Plan & Project Implementation
About the Division
The newly formed Plan & Project Implementation Division supports and coordinates City and Department Initiatives to implement the General Plan and the Draft Economic Development Element (EDE). This includes facilitation of the Salinas Downtown Vibrancy Plan, initiating the Alisal Vibrancy Plan, and the coordination of internal and external stakeholders and community partners to accomplish General Plan and EDE policy actions. This Division also provides administrative support and oversight to the Department by supervising, monitoring, and controlling the Department’s operating budget and activities.
Accomplishments
In 2015 the Division:
- Initiated the formal adoption process for the Economic Development Element
- Secured funding to initiated preparation of the Alisal Vibrancy Plan
- Provided small business support by assisting SUBA and processing twenty (20) Grow Salinas Fund loan applications
- Initiated implementation of Salinas Downtown Vibrancy Plan
What We're Working On
Advancement of our Economic Prosperity through:
- Work with business organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce, the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the Salinas United Business Association (SUBA) to create a shop local initiative and adopt official local preference policies for City procurement of all goods and services.
- Development of a campaign to promote local businesses and products (e.g. “Made in Salinas”) including a “Buy Local”/“Made in Salinas” website/mobile app.
- Establishment of locations for small business incubation and acceleration that feature low cost, flexible space, with the availability of business support services on-site or through referral.
- Utilization of the Grow Salinas Fund to foster at least one business expansion that results in job retention or creation each year.
- Development and implementation of the Alisal Vibrancy Plan.
- Completion of a target housing market analysis for Downtown, the Alisal, and Chinatown to inform the various planning processes underway.
- Establishment of a façade improvement program next year.
- Revision and implementation of the Alisal Marketplace Plan.
What's Happening for Plan & Project Implementation
Alisal Vibrancy Plan Toolkit now Online!
The Alisal Vibrancy Plan wants to hear from you! The Alisal Vibrancy Plan Toolkit was created in order to get more community input on important questions from the plan's five Working Groups. Originally meant for small-group conversations, City and Building Healthy Communities staff held two trainings for facilitators in October.
In order to expand our reach, we've turned the Toolkit into a short set of online surveys, that you can take on the plan's website, at alisalplan.org/toolkit ( https://www.alisalplanesp.org/kit para Español)! The surveys are short and anonymous, and...
Alisal Vibrancy Plan Engagement Update
November 27, 2018
The City has been working with the community on the Alisal Vibrancy Plan process for over a year now and will have a first draft ready for public review early in 2019! Since late 2017, there have been seven workshops and over 45 Steering Committee and Working Group meetings for planning processes in the Alisal, along with many other engagement opportunities. The Community Development Department developed the Alisal Vibrancy Plan Engagement Summary to recap these outreach efforts ahead of the release of the draft plan. The Summary highlights different engagement tools and links...
City Celebrates El Grito with Community Engagement
September 19, 2018
The Salinas community came together to celebrate Mexican Independence Day at the El Grito Festival on Sunday, September 16, 2018. The festival, put on by the Cultural Committee of Salinas, included dancing, music, shopping, and traditional Mexican food vendors.
The City's Community Development Department also had a booth at El Grito to share information, get input for the Alisal Vibrancy Plan, and raffle off some fun Fall gift baskets! Booth visitors were asked what businesses they would like to see more of in the Alisal, where in the neighborhood would be a good spot...
VISTA Members Celebrate a Year of Service
July 25, 2018
Three City of Salinas VISTA members joined over 40 other county-wide AmeriCorps members in a ceremony honoring their year of service. Jissella Duarte served in the Recreation and Community Services Department, completely overhauling the City's volunteer system, creating new policies and practices to improve recruiting and management. Jennifer Alcantar and Jimmy Stephens served in the Community Development Department. Jennifer organized a "Healthy Living" speaker series for our libraries and recreation centers, bringing health professionals and resources out to share with the community, and supported the Community Health and Safety Working Group for the Alisal Vibrancy...
Visit the plan's website, alisalplan.org to learn how to get...
Salinas Downtown Vibrancy Plan
Learn more about the City's new community-based vision plan for pedestrians, bicycles, traffic flow, sustainable parking and attractive sense of place.
