Public Space, Nature, and Ecological Design

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1. There should be an art space and a socialized area for aunties and uncles.

   Mar 13 · Community Education Session · Lemat Restaurant#

2. There needs to be proper lighting, maintenance of trees and shrubbery, and support for pre-existing businesses.

   Mar 13 · Community Education Session · Lemat Restaurant#

3. Provide garden space for people who want to garden.

   Mar 13 · Community Education Session · Lemat Restaurant#

4. All appliances should be zero net carbon and electric.

   Mar 13 · Community Education Session · Lemat Restaurant#

5. The development proposal should include anticipated emissions from the project.

   Mar 13 · Community Education Session · Lemat Restaurant#

6. Consider the redwoods and other trees that were planted with intention by the people of South Berkeley prior to BART.

   Mar 13 · Community Education Session · Lemat Restaurant#

7. We want the building to be eco-green and conscious of having no toxins or harmful chemicals.

   Mar 13 · Community Education Session · Lemat Restaurant#

8. There needs to be a focus on sustainability.

   Mar 13 · Community Education Session · Lemat Restaurant#

9. There should be an inner courtyard with edible food gardens, fruit trees, and flowers.

   Mar 13 · Community Education Session · Lemat Restaurant#

10. We must respect Mother Earth by including plants and space to breathe for the community.

    Mar 13 · Community Education Session · Lemat Restaurant#

11. There should be more open air space.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

12. The space should be accessible and include murals, art stations, shops, restaurants, and clean seating with covered shelters.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

13. There should be places to sit and wait that feel safe.

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14. The area should be clean and well-lit.

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15. In ten years, the neighborhood should have places for people of all ages and abilities, as well as more green space.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

16. We should have an active, beautiful commons where people can congregate in comfort.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

17. What is missing are schools, spaces for children aged zero to ten, and trees.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

18. For healthy living, there should be play spaces next to garden plots, trees, and colorful playgrounds.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

19. In the Ashby BART neighborhood, we do not want many tall buildings; instead, we would like to see nature, recreational spaces, and a community garden.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

20. Designers should identify whether their ideas are intended for public or private spaces.

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21. There should be walkable shops and a park, as every other neighborhood has one and Greg Brown Park is too small and used by Big Oaks Learning.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

22. The space should include gardening areas, plenty of children's play areas, exercise options for seniors and caregivers, considerations for attracting or deterring wildlife, and a focus on ecological organisms.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

23. There should be walkable shops and a park, as every other neighborhood has one and Greg Brown Park is too small and used by Big Oaks Learning.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

24. The space should include gardening areas, plenty of children's play areas, exercise options for seniors and caregivers, considerations for attracting or deterring wildlife, and a focus on ecological organisms.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

25. Public open spaces should feature natural gardens and areas.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

26. The design should center on open space since it is currently at a deficit, and open space should be tiered within the building.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

27. There is an opportunity for the plaza design to provide neighborhood centers.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

28. There should be outdoor screening for MLK.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

29. Sidewalks should be lined with beautiful local flora, creating a meandering path connecting various Ashby BART spots like entrances, meditation areas, art homages to Black heritage, playgrounds, and business kiosks.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

30. The space should create opportunities for people to gather with a welcoming, colorful design featuring comfortable seating, intentional landscaping, transparent glass for ground-floor businesses, safety measures, maintained crosswalks, and streetlights.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

31. To support community life and local businesses, we need gathering spaces, green areas, and potentially a new park or pool, along with community-building events and student patronage.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

32. I would love to see more vendors at the South Berkeley Farmers Market, more residents, and big, tall, healthy street trees to form a canopy.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

33. It is important to have tables and places to sit, gather, and eat.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

34. There should be good shade and welcoming, peaceful spaces for laying out and inviting friends.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

35. There should be quiet, shady outdoor spaces where people can relax.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

36. The design should center on open space since it is currently at a deficit, and open space should be tiered within the building.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

37. There should be a park setting with cafes or kiosks like in Stockholm or Paris, and flower gardens like in London.

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38. There should be shaded seating areas, spaces to lie in the sun, trees, hammock swings, a farmers and flea market with music and vendors, a walkway like the Brazil Cafe, and a little library.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

39. There should be a place to visit repeatedly with flexible seating, activities, events, and protection from the sun and rain.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

40. I like the idea of open-air spaces to gather, eat, and share food, as well as an outdoor theater.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

41. There should be a lawn to hang out and listen to music, or versatile performance spots.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

42. I would love to see a vibrant, colorful open space where kids can play and enjoy themselves.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

43. Outdoor spaces should be more curvilinear than rectilinear, working with nature rather than against it.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

44. Since plazas can often feel vacant and inhospitable, an active park with trees would be much better than another plaza.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

