Engagement
at a glance
4 Open Houses
WRITTEN
COMMENTS
(2022)
3 Virtual Open Houses
3 Site Walks
PEOPLE
ENGAGED
(2019-March 2023)
19 Office Hours
12 Community Pop-Ups
This is what you’ve told us.
Your Priorities
200 people at our May 2022 Open House events shared their priorities, and housing was ranked as the 1 top priority.
Count of #1 votes for each priority
Data collected from in-person and online votes at Open Houses in May 2022
Key Ingredients
These ‘key ingredients’ are design elements that you helped us identify as priorities.
Your feedback during our September Open House events has helped us to fill in the details on how to best deliver each key ingredient.
Conceptual Program Hunches – September 2022
Key Ingredients
01
A new, energetic shopping & dining hub
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In your words
“Farmers markets, night markets (local artists, food, cultural diversity).”
“I would love to see an errands center with post-offices or banks. A “go-to place” for daily needs.”
“Hillsdale will be a place where I can relax and see and see or learn or hear something new – fashion, art, music.”
Key Ingredients
02
An improved mobility network
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In your words
“Safer crossing for children”
“Protected Bike Lanes”
“Encourage use of public transportation”
“Need more + enough parking”
Key Ingredients
03
An open & dynamic community space
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In your words
“Highlight gathering spaces farmer’s markets, areas for live music, arts and culture where visitors can meet with friends and loved ones and linger”
“All of the open space areas must be kept clean”
“Events on the calendar to appeal to all ages – pop-ups, farmers markets, how-to’s, self improvement and mental wellness, etc.”
Key Ingredients
04
A network of beautiful pathways
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In your words
“The heart of the walkable zone should be all pedestrian-oriented, not bifurcated by roads or intersections if possible.”
“I love the pictures of lush, green spaces to stroll or sit.”
“Like the idea of “green walk” allows elderly a place to go to.”
Key Ingredients
05
A welcoming neighborhood edge
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In your words
“I’d like big, open sidewalks for safety and easy maneuvering of strollers”
“Please keep edges quiet, low scale, and warm, with plenty of landscaping.”
“People need something to look at that is tranquil after all the stress + busyness of our lives”
Key Ingredients
06
Essential housing serving essential neighborhood needs
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In your words
“San Mateo is a gem and people are going to come live here, let’s make it the best we can.”
“Would like to see all income levels, and family structures provided for.”
“Senior living, close to it all.”
Key Ingredients
07
A thriving hub for working, retail and dining
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In your words
“More job opportunities with good paying jobs.”
“Hillsdale will be a place where I can meet up with friends, bring my grandchildren for activities, eat and shop”
“Provide spaces & programs for different generations (teen hangouts, senior gatherings, parent-oriented stores, childcare drop off, etc”
Key Ingredients
08
A characterful and varied design
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In your words
“Incorporate sustainable design and best practices”
“Soften modern styles and shapes with attractive landscaping and human scale design features”
“Tie into the more traditional elements of the Peninsula, like older buildings downtown”
“Building diversity makes a place engaging, interesting, and fun.”
