2010-2014 Consolidated Plan - City of Champaign

median income. In this Annual Action Plan, strategies and activities that are targeted to low- andmoderate-income areas are often noted to be targeted to the Planning Areas containing large amounts ofred on this map.Each of these Planning Areas contains specific neighborhoods known to residents by other names.Planning Area 1 contains the Bristol Place, Beardsley Park, and Garden Park neighborhoods. PlanningArea 2 contains the Douglass Park, Douglass Square, Carver Park, Crispus Attucks, and Taylor Thomasneighborhoods. Planning Area 4 contains the Sesquicentennial, Spalding and Maple/Vine neighborhoods.Planning Area 7 consists primarily of the Dobbins Downs neighborhood. Planning Area 8 is known asGarden Hills and Planning Area 14 is Holiday Park.Planning Area 3, which also contains a high percentage of low- and moderate-income households, ismentioned infrequently throughout the Annual Action Plan. This area, known as the University District, isprimarily occupied by University of Illinois students living in certified housing or privately ownedapartments. Although they may be low-income households while they are in school, this condition istemporary. Also, most of these students receivesignificant amounts of family subsidy. Therefore,very few affordable housing or communitydevelopment programs are targeted to thestudent population.Planning Area 2 contains a disproportionatelyhigh percentage of minority households ascompared to the remainder of the City. Areascontaining a high concentration of minorityhouseholds are depicted in the green colors onthis thematic map. Areas 1, 4, 8, and 9 alsocontain slightly higher concentrations of minorityhouseholds than do the remainder of theplanning areas in the City. As indicated on thesetwo maps, the low/mod areas and the areas ofhigher minority concentration are closely aligned.Exhibit 2GEOGRAPHIC BASIS FOR ALLOCATING INVESTMENTSThe City will use income data from the U.S. Census and neighborhood condition data collected throughthe Neighborhood Wellness Plan update process to determine where and how to direct federal fundingand other assistance during the coming year. This same method will be in place for each year of thefive-year Consolidated Plan. The City’s goal is to periodically update Neighborhood Wellness data so thatCity services can be shifted as necessary to meet changing neighborhood conditions. If these changingconditions significantly impact the City’s targeting of federally funded activities, those changes will bedescribed in the next five-year Consolidated Plan.FY 2010/11 Annual Action Plan: Geographic Distribution and Housing Market Analysis 105