45. This project needs a park, pool, or playground, as we shouldn't miss the chance to provide new green space to the southeast part of Berkeley.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

46. It should be a beautiful, welcoming, and accessible space with thoughtful plant and furniture selection, designed for kids, elders, wheelchair users, and mothers.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

47. There should be spaces to relax with sunshine, shade, plenty of comfortable seating, and built-in activities.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

48. Community outdoor spaces should include artwork paying homage to local history, play areas, gathering spaces, picnic spots, a community garden, class spaces, a farmers market, and an outdoor performance area.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

49. The space should have beautiful aesthetics with joyful colors and graphics, a safe environment, and comfortable, ergonomic seating.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

50. The parking lot will be missed.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

51. The design should include permeable hardscapes, rainwater harvesting, affordable eateries, trees, picnic tables, BBQ stands, and a place for performances and events like Juneteenth.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

52. Greenery and trees are important to make the site and new plaza welcoming.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

53. There should be something intriguing happening or opportunities for discovery.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

54. There should be lounge and gathering spaces with rounded architecture that matches the community, and shaded areas for crop swaps, food trucks, and markets.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

55. There should be a large electronic synchronized water fountain at the concert space, similar to Downtown LA.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

56. There should be the ability to engage in impromptu play.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

57. There should be an interactive sunken fountain for kids to play in.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

58. Community outdoor spaces should include people of color, Black community music, native species, pollinators, and accessible walking paths, providing opportunities for stewardship rather than just serving new transplants.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

59. A nice community space includes lounging and gathering areas, nature, and a community garden for resources and crop swapping.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

60. The space should feature decorative shade, outdoor gathering areas, a food forest, and a flea market with a play area and community performance space.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

61. Balconies with built-in gardening beds and watering systems would bring nature in and allow everyone to grow food.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

62. Balconies with built-in gardening beds and watering systems would bring nature in and allow everyone to grow food.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

63. There should be an outdoor green corridor or promenade.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

64. We should encourage neighborhood activity through green space connectivity.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

65. There should be shade, a water feature, diverse flowers, and patches of grass for laying down.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

66. A community garden should have more native plants to attract pollinators.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

67. Outdoor spaces should be peaceful and restorative with various activity nodes and areas free from noise.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

68. There should be areas encouraging multigenerational interaction, big tree canopies, colorful play areas, and artistic seating for seniors.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

69. Outdoor spaces should be peaceful and restorative with various activity nodes and areas free from noise.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

70. There are not enough trees, and it is unclear how the building interacts with the plaza.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

71. There should be areas encouraging multigenerational interaction, big tree canopies, colorful play areas, and artistic seating for seniors.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

72. Balconies with built-in gardening beds and watering systems would bring nature in and allow everyone to grow food.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

73. We need public yards to feel welcoming, rather than grand palaces, and the front space should be useful to passers-by.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

74. The community is missing, and we need trees, plants, flowers, benches, African American culture, large windows that open, gardens, courtyards, and townhomes that are no more than three stories, along with outreach to the entire community.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

75. There should be lots of natural elements incorporated into the building, such as hardwood, boulders, plants, lights, and colored glass, and it should not be higher than eight to ten stories maximum.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

76. I would like to see a really big arch entrance to a performance space or green area, but grass requires maintenance so that is off.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

77. I like a pyramid building with an open plaza.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

78. The concept images look standard and monotonous, so daylight, natural light, murals, large windows, and garden boxes are really important.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

79. Wood is a soothing natural material with softer lines that breaks the linear monolith and is inviting and not sterile.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

80. There should be entry doors outside for neighborhood growth, garden boxes for food, food forests, and open balconies.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

81. There should be community gathering spaces.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

82. I want to be able to see the Berkeley hills and not have the sun blocked out from my home by buildings, and there should be open space with natural light and trees that do not litter the streets.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

83. The plans for community revitalization should address mental health care and drug use recovery through access routes, community spaces, and open space.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

84. Gardens should be designed to function, grow food, and make watering and tools available.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

85. There should be low-cost or free mental health support and medical services, exercise classes for all ages, large green open space, and an urban garden open to neighbors.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

86. There should be a rooftop pool, wellness space, wellness provider shops, lots of places that receive sunshine, and garden boxes.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

87. Healthy living priorities should include gardens, a water element like a reflecting pool, a labyrinth or zen garden to walk and meditate, signage about native plants and animals, and layers of grass to lie down on.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

88. There should be small and large gatherings in parks and gardens to learn our stories and hopes, celebrate, and share our hopes.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

89. A strong community needs open space, and the brick building on Ashby and Adeline needs to be a park.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

90. We should create gathering places that lots of people in the South Berkeley neighborhood would visit.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

91. There should be public art, murals, churches, public restrooms, and more community buy-in.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

