job Growth for Lubbock 5.4% increase and labor force 6.0%. Compare that vs US average of 1.7% job growth and 1.8% labor force in same span. 2020-2024 Just a few of the KPI’s indicating Lubbock is in the expansion phase. DM more if looking to learn more!

How can cities can break free from outdated policies and practices and find better ways to create healthier, more equitable communities? Here's how ➡ https://lnkd.in/exNV2Mdn We don't need to settle for the status quo—real change is possible with leadership, collaboration, and a commitment to health equity. Learn more in this blog written by Heidi Simon for CityHealth!