Markham Callen Neighborhood Plan

Mintier Harnish is currently leading the Markham Callen Neighborhood Plan. The Markham Callen planning area is composed of two distinct neighborhoods, the Markeham Avenue neighborhood and the Callen Street neighborhood, and includes a commercial corridor along East Monte Vista Avenue. The area includes concentrations Spanish-speaking residents, affordable housing units, mobile home parks, and multifamily apartments, as well as a neighborhood park, community garden, and pedestrian trail. The Neighborhood Plan establishes a community vision, guides decision-making through unique goals and policies for the area, and recommends actions the City can take to improve the built environment, advance economic deveopment objectives, and engage the community. Planning efforts were informed by considerable community engagement efforts, including stakeholder interviews, workshops, pop-up events, community group meetings, a neighborhood cleanup event, yard signs and promotional materials and more.

All publicity materials were available in English and Spanish. To further increase accessibility, the draft and final Neighborhood Plan were also produced in Spanish.

Jim Harnish, Project Director
Ryan Lester, Project Manager

Mintier Harnish is currently leading the The Markham Callen Neighborhood Plan. The Markham Callen planning area is composed of two distinct neighborhoods, the Markeham Avenue neighborhood and the Callen Street neighborhood.

Erin Morris, Communtity Development Director
Claudia Garcia, Deputy Director
Peyman Behvang, Planning Manager
Damiere Powell, Associate Planner (City Project Manager)

• Project logo/branding
• Project website (markhamcallenplan.com)
• Stakeholder interviews
• Community workshops
• Technical Advisory Committee
• Pop-up Events
• Study sessions and public hearings with the Planning Commission and City Council
• Newsletters
• Eblasts
• Surveys
• Yard signs and banners