Senior Bingo was a Success!

The project team was able to engage with nearly 60 attendees at the City of Harvey's Senior Bingo event. Houseal Lavigne gave a brief introduction to the Comprehensive Plan project and set up a table with draft plan information and QR code handouts, and a post-it board exercise to seek feedback on the following prompt - "The future of Harvey would be better if we..."

• Several attendees scanned the QR code to access the project website and survey.
• Four attendees reviewed the key recommendations memo and ECM, providing positive feedback on the content.
• Fifteen participants shared their visionary statements on the post-it board for Harvey's future on the "Future of Harvey" board.

The following post-it comments were left on the board (some with minor edits):

• (Attract) small businesses
• Grass needs cutting
• Fill potholes
• Fix 150th Street
• Stop littering
• Street sweeping service
• (Tear down the vacant) Wood St. houses
• Houses for younger homeowners
• Repair roads
• Need more big-name food stores
• Metra Station needs more lighting, parking, security
• New street pavement
• Too many potholes
• Fix street pavement on 160th/Marshfield near Canal - urgent?
• Funding for senior activities
• We need bike trails - north-south, east-west

Overall, the pop-up table at the Senior Bingo event was a successful outreach effort that established valuable connections with Harvey residents, gathered valuable feedback, and promoted resident participation in shaping the community's future.