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WHAT WE HAVE HEARD

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STUDENT DESIGN CHALLENGE
APRIL-MAY 2021

After the first Waimea 400 Master Plan Community Collaboration Meetings were held, the Student  Design Challenge was launched to engage students in collaborative design and problem solving as it relates to land use planning. Nine teams signed up for the challenge. 

In teams, the students:

• Reviewed the information about Waimea 400 as presented on the Waimea 400 website;
• Considered the opportunities and constraints of the site;  
• Considered the types of uses members of the community mentioned and uses that they wanted to see on the site; and  
• Created a site plan for Waimea 400.  ​

Nine teams ranging from 9th to 12th graders submitted designs.
​The community voted on the top two site plans that they felt were most innovative, considerate of site conditions, and most fitting for the West Side Community. Over 150 votes were received.

​1st Place went to AKAMAI DESIGNS
2nd Place went to TEAM ZZ 
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To view the student projects, click on the button below:  ​

STUDENT PROJECTS

WAIMEA 400 MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY COLLABORATION MEETINGS
MARCH, 2021

The first Waimea 400 Master Plan Community Collaboration meetings were held virtually on
​March 18th and 20th, 2021. 
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At this first meeting we discussed the master plan process, shared the results of the initial community survey, and gathered your feedback about designs for the preferred uses*. 

To view the slide deck and the recordings from the presentation, click on the buttons below:

SLIDE DECK FROM COMMUNITY MEETING

MARCH 18TH, 2021 ZOOM RECORDING

​MARCH 20TH, 2021 ZOOM RECORDING

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*A live polling session was conducted during the meetings and posted in an online version afterwards for those who were unable to attend. Over 100 responses were received!
​See the combined results below:

INITIAL COMMUNITY INPUT SURVEY
JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2021

Over 700 responses were received in the initial community survey for Waimea 400!
Click below to see the survey results:

WEST KAUAʻI COMMUNITY PLAN OPEN HOUSES
SEPTEMBER 2019​​

In September of 2019, a series of open house events were held for the West Kauaʻi Community Plan. Community members were asked to list their priorities for Waimea 400 as well as provide general comments. The wordcloud below displays the common themes mentioned: