TSP The Springfield Project:  Cognitive Mapping
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The following maps were developed at the March 26th meeting.  Residents identified areas they liked and disliked.

Areas identified as problem areas are designated in red, whereas areas in green are types of areas residents appreciated and would like to see more of.

In this excercise, students and attending faculty acted as facilitators.  Impresssions and facts were diligently recorded for future use.   The information we gathered during this exercise allowed us to identify areas that residents appreciated (which we could look at as a model for future designs), and which areas needed the most work. 

Group One (click to enlarge)
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Positive Areas:
     
  1. Edwards Street heading west
  2. Not much speeding on Edwards
  3. Officer Don Living in the neighborhood
Problem Areas:
     
  1. Trash
  2. Rental Homes
  3. Abandoned Homes
  4. Loitering
  5. Empty Lots
  6. Littering
  7. Drugs
  8. Loud Music
  9. Speeding on 14th 
  10. Opossums in abandoned homes
  11. Land lords

Group Two (click to enlarge)

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Positive Areas:
     
  1. 14th & Jackson- Good Neighborhood
  2. Well kept small business
  3. Amvets
  4. Service Station has potential 
  5. Nursing Home
  6. Sister’s Home
  7. Church with clean parking lot
  8. Hope House in Progress (renovation)
  9. Police officer in neighborhood
 Problem Areas:
     
  1. Mac’s Lounge
  2. Empty lots
  3. Trash
  4. 13th and 14th on Edwards has trashy houses
  5. A lot of young people hanging around, loitering
  6. Safety

Group Three (click to enlarge)

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Positive Areas:
     
  1. The block of 14th & Edwards
  2. Empty lots across Betty Starks’ home
  3. 3 empty lots on 14th & Edwards are nice
  4. Commercial development on 11th
  5. The Dollar Store
  6. The Nursing home off Edwards
  7. Ethel Jones’ house
  8. The churches along 15th & Jackson
  9. The churches along 15th & Edwards
  10. The parking lot on Edwards
  11. Resource center near 13th & Jackson
Problem Areas:
     
  1. Dilapidation of Lincoln Colored Home
  2. Trash and upkeep on 600 block of 12th 
  3. Sidewalks along Jackson & Edwards are bad especially between 14th & 15th and 13th & 12th
  4. The areas from Jackson to Cook and between 15th & Martin Luther King Drive are bad
  5. One house on 16th & Edwards
  6. Areas around 15th & cook in bad condition
  7. Man next to Betty’s house always has garbage in his yards and sidewalks
  8. CDC houses’ yards
  9. 14th & Edwards ‘junk yard’

Group Four (click to enlarge)

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Positive Areas:
     
  1. Nursing Home on Martin Luther King
  2. 11th thru 16th has potential for development
  3. Dollar Store, Cleaners, Restaurants, and other Commercial activities on Cook
  4. Food places on Martin Luther King
  5. Historical section of town between 17th & Martin Luther King
  6. New Homes and Urban renewal 
  7. Ownership of houses in general
  8. Old housed put down (11th thru 16th)
  9. Lee’s Center on 13th
  10. Flower and garden on 12th
  11. Urban League on 11th & Cook
  12. Church between 15th & Jackson
  13. American Veterans between 14th & Jackson
  14. Garbage truck pick up route between 12th & 13th
  15. Mini Mall on 11th
 Problem Areas:
     
  1. Abandoned car lot between 18th & Cook
  2. Alley between Edwards & Cook
  3. Abandoned car between 15th & Edwards
  4. Drug house on 16th and 17th 
  5. Loud music from cars from 15th to Martin Luther King
  6. Loud music from homes from 17th to Martin Luther King
  7. Excessive garbage between 17th & Cook
  8. Boarded housed and Drug houses on Jackson, Edwards, 15th and 14th