Vision & Goals
A vision statement describes the desired state of a place in the future. With community support, an effective vision can influence decisions and inspire action to move toward that idealized future. Goals further describe the outcomes that will support the realization of the vision. These, in turn, are supported by more specific strategies and actions that will implement the bigger-picture vision and goals. These strategies will involve specific proposed projects, programs, policies, and other means of achieving the community vision.
The Draft Vision and Goals for the Greater Airport Area Regional Center were prepared based off input from residents and community stakeholders through an online questionnaire, two community meetings, and a planning team meeting. Below is the Draft Vision and Goals for the Greater Airport Area:
The Greater Airport Area Regional Center is a successful employment center with a variety of small and large businesses, including shops, restaurants, and entertainment venues that serve the area’s diverse, multi-generational, and safe neighborhoods, as well as the City as a whole, and are compatible with Airport operations. The area develops sustainably, and residents and visitors enjoy a well-distributed and maintained parks, open space, and trail system, in addition to complete streets with safe and connected pedestrian, bicycle, and transit options.
Goal 1: Create safe and vibrant destinations with a diversity of strategically located and high-quality housing, employment, and mixed-use development that respects existing neighborhoods, avoids conflict with, and supports the Airport.
Goal 2: Improve existing streets and create new connections that are truly multimodal, aesthetically pleasing, and provide sustainable stormwater benefits.
Goal 3: Increase equitable access to parks, open space, and trails and recreational amenities throughout the regional center.
Goal 4: Address safety concerns and barriers created by transportation infrastructure of all types throughout the regional center.
Goal 5: Improve comfort, safety, and aesthetics throughout the regional center with trees, other urban greening, and integration of sustainable infrastructure.
Goal 6: Enhance transit connections to amenities within the Greater Airport Area Regional Center, to Downtown, and to other regional destinations in and outside of San Antonio for residents, employees, and visitors.
Goal 7: Promote quality infill development and redevelopment within neighborhoods and commercial areas that are compatible with existing homes and provide more housing options for existing and new residents.
What is a Vision Statement?
A vision statement describes the desired state of a place in the future. With community support, an effective vision can influence decisions and inspire action to move toward that idealized future. Goals further describe the outcomes that will support the realization of the vision. These, in turn, are supported by more specific recommendations and strategies that will implement the bigger-picture vision and goals. These strategies will involve specific proposed projects, programs, policies, and other means of achieving the community vision.
The Greater Airport Area Regional Center Vision and Goals were developed with input from residents and community stakeholders through an iterative process of developing and refining these concepts. During preliminary community engagement efforts, community members articulated important values and identified the Greater Airport Area Regional Center’s assets, challenges, and opportunities. This community input became the basis for the Greater Airport Area Regional Center’s Vision and Goals, which will be refined with feedback from the Planning Team and participants during the next community meeting.
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