Status Tracker
Since its adoption in 2019, many of the Greater Hazelwood Neighborhood Plan's projects, programs, and policies have been completed or are in progress. The chart below captures a live snapshot of how the implementation of the Plan is progressing. At this time, only project and programs, not policies, are tracked here. Keep in mind that the Plan envisions implementation to take place over 10+ years.
As elements of the Plan are implemented, projects and programs are categorized into one of five statuses:
Complete - Action has been taken to complete the project/program as described by the Plan.
In Progress - Active work is underway to achieve the outcomes outlined for the project/program. For physical/built projects, this status includes any planning and design stages.
Ongoing - Active work is underway, but continual work is required for the success of the project/program.
On Deck - The project/programs is identified as next in line for implementation.
Not Started - No active work is underway at this time.
Plan Principles
Click on a Plan principle below to view the ID numbers for the corresponding projects and programs, their descriptions, their statuses, and links to relevant webpages, if available.
| C.1.2 | Provide Financial Opportunity Center services to residents of Greater Hazelwood | Ongoing |
| C.1.3 | Open an inter-generational center to provide quality affordable care for Greater Hazelwood’s youngest and oldest residents alike. | Not Started |
| C.2.5 | Organize community support teams that focus on public health and safety. | In Progress |
| C.2.8 | Create a neighborhood hub for those who require community-based care and local and regional providers of home support, nursing, physiotherapy and other rehabilitation services. | Not Started |
| C.3.2 | Create a neighborhood training and employment forum / hub | In Progress |
| C.4.1 | Utilize existing or planned spaces to serve as a central location for community events, to foster intergenerational relationships and celebrate neighborhood diversity in the development of the space. | In Progress |
| C.4.9 | Explore potential for way-finding amenities. | Not Started |
| C.6.2 | Improve accessibility of City recreation center programs | Not Started |
| C.7.3 | Expand healthy market availability in the neighborhood | On Deck |
| C.7.4 | Secure the future of Hazelwood Summer Market | Not Started |
| C.7.5 | Nurture and support locally-owned food microbusinesses | Ongoing |
| C.7.6 | Promote community gardens | Ongoing |
| C.8.1 | Improve lighting in areas where most crimes occur | Not Started |
| C.8.2 | Locate public safety facility in an area convenient to areas where most crimes occur, but not directly in the commercial corridor. | Not Started |
| C.8.4 | Create a public outreach campaign encouraging neighbors to secure their properties and vehicles both during the day and at night. | Not Started |
| C.8.5 | Make conflict resolution resources available on weekends. | Not Started |
| D.1.1 | Transition 100 Greater Hazelwood renting households to homeowners. | In Progress |
| D.1.2 | Develop permanently affordable housing. | Ongoing |
| D.1.6 | Explore tax policies to prevent displacement. | Not Started |
| D.1.7 | Provide lead and asbestos-abatement information to homeowners; bring existing programs to Greater Hazelwood. | In Progress |
| D.2.2 | Rehabilitate business facades to maximize advantage of slow-moving rush hour traffic on Second Avenue | Ongoing |
| D.2.3 | Complete a zoning review analysis and strategy for the Second Avenue corridor. | Not Started |
| D.2.4 | Develop commercial corridor gateways, incorporating public art. | In Progress |
| D.2.7 | Provide amenities at heavily-used bus stops along Second Avenue corridor. | Not Started |
| D.2.10 | Actively work with the URA to develop the 4800 block of Second Avenue in line with community needs, and include basic design standards. | In Progress |
| D.2.12 | Recruit neighborhood-serving businesses and businesses that pay living wages. | Not Started |
| D.2.14 | Create a business district revitalization strategy | Not Started |
| D.3.1 | Develop Guidelines and work with the URA and City to coordinate acquisition of key tax delinquent properties for entry into community land trust, redevelopment, or addition to Greenway. | In Progress |
| D.3.3 | Examine conservatorship as a tool to address vacancy. | Not Started |
