San Marcos Workforce Housing Taskforce
San Marcos, Texas
Client:
City of San Marcos
Services Provided:
Policy Planning, Stakeholder Engagement, Meeting Facilitation and Consensus Building, Community Outreach Tools, Housing Strategy, On-line Engagement, Implementation Strategy
Lionheart led a Workforce Housing Task Force through the process of developing a Strategic Action Plan. Each meeting was designed to facilitate the group through a process of visioning, goal setting, benchmarking, brainstorming and prioritizing to a final, user-friendly document that would guide housing actions for the next 5-10 years.
This project had many opportunities for stakeholder engagement to best understand what the public needed as to align those priorities with government resources.
Lionheart worked with the city of San Marcos to develop a Small Area Planning Program that would allow neighborhood groups to conduct plans with the technical and financial support of the City. The small area plans will address the preservation of neighborhood character while still maintaining housing affordability, which was a growing concern within the greater community.
Lionheart also led a Workforce Housing Task Force through the process of developing a Strategic Action Plan. Each meeting was designed to facilitate the group through a process of visioning, goal setting, benchmarking, brainstorming and prioritizing to a final, user-friendly document that would guide housing actions for the next 5-10 years.
The nature of this project resulted in a heavy stakeholder engagement process. To ensure the targeted areas of San Marcos could have the opportunity to communicate their individual needs and outline ways to apply the Comprehensive Plan at a neighborhood scale, Lionheart employed various method of community engagement, including Facebook Posts, informal neighborhood meetings, surveys setup throughout the City, and map based feedback. Lionheart lead the efforts of these outreach events and supported staff through Phase One: Program Development of the three phase plan, setting the Taskforce up for success in the later phases.
