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Activities and Amenities Voting Results <br />What do you want to do downtown? <br />Performances <br />Feel Safer <br />Restaurant in Park <br />Improve Environment <br />Cultural Festivals <br />Food & Beverage <br />Beer Garden <br />Shop <br />Art Exhibits <br />Free or better parking <br />Outdoor Movies <br />Services for homeless <br />Play Area <br />Public art & art events <br />Public Art Installations <br />Socialize & community <br />Food Kiosk <br />Family play <br />Performances <br />Table Games <br />Events & Festivals <br />Climbing Wall <br />Games <br />Info Kiosk <br />0% 5% 10% 15% 20% <br />6080160 <br />02040100120140 <br />Number of dots <br />What do you want to do downtown?What are the most popular spaces? <br />At the pop-up stations, over 200 people responded to the The Library was consistently named as the favorite public space <br />in the downtown, followed by Kesey Square and the Hult Center. <br />open-ended question, “What do you want to do downtown?” <br />The highest number of responses concerned safety and the The Saturday Market is seen as an important destination, ahead <br />homeless or traveler situation, with 15% stating “feel safer” and of the Park Blocks themselves. Indeed, many Eugene residents <br />8% stressing the need to provide housing and social services only come downtown for the markets on Saturday and note that <br />for the homeless. Around 13% of respondents expressed a need Saturday is the only time that the Park Blocks feel safe. <br />for improving physical infrastructure: landscaping, streetscape, <br />Are there enough public spaces downtown? <br />cleanliness, seating, and amenities. The other concerns most <br />frequently mentioned were: more food and beverage opportu <br />Over 24% of survey respondents expressed that there are enough <br />- <br />nities (more restaurants, take-out, food carts and beer gardens), <br />public spaces downtown while 24% claimed the opposite. How <br />- <br />more retail shops, and free parking. <br />ever, 40% of the respondents felt that there are enough, but they <br />are underutilized. Spaces listed for better utilization included <br />Park Blocks (42% of responses), Kesey Square (35%), and, all <br />At several pop-up stations, we asked participants to vote on <br />downtown public spaces (11%). Many respondents (10%) stated <br />the activities they would most like to see in the public spaces <br />that the parks would be utilized if they were not occupied by <br />downtown. They were given images of several activities or <br />homeless and travelers. <br />amenities and were asked to vote on their top three. The follow <br />- <br />ing chart summarizes their responses: <br />20 <br /> <br />