The Highland Park community planning process is close to completion. After town meetings, a community survey, a community celebration, a retreat and lots of writing, a complete draft of the final report is ready for public review. You can pick up the complete final report, or an executive summary, at Enrico's Tazza D'Oro or Sandy's Deli. You can also access the report on-line, at <http://communityconnections.heinz.cmu.edu/highlandpark/report.jsp> Here are some "highlights" of the final report which may spark your interest in the whole document: - Demographically, Highland Park much more closely resembles the city of Pittsburgh as a whole than it does its immediate neighbors, or Shadyside or Squirrel Hill; - Residents who responded to the community survey generally like Highland Park but have relatively few social ties within the community; - Strategies for improving the neighborhood focus as much on "human development"--youth recreation, collaborations with local public schools, and block-level neighborhood organizations--as "physical development', such as housing redevelopment or improvement of the Bryant Street commercial district. Your opinions, questions and concerns regarding the community plan, and the planning process in general, are very important. You can make yourself heard by filling out comment sheets at Tazza D'Oro or Sandy's Deli, or by posting to a discussion board dedicated to the final report at the Community Plan final report web page (click on "Discuss the Final Report"). We will incorporate community feedback into a revised version of the final report. This document will be presented to the Highland Park Community Club and Highland Park Community Development Corporation at their January 2004 meetings for consideration for adoption as the official planning strategy for the neighborhood. Therefore, we hope to get your feedback on the community plan by January 1, 2004. Questions and concerns? E-mail me at: <mkljohn2@hotmail.com>. Michael