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Dear Woodland Heights residents,


On behalf of the ISU Planning Team, thank you again to all who helped to make each of the planning workshops a success. We appreciate your valuable insight and leadership. As we stated last Saturday, the information that we received from the workshops will assist us in developing a realistic, yet visionary, neighborhood plan. If you were unable to attend the workshops, please add any comments or questions about the process and results at Revitalize Des Moines: http://www.revitalizedesmoines.com/. We especially want to thank the Woodland Heights Organization in helping to make the workshops a reality.

The purpose of the neighborhood plan is to help the residents of Woodland Heights (you all) to create a community that reflects the vision that its residents have agreed to. A major outcome of the final workshop was the adaption of a neighborhood vision. The vision of Woodland Heights is:

• The residents of Woodland Heights envision a cohesive, aesthetically pleasing, and peaceful neighborhood where families can thrive in a socially-diverse, historically significant community that remains connected to its natural setting and surrounding urban environment.
• The next step is to draft the Woodland Heights Neighborhood Plan! We are working diligently on preparing a draft that will be reviewed by the city on November 16th. We will be presenting the plan to you all for your approval on the evening of Tuesday, December 4th at the Mickle Center Community Room. Prior to presenting the plan, we will be distributing the final draft for your comments. In the meantime, we will be updating you all as to the progress of the draft, and also identifying potential neighborhood leaders to help us reach the vision that Woodland Heights strives for.

Thanks again,
John and the ISU Planning Team