Initiatives

Our list of current initiatives includes the following items:

San Jose City Council - District 3

• Develop and maintain a robust, ongoing collaborative relationship with D3 Council members and staff

• Champion AXIS as a community and neighborhood

• Champion support for key initiatives:

• Clean - reduction in trash and blight

• Safe - safety – real and perceived

•  Champion and support the concept that St. John and Santa Clara Streets are  ‘Gateways’ to and from our Downtown, SAP, Little Italy San Jose, and ‘The Alameda’ businesses and residential neighborhoods

• Advocate for collaboration with D6 on these concepts

• Represent and advocate for attention to AXIS Neighborhood issues and initiatives

San Jose City Council - District 6

• Champion AXIS as a community and neighborhood 

• Represent and advocate for attention to AXIS Neighborhood issues and initiatives

• Champion and support the concept that St. John and Santa Clara Streets are  ‘Gateways’ to and from our Downtown, SAP, Little Italy San Jose, and ‘The Alameda’ businesses and residential neighborhoods

• Champion support the concept that the Guadalupe River Park and Trail is  our’s and The Alameda’s neighborhood ‘backyard’ as well as San Jose’s ‘Grand Park’

• Champion collaboration between D6 and D3 on common goal initiatives

San Jose Downtown Association / Groundwerx / Street Life

• Champion a Clean and Safe AXIS Neighborhood into and throughout the downtown core

• Support local neighborhood and downtown core Vibrancy initiatives  

Little Italy San Jose

• Collaboration on common goals and interests, including the St. John St ‘Gateway’, Guadalupe River Park / Arena Green / East Confluence vibrancy, utilization, and  clean and safe goals

Building Watch

• Review internal and external building incidents and propose feasible operational and process changes

BeautifySJ

• Insure AXI S neighborhood receives a fair share of efforts mitigating the trash, blight, unhealthy/unsanitary conditions, undesirable behavior, and crime by-products of problematic encampments

SJPD

• Maintain open communication and a supportive and positive relationship with the SJPD area Division Captain, Lieutenant, and beat officers

911

• Improve response to neighborhood call needs

• Demonstrate interest in services that benefit all of San Jose 

Knight Foundation

• Develop and maintain an understanding with Knight as to our interests and goals

• Monitor and offer support to funding opportunities that benefit the AXIS neighborhood

Guadalupe River Park Conservancy and Work Group

• Provide support to Conservancy efforts to improve the cleanliness and safety, and utilization of the GRP

• Leverage relationships and opportunities with workgroup participants with respect to all relative AXIS NAC goals and initiatives

Urban Vibrancy Institute

• Collaboration within the interests of a vibrant downtown

Carabiner Group

• Champion recognition of AXIS NWC as a collaborative organization

• Interaction with individuals and organizations interested in a vibrant San Jose Downtown

• PATH, Housing/Homeless Concerns

• Maintain relationships – demonstrating empathy and supporting efforts  ensuring those genuinely in need have access to available services