We all live in a suburban community called the City of Redwood City. The community is made up of smaller neighborhoods, like the one where you live. A neighborhood is an area in which people have relationship and feel a sense of belonging to. Residential neighborhoods are often within walking distance of an elementary school or park which serves as a gathering place, Neighborhoods can also be identified by their boundaries or borders, such as major streets. The purpose of planning is to create a safe, attractive, healthy, and economically strong community.
Planners work to make cities a better place to live and work.
It expresses the efforts of citizens working together to define a community's values. City planning is all around us. Cities have been planned for as long as they have been built. Where you live, learn, work, and play were all made by city planning choices. The real question we should be asking ourselves is not whether planning is being done, but rather whether we are a part of the planning process.