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    • ANIMALS: LOST/FOUND PETS & WILDLIFE
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GDNA Strategic Plan

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In Spring, 2008, Dr. Barbara Becker's Comprehensive and Strategic Planning class in the University of Arizona's Planning Degree program met with Garden District Neighborhood residents over the period of five months.  From residents' input, they developed a strategic plan for the neighborhood.  A hard copy is available for viewing at Martha Cooper Library or contact Meg Johnson to receive an electronic copy.  CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE DOCUMENT


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GRANT/ALVERNON PLAN © 1999

Follow this link
to the City of Tucson website to view the Grant/Alvernon plan, the 1999 planning document that the City uses in making development decisions about the neighborhood.  In June, 2018, GDNA began the process to revise and update the document.  To find out more information about this process, contact Meg Johnson.

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   GARDEN DISTRICT COMMUNITY PROFILE FROM
   U OF A COLLEGE OF HEALTH


  In 2012, Garden District was chosen to receive grant funding from the Federal CPPW  
  grant,Communities Putting Prevention to Work.   Through this grant, trees were    planted and pedestrian paths were improved at Martha Cooper Library, the eastside of Tuscany Apartments, and along various residential streets and on Pima. 

  The Garden District Community Profile was developed in 2014 as part of this grant by
  the U of A Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Health to provide an overview of the
  health and well being of our neighborhood.  Also, includes census and demographic
  information. 




    Also, as part of the grant, the Drachman Institute prepared an overview and assessment of Garden District.  Unfortunately, we only have a draft copy of this document.

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LIVING STREETS ALLIANCE WALKABILITY ASSESSMENT
      In 2015, Living Streets Alliance published the results of a Walkability study they
      conducted of Garden District Neighborhood.  Neighborhood residents and staff of Living
      Streets Alliance conducted walkability audits and brainstorming sessions.  The Final results
      are included, as well as recommendations for further improvements to enhance the    
      walkability of the neighborhood. 


Neighborhood assessment of stormwater harvesting potential:  a simplified methodology examining the Garden District Neighborhood of Tucson, Arizona
 
BY grad student Rod Pollock, University of Arizona, December 2012

          Water in the desert is precious. Reclaiming rain is a way to maximize the use of available water. If local governments in desert communities were to implement street water harvesting projects, which streets would present the most cost-effective opportunities?  Examining street widths and curb-to-parcel widths is a means to begin to identify areas that would more readily accommodate the construction necessary to the development of a water retention basin.  Understanding these areas and, additionally, accounting for the existing vegetation canopy, local governments would then have a tool to more effectively formulate a cost/benefit analysis for potential street water harvesting projects.  This project explores sub-watershed prioritization and neighborhood-level analysis of street water harvesting potential focused on the Alvernon Wash sub-watershed impacting the Garden District Neighborhood in Tucson, Arizona.

CLICK HERE TO READ THE DOCUMENT.

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