Neighborhood Renaissance Program

University Neighborhood

The University Neighborhood is the first of 38 neighborhoods in Stockton to work on a Neighborhood Plan (see map below).  It is located within the Civic Center Service District with a wide mix of assets and challenges.  The neighborhood currently benefits from a number of community groups, University of Pacific outreach programs, and the newly established Property-Based Improvement District for the Miracle Mile Commercial area.

The University Neighborhood

Click on the above map for a larger .pdf version

Neighborhood Meeting #1:  Close to 50 residents and business owners attended the first Neighborhood Community meeting in early September. The group brainstormed on both the assets and challenges of the area.  A "Wallgraphic" was created to record ideas generated at the meeting.  

Click on the Wallgraphic for a larger .pdf version

A meeting summary is also available.

Neighborhood Meeting #2 was held on October 9 at St. Joseph's Hospital.  The ideas generated at the first meeting were further refined into eight "boxes" as depicted in a second "Wallgraphic."

Click on the Wallgraphic for a larger .pdf version

Click here for a meeting summary of Meeting #2.

A University Neighborhood tour was conducted at Neighborhood Meeting #3 on November 1.  Booklets were distributed to participants and comments regarding pedestrian accesses, traffic patterns, commercial and housing mixes and general aesthetics were collected and compiled by MIG (the consultants).  Click here for the tour comments that were collected.   TOUR PHOTOS!

A post-tour discussion summary is also available.

The pilot project will give staff the experience to refine their business strategy and better understand the team approach to service delivery.  This is key to allowing the program to expand to other neighborhoods.  The City must learn how to effectively integrate every department’s resources into the program. NRP is not an additional task; it is simply a different way of doing the things they already do.

The next University Neighborhood Action Committee meeting will be on Thursday, December 4, 2008 at a location to be announced soon.  Anyone is welcome to attend.

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