McAdams Neighborhood Revitalization Plan
Plan Area: The McAdams Neighborhood is located immediately east of downtown Wichita. For the purposes of this initiative, the boundaries of the neighborhood plan area are: 17th Street on the north, Hydraulic to Central Avenue on the east, Central Avenue on the south, and Mosley on the west. The Wichita-Sedgwick County Comprehensive Plan has identified McAdams as part of a larger "re-establishment neighborhood enhancement area" characterized by structural, market and community decline to a level where large scale interventions are needed to create economic and social stability. Initiation of a Neighborhood Plan: Some generalized planning was undertaken for the McAdams area in the early 1970’s in Wichita’s General Urban Renewal Plan. Although the McAdams neighborhood was identified as a local investment area in the City of Wichita’s Neighborhood Revitalization Plan in 1998, the neighborhood has lacked a specific and comprehensive revitalization strategy or plan. In late 2000, a coalition of largely private/public stakeholders called the "21st Century Coalition for Neighborhood Revitalization" was formed with the goal of eliminating all substandard housing within the McAdams area over the next 20 years. The Community Development Committee was subsequently created by the Coalition to work with neighborhood representatives and local government officials in developing a neighborhood revitalization plan for the McAdams Neighborhood. Neighborhood Planning Issues: Planning issues and challenges in the neighborhood were identified through input received from the Community Development Committee of the 21st Century Coalition for Neighborhood Revitalization and a mail-out/mail-back survey. The issues to be addressed in this plan are: Neighborhood Image and Appearance, Housing, Community Infrastructure and Facilities, Economic Development, and Community Involvement and Leadership. Land Use: Over time, manmade edges and barriers have fragmented the historic McAdams neighborhood into several unique and separate sub-areas. The I-135 freeway and associated floodwater canal system sever the principal concentration of residential development in McAdams. The core residential area now lies west of I-135 and east of Washington Street, while a smaller residential area remains east of I-135. The historic heart of the neighborhood is centered at the intersection of 9th Street and Cleveland, which once served as the commercial focal point for Wichita’s African-American community. Personal Income: Historically, economic prosperity in the McAdams neighborhood has lagged behind Wichita as a whole. Census data indicates that the median family income for the McAdams neighborhood was $23,413. The unemployment rate in the neighborhood averaged 15% and the percentage of persons living below the poverty rate in 2000 was about 35%. Population: Census data also indicates that population in the McAdams plan area declined by about 20% over the last ten years. Total population is currently estimated at around 1,336. African-Americans constitute the largest segment of the neighborhood’s racial composition, but there is a growing Hispanic component. Plan Update Information
Plan Area: The McAdams Neighborhood is located immediately east of downtown Wichita. For the purposes of this initiative, the boundaries of the neighborhood plan area are: 17th Street on the north, Hydraulic to Central Avenue on the east, Central Avenue on the south, and Mosley on the west. The Wichita-Sedgwick County Comprehensive Plan has identified McAdams as part of a larger "re-establishment neighborhood enhancement area" characterized by structural, market and community decline to a level where large scale interventions are needed to create economic and social stability.
Initiation of a Neighborhood Plan: Some generalized planning was undertaken for the McAdams area in the early 1970’s in Wichita’s General Urban Renewal Plan. Although the McAdams neighborhood was identified as a local investment area in the City of Wichita’s Neighborhood Revitalization Plan in 1998, the neighborhood has lacked a specific and comprehensive revitalization strategy or plan. In late 2000, a coalition of largely private/public stakeholders called the "21st Century Coalition for Neighborhood Revitalization" was formed with the goal of eliminating all substandard housing within the McAdams area over the next 20 years. The Community Development Committee was subsequently created by the Coalition to work with neighborhood representatives and local government officials in developing a neighborhood revitalization plan for the McAdams Neighborhood.
Neighborhood Planning Issues: Planning issues and challenges in the neighborhood were identified through input received from the Community Development Committee of the 21st Century Coalition for Neighborhood Revitalization and a mail-out/mail-back survey. The issues to be addressed in this plan are: Neighborhood Image and Appearance, Housing, Community Infrastructure and Facilities, Economic Development, and Community Involvement and Leadership.
Land Use: Over time, manmade edges and barriers have fragmented the historic McAdams neighborhood into several unique and separate sub-areas. The I-135 freeway and associated floodwater canal system sever the principal concentration of residential development in McAdams. The core residential area now lies west of I-135 and east of Washington Street, while a smaller residential area remains east of I-135. The historic heart of the neighborhood is centered at the intersection of 9th Street and Cleveland, which once served as the commercial focal point for Wichita’s African-American community.
Personal Income: Historically, economic prosperity in the McAdams neighborhood has lagged behind Wichita as a whole. Census data indicates that the median family income for the McAdams neighborhood was $23,413. The unemployment rate in the neighborhood averaged 15% and the percentage of persons living below the poverty rate in 2000 was about 35%.
Population: Census data also indicates that population in the McAdams plan area declined by about 20% over the last ten years. Total population is currently estimated at around 1,336. African-Americans constitute the largest segment of the neighborhood’s racial composition, but there is a growing Hispanic component.
McAdams Neighborhood Plan update
1. Plan Introduction and Overview 2. Neighborhood Goals and Action Plans 3. Action Plan Implementation Strategy Figure 1. Summary Table of Action Plan Priorities Figure 2. Existing Zoning Figure 3. Future Land Use Redevelopment Concept McAdams Neighborhood Revitalization Plan- full document
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