92. In ten years, Black children should have a place to play and call home, with green space, clean air, and clean water.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

93. There should be more active storefronts encouraging walking, a big park with tennis courts, and better connections between open spaces throughout South Berkeley.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

94. There should be more active storefronts encouraging walking, a big park with tennis courts, and better connections between open spaces throughout South Berkeley.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

95. The Martin Luther King frontage should maximize community interaction.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

96. A space like D3 would be nice for kids, and a diversity of activities would be nice.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

97. There should be places for Tai Chi, water pools, streams, play structures, climbing rocks, trees, community gardens, dog parks, and playgrounds.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

98. There should be places to sit and read.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

99. There should be a wild, green, native garden with rocks for sitting.

    May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

100. There should be places to play chess and checkers.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

101. There should be bird houses and owl boxes.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

102. There should be free sunrise and sunset yoga, Tai Chi, and meditation classes.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

103. There should be ways to encourage fitness, such as places to stretch and do pull-ups.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

104. A park encourages activity, and a dog park would be wonderful.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

105. There should be an amphitheater that could rotate through kid theater performances, a book mobile, and exercise classes.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

106. There should be a place to play games like checkers, chess, hopscotch, and to kick a ball around.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

107. There should be celebrations and activities for all ages, shaded areas, public restrooms, water fountains, and public art.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

108. There should be covered bus stops, public phones, shading from the weather, and a dancing water fountain with music.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

109. We should minimize the amount of artificial turf and concrete around the site and consider the longevity of play structures.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

110. It should be green and beautiful with plenty of space to sit, including movable chairs so people can group them for visits and chats.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

111. A welcoming BART entrance would be Gaudi-inspired.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

112. There should be accessible bathrooms with protective toilet covers and high-quality toilet paper.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

113. We should enliven the BART entrance with drum circles and a museum.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

114. A welcoming station entrance should have disability access, plants and green space to keep the area cool, and a pleasant space to wait for the bus.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

115. There should be access to equipment.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

116. Buildings should enhance walkability and allow natural shortcuts to other walkways, with streams, rocks, bike racks, and play areas for kids.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

117. Utilities should go green with solar and radiant heat options.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

118. We should use native plants because they require less water and support pollinators.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

119. There should be quiet, rich, green spaces like roof and lawn gardens for health and food access, including gardens farmed by youth.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

120. There should be community gardens with access to water and playgrounds made with natural materials and colors, with trees for shade.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

121. There should be green space and the ability to see the horizon.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

122. There should be less concrete and more natural greenery like trees to absorb CO2 and relieve the urban heat island effect.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

123. There should be beautiful, low-water plants and flowers that are continuously maintained, pruned, and kept clean, along with well-maintained butterfly and bee gardens.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

124. We should improve the parks in the neighborhood and include gardens, garden boxes, and walking space.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

125. There should be vertical gardens, a food forest, and upper-story gardens with good light up all walls.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

126. There should be big trees, naturalistic play equipment, and gardening.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

127. There should be an outdoor chess playing plaza and retail outdoor cafes.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

128. Every unit should have a terrace with a garden.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

129. There should be a playground with swings and a climbing structure.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

130. There should be veggie garden boxes.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

131. There should be big trees, naturalistic play equipment, and gardening.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

132. There should be different kinds of trees and greenery.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

133. Trees should grow through the parking structure, similar to in Singapore.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

134. There should be native plants to attract pollinators, connect the urban space to nature, and reflect Indigenous cultures.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

135. There should be beautiful plants and vegetable boxes for growing food.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

136. Nature in a neighborhood should be diverse and native to soften the built landscape and support the land and wildlife.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

137. Greenery and trees reduce tension, so there should be maintained green space in the middle of the development.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

138. There should be a diversity of vegetation, not just grass, including a community garden, seating amongst trees and flowers, and a variety of colors in the landscape.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

139. Nature and greenery provide an opportunity to rest, reset, and be invigorated.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

140. There should be an herbal garden where folks can take herbs to cook dinner.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

141. We should preserve the traditional trees which the residents planted on purpose long before the BART station.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

142. We need more intimate spaces and to activate the area with greenery and trees along Adeline.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

143. Green space always helps with the feeling of the building in the neighborhood.

     May 12 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Healthy Black Families#

144. We need more places for seniors to be able to be outside in the sun.

     May 26 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Harriet Tubman Terrace#

145. We want our buildings to be sustainable and made of healthy materials and we want heating and cooling and indoor comfort.

     May 26 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Harriet Tubman Terrace#

146. We want solar energy and renewable energy to power our buildings.

     May 26 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Harriet Tubman Terrace#

147. Seniors need a place where they can do indoor and outdoor exercise activities for personal and community health maintenance.

