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St. Anthony 2040 Comprehensive Plan Chapter 2: Vision & Goals <br />5 <br /> <br />Community Visioning Meeting <br />Open to all community members, <br />this meeting was designed to <br />introduce the comprehensive plan <br />to the St. Anthony community and <br />guide participants through <br />interactive exercises to reveal <br />community strengths, weaknesses <br />and opportunities. In small groups, <br />participants were directed through <br />both spatial and imaginative <br />activities surrounding land use, <br />environment, transportation and public amenities. <br />Wine Tasting event at St. Anthony Wine & Spirits <br />Capitalizing on a bi-annual event, staff set up a table at the Marketplace St. <br />Anthony Wine and Spirits during a wine tasting event and asked people to <br />show, on a map, their personal destinations and issue areas in the City. <br />Visitors engaged in verbal survey questions and talked about their <br />concerns and their hopes for St. Anthony’s future. <br />ECFE class chats and Parent Council <br />Staff attended a series of parent events through the Early Child and Family <br />Education program and the Parent Council through Community Education. <br />These events took place at the Diamond Eight Terrace Apartments, among <br />other locations. This allowed staff to gain access to families with young <br />children, which is a group difficult to engage in comprehensive plan <br />discussions. Also, these groups included young immigrant families who <br />were new to the city and to the country. The successful discussions with <br />groups who normally are not present at open houses or community <br />meetings resulted in valuable insights related to walkability, transit, mixed <br />use developments, and affordable housing in St. Anthony. <br />SAV High School Connection Club conversation <br />Planning staff visited St Anthony Village High School and met with Key <br />Club students to get some perspective on what younger members of the <br />community would like to see the city plan for in the decades to come. The <br />students like that the city is friendly and close to Minneapolis, and they <br />frequent the many dining and retail establishments located here. The <br />students also have big visions for a safer and more vibrant city, complete <br />with more amenities (like dog parks and a drive-in movie theatre) and safer <br />streets and pedestrian infrastructure.