Hemet Region Informed
Topics of concern include:
- 🧽 Annexation
- 🏭 Warehouses
- 🏨 City Net transition housing in the unincorporated Riverside County area of East Hemet
- 🏡 Small homes development at Hemet and Stetson
- 🏙️ Downtown HEMET Improvements
- 📄 General Plan and various amendments
- 🌇️ New developments
- 🚪 Homelessness
- 🌳 Citrus development
- 📊 Measure U
- 🌆 Overall quality of life in the region
📌Project Statement
HEMET Region Informed is a grassroots organization comprised of local community members seeking to address concerns within our community by finding real, workable solutions that improve our quality of life.
🌟 Desired Outcome
Empower and inform HEMET and its surrounding communities by increasing awareness, encouraging participation, and holding local institutions accountable through fact-driven data, transparent communication, and community-led outreach efforts so that we can all better this community.
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Next Steps
- 🗓️ Continue community outreach
- 📜 A community mission and values statement
- 💬 A public outreach strategy, including social media, flyers, and community meetings
- 📊 Collect top concerns from residents via surveys or listening sessions
- 📂 Continue to share information collected from public information requests and public domain
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Proposed Solutions
- 🌐 Launch an informational website or newsletter (completed — hemetregioninformed.org)
- 🗓️ Host or attend monthly forums to allow residents to voice concerns
- 📣 Promote awareness of local meetings to attend
- 🤝 Build coalitions with other local organizations and leaders
- 🙋 Develop a volunteer recruitment and engagement plan
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Risks / Roadblocks
- Community mistrust or apathy toward civic initiatives
- Community misplaced trust driven by relationships and history instead of facts
- Limited resources (funding, space, volunteer time)
- Potential resistance from local government or institutions
- Lack of support from government and other stakeholder organizations
- Burnout among core volunteer organizers
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Guiding Principles
- 🔍 Integrity
- 🌟 Application of SMART goals (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound)
- 🧜 Transparency
- 🗣️ Open Communication
- 🤝 Meaningful Discussion
- 🗺️ Deliberate Actions
- 📊 Facts-Driven Data
- 🤝 Building Relationships
📊 Current Status
1. Annexation is the current priority for the group.
2. Quality of life includes items such as:
– Land Owner Accountability to avoid blight
3. Secondary focus on Planning Commission meetings and DRC meetings.