     May 26 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Harriet Tubman Terrace#

148. We need more landscaping and trees and outdoor healthy green spaces to find calming and mental health peace.

     May 26 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Harriet Tubman Terrace#

149. Seniors need many places to be able to pause and rest and sit in the public realm and within their neighborhood building.

     May 26 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · Harriet Tubman Terrace#

150. There should be public art.

     Jun 13 · Community Listening · Berkeley Flea Market#

151. There should be more trees, like willows.

     Jun 13 · Community Listening · Berkeley Flea Market#

152. There should be recreation and nature.

     Jun 13 · Community Listening · Berkeley Flea Market#

153. There should be places for teens to hang out both indoors and outdoors.

     Jun 13 · Community Listening · Berkeley Flea Market#

154. We would like to see diverse greenery, including trees and various plants.

     Jun 20 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · South Berkeley Senior Center#

155. Outdoor spaces should be kept interconnected with play areas, ground-level retail, and cafés.

     Jun 20 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · South Berkeley Senior Center#

156. We need public restrooms available for the community.

     Jun 20 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · South Berkeley Senior Center#

157. We need interconnected public space that are shared with play yards, ground floor retail, dining and small scale grocery.

     Jun 20 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · South Berkeley Senior Center#

158. We need public bathrooms

     Jun 20 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · South Berkeley Senior Center#

159. Buildings should be setback from the sidewalk

     Jun 20 · Community Listening and Design Visioning · South Berkeley Senior Center#

160. We need coffee shops that include children's play areas and little libraries.

     Jun 21 · Community Listening · Juneteenth Festival#

161. Green space should be integrated with trees everywhere to help lower the temperature.

     Jun 21 · Community Listening · Juneteenth Festival#

162. We would love to see murals and an art station included.

     Jun 21 · Community Listening · Juneteenth Festival#

163. I want to see green spaces, as sustainability is very important.

     Jun 21 · Community Listening · Juneteenth Festival#

164. We definitely need more trees in the development.

     Jun 21 · Community Listening · Juneteenth Festival#

165. We should create canopies that people can easily access for shade.

     Jun 21 · Community Listening · Juneteenth Festival#

166. We would like to have public access to the rooftops.

     Jun 21 · Community Listening · Juneteenth Festival#

167. We would like to see more trees and ecological design in this neighborhood.

     Jun 21 · Community Listening · Juneteenth Festival#

168. We need a place for families to be able to play with their children.

     Jun 21 · Community Listening · Juneteenth Festival#

169. We believe South Berkeley needs more natural areas for play and public spaces with plants that provide fresh air and a place for local native pollinators and local animals.

     Jun 21 · Community Listening · Juneteenth Festival#

170. We want to make sure that the buildings are set back from the sidewalk in a way that allows for plants and other greenery and seating that feels more like Berkeley.

     Jun 21 · Community Listening · Juneteenth Festival#

171. Create more green space and bike sectional

     Jul 16 · Community Open House · South Berkeley Senior Center#

172. Increase green space at building C on adeline street ( commented on board of public space and ecological design)

     Jul 16 · Community Open House · South Berkeley Senior Center#

173. For users in A1 create more space for open air ( commented on board of public space and ecological design)

     Jul 16 · Community Open House · South Berkeley Senior Center#

174. Vertical green space... maybe a vertical food garden

     Jul 16 · Community Open House · South Berkeley Senior Center#

175. Trees Everywhere

     Jul 16 · Community Open House · South Berkeley Senior Center#

176. Native Planting

     Jul 16 · Community Open House · South Berkeley Senior Center#

177. Street trees does not plant same as MLK side

     Jul 16 · Community Open House · South Berkeley Senior Center#

178. As green as possible

     Jul 16 · Community Open House · South Berkeley Senior Center#

179. Drummers need protection from the sun and rain

     Jul 16 · Community Open House · South Berkeley Senior Center#

180. Build Taller and embrace a complete courtyard

     Jul 16 · Community Open House · South Berkeley Senior Center#

181. Butterflies

     Jul 16 · Community Open House · South Berkeley Senior Center#

182. Hope to have rooftop amenities to Take advantage of popular views.

     Jul 22 · Community Open House Office Hours · Zoom Call#

183. Make space as beautiful as possible.

     Jul 22 · Community Open House Office Hours · Zoom Call#

184. Use a native planting palette.

     Jul 22 · Community Open House Office Hours · Zoom Call#

185. Promote and protect bees and nature.

     Jul 22 · Community Open House Office Hours · Zoom Call#

186. Use bird-safe glass on all midrise buildings. Bird collisions happen on low-level buildings and short buildings.

     Jul 22 · Community Open House Office Hours · Zoom Call#

187. Work with HTP and Second Nature to understand ecology.

     Jul 22 · Community Open House Office Hours · Zoom Call#

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