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<br />University City Advisory Board for Economic Progress <br />SWOT ANALYSIS <br /> <br />STRENGTHS <br /> <br />1- Our central location in the middle of the metro area <br />2 - Housing stock <br />3- Diverse population (educationally, economically, racially, religiously) <br />4- Parts of U. City are close to interstate highway 1-170 <br />5- Near Washington University and other cultural institutions (films, arts, music) <br />6- Space is available for retail development <br />7 - Planning & Development has a good one-stop shop for developers <br />8- Good living environment in terms of parks, recreation, trees, architecture, dog park <br />9- Good and ongoing code enforcement and the use of occupancy permits <br />1 0- Walkable scale commercial development, especially in Loop and parts of Olive & <br />Delmar <br />11- Ethnic "saleability" - independently owned <br />12- Active citizen base <br />13- Strong city finances (balanced budget) <br />14- Strong neighborhood groups <br />1 5- Washington University commitment to neighborhoods <br />1 6- Locally owned businesses <br />17 - The Delmar Loop <br />1 8- Condemnation policy <br />1 9- Housing prices supported by having Clayton next door <br />20- Quality of life <br />21- U. City Economic Advisory Group <br />22- Entrepreneurial Asian business community <br />23- Educated population to work and to buy things <br />24- Two Metro Link stations to open soon <br />25- Community willingness to support taxes <br />26- Historic buildings and a sense of history <br /> <br />WEAKNESSES <br /> <br />1- Decline in median household income <br />2- Decline in population <br />3- Decline in median gross rents <br />4- Lack of large pieces of land for redevelopment <br />5- Lots on Olive are shallow <br />6- Perception (reality?) of high crime rate north of Olive <br />7 - Planning & Development Department is understaffed and resources for all city staff may be <br />short. <br />8- Development vision is not communicated well <br />9- Vision for Olive Blvd may not be the same for Asians as it is for African-Americans <br />1 0- The decline north of Olive is impacting the rest of U. City <br />11- Bad management in some Section 8 housing units - poor maintenance, crime, noise <br />12- No design code for Olive <br />13- Perception (reality?) of poor schools and lack of quality results <br />14- High tax rates <br />1 5- Process for developers is complicated <br />1 6- The high cost of maintaining older homes <br />1 7 - Condemnation policies <br />