Mission Statement of Citizens for Healthy Neighborhoods

Citizens for Healthy Neighborhoods (CHN) represents a combined effort of the neighborhood associations established to protect Boulevard, Cobbham, Holman, Five Points, King Avenue, Oglethorpe Avenue, Sunset, The Plaza, and Pulaski Heights in-town residential areas. CHN is committed to working together with representatives of Athens Regional Medical Center (ARMC) and the Athens-Clarke County Unified Government in the development of a 20-year plan.

Goals

I. Growth consistent with Athens-Clarke County Master Plan:

a. Develop and revitalize existing undertutilized commercial and industrial areas rather than developing new land for commercial.
b. Protect and enhance in-town residential neighborhoods and develop the Normaltown commercial area as a growth center to facilitate "efficient and attractive employment and residential opportunities and enable these areas to function as centers of community life."
c. Preserve the quality of life and protect the natural environment with sustainable infrastructure designed to manage water runoff and create a pedestrian-friendly integration of residential, commercial and hospital uses.
d. Establish traffic calming strategies for the reduction of traffic and the lowering of speeds throughout the neighborhoods, the Normaltown commercial area, and the hospital property.
e. Utilize Urban Village concepts to increase density and avoid intrusive sprawl, to interconnect traffic and reduce negative impact on surrounding areas, and to develop design standards which allow the integration of mixed uses without depreciation of historic and residential properties.

II. Return of residential properties to the neighborhoods.

III. Creation of a partnership for future planning.