Florence-Firestone Community Plan

Contact Information

For more information regarding the Florence-Firestone Community Plan please contact the Community Studies Section at (213) 974-6425 or by e-mail at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Si necesita más información o si tiene algún comentario acerca del proyecto, por favor comuníquece al (213) 974-6425 o por correo electrónico a .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Project Overview
Preliminary Draft Florence-Firestone Community Plan
Public Workshop and Hearing Summaries and Materials
Documents

Project Overview

The Florence-Firestone Community Plan is a participatory planning initiative that seeks to develop a long-range, comprehensive plan for the community of Florence-Firestone. The Plan is an outgrowth of a visioning process conducted in 2009, which yielded a vision document and vision poster. The vision document and poster are broad in scope and focus on long-term goals for the community related to land-use, transportation and economic revitalization.

The Community Plan will refine the broad framework established in the vision plan, including an updated plan for land use as well as specific goals, policies, and implementation actions to guide community development in the future. Everyone who lives, learns, works, or plays in Florence-Firestone was invited to participate in community workshops to help develop the Plan. The main outcomes of the community workshops are summarized on the Community Plan Poster.

Preliminary Draft Florence-Firestone Community Plan

Development of the Plan is a highly collaborative and iterative process. Community members and County agency staff provided comments on the early components of the Plan (see below). The Preliminary Draft Florence-Firestone Community Plan, which incorporates the outcomes of the community workshops and stakeholder input, was presented at a Regional Planning Commission hearing on January 18, 2012. All interested parties were invited to attend the presentation, or to watch it online here.

The Plan is currently being fine-tuned, and the Draft Plan will be available for public review shortly. The release will be accompanied by a community meeting, the details of which will be shared here. Those who are interested in receiving email updates can sign up for our Community List by sending an email to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or calling 213-974-6425.

Early Draft Components

Early draft components of the Plan were developed through a series of public workshops from January to April 2011. These early draft components included: the vision and main issue areas (included in the poster plan), goals and policies, land use map, and poster plan, which summarizes the outcomes of the public participation phase.

Public Workshop and Hearing Summaries and Materials

Community participation is at the heart of the planning process. Residents, business owners and other stakeholders were invited to share their ideas regarding the future of Florence-Firestone at a series of community workshops in 2009. The result of these workshops was the Florence-Firestone Vision Plan. A second series of workshops was held in 2011 to refine the broad direction provided in the Vision Plan and to develop components of the Community Plan. Finally, a series of public hearings will be held in 2012 to consider, refine, and adopt the Plan. The ideas, concerns and priorities voiced by participants formed the basis of the Preliminary Draft Plan and will help refine the Plan through the approval process. Below please find summaries and materials from each event, workshop or hearing held to date.