| D.3.4 | Educate community members about the City Side-lot program, and provide assistance with applications if necessary. | Ongoing |
| D.3.5 | Develop a neighborhood strategy for addressing maintenance of privately- owed vacant lots. | Not Started |
| D.3.6 | Promote community ownership / stewardship through collaborative development. | Ongoing |
| D.3.7 | Work with seniors to develop wills. | Not Started |
| D.3.8 | Use public art to activate (temporarily or permanently ) vacant parcels throughout the neighborhood. | Ongoing |
| D.4.1 | Focus on neighborhood-level technical assistance for small businesses and entrepreneurs | Ongoing |
| D.4.2 | Provide education to community members regarding commercial property leasing and ownership, including creative ownership mechanisms. | In Progress |
| D.4.3 | Partner with financial institutions and technical assistance providers to provide guidance on securing financing for commercial property purchases. | Complete |
| D.4.4 | Create incubator that offers below- market-rate rents for locally-owned businesses, minority-owned businesses and cultural spaces. | Complete |
| D.4.5 | Enhance bridge to Below the Tracks with art. | Not Started |
| D.4.6 | Restart Greater Hazelwood's Chamber of Commerce. | Not Started |
| D.5.1 | Consider re-zoning residentially-zoned areas (that are not landslide-prone or steep slope) for greater density especially near transit corridors. Look at R2, R3, to allow for creation of “missing middle” housing, consider inclusionary zoning, and accessory dwelling units. | Not Started |
| D.5.2 | Determine desired mixed uses in Glen Hazel, and update zoning accordingly. | Not Started |
| D.5.3 | Review zoning of Second Avenue, identify areas to better align with existing uses, building types, setbacks, and more area-specific parking requirements. | Not Started |
| D.5.4 | Determine if there are other parts of the neighborhood in which mixed uses could thrive. | Not Started |
| D.7.1 | Develop examples for Hazelwood’s “middle housing” and commercial market. | Not Started |
| D.7.5 | Complete Historical Architectural Survey of Greater Hazelwood | Not Started |
| D.10.1 | Develop a Housing Action Plan that will identify the number, type, and location of affordably-priced housing units to achieve Greater Hazelwood's goal of development without displacement. | In Progress |
| D.10.4 | Pursue Registered Community Organization status to formalize Greater Hazelwood’s role in private development review. | Complete |
| D.10.11 | Stabilize & target reuse opportunities for vacant historic buildings of significance. | Ongoing |
| D.11.2 | Utilize public art and historic interpretation to help orient residents and visitors in the neighborhood while telling the story of Greater Hazelwood. | Ongoing |
| D.11.3 | Engage local artists and youth to produce and maintain elements. | In Progress |
| D.11.4 | Enhance Gateway Bridge to Below the Tracks with Art | Not Started |
| Evaluate industrial emissions in Greater Hazelwood. | Not Started |
| Address vehicle idling. | Not Started |
| Improve existing buildings’ air quality and energy efficiency. | Ongoing |
| I.2.2 | Position Greenway as an amenity | In Progress |
| I.3.1 | Ensure sustainable construction practices. | Not Started |
| I.3.2 | Encourage sustainable habitation, maintenance, and business practices. | Not Started |
| I.3.3 | Use incentive-based zoning to reflect Greater Hazelwood’s sustainability priorities. | Not Started |
| I.3.5 | Explore expansion of Hazelwood Green’s district energy, water, and transportation systems to other parts of the neighborhood. | In Progress |
| M.1.1 | Provide respite areas along streets with steep slopes. | Not Started |
| M.1.2 | Improve crosswalks in the neighborhood. | Not Started |
| M.1.3 | Plant street trees. | Ongoing |
| M.2.1 | Improve infrastructure at transit stops throughout the neighborhood. | Not Started |
| M.2.3 | Encourage transit authority to optimize bus service in the neighborhood, including improved weekend services. | On Deck |
| M.2.4 | Evaluate existing transit connectivity to local and regional job centers and identify opportunities for high-capacity transit with dedicated routes. | Not Started |
| M.4.1 | Install traffic-calming measures on streets with highest amounts of traffic at rush hour and near neighborhood schools. | Not Started |
