HomeMy WebLinkAbout5/8/2024 Item 5b, Bartolome
From:Christian, Kevin
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Please see the below communica?on received following your mee?ng where you received an update on the
neighborhood campaign (5/8/2024 Item 5b). Although it was received following the mee?ng, the correspondence has
been archived with public comment for that mee?ng’s item. No ac?on is necessary on your part.
Kevin Christian
Deputy City Clerk
City Administration
City Clerk's Office
990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3218
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Hello,
I'm wri?ng because a friend of mine sent me the graphic showing the
proposed(?) neighborhood names for SLO. Seeing them all next to each other in the graphic, I think you all should go
back to the drawing board, first to consider whether neighborhood names are even necessary, then to consider why
these specific neighborhood names are descrip?ve and useful.
Specifically, "MoJo", "LoBro", "LoHi", and "SLO South" jump out at me as en?rely failing to describe their neighorhoods.
Addi?onally, in the case of both "MoJo" and "LoBro", it's confusing how the vowel sound changes from "Johnson" and
"Broad" to "Jo" and "Bro"; I don't think of those two streets when I hear those neighborhood names.
"LoHi" preserves the vowel in the street it borrows inspira?on from, but makes so sense for other reasons. Is that
supposed to mean "Lower High St.", a place that doesn't seem to exist? Is it supposed to evoke the image of a power
switch on a hair-dryer? Thinking on it more, I suppose it's supposed to be "Lower Higuera", but that's kind of silly for
other reasons, because there's already a street called "South Higuera".
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If these neighborhoods need names at all, it should be more clear, at first glance, what the names mean. I think the best
way to do that would be either tying the names to the primary street through the area or tying the names to the rela?ve
geographical loca?ons of the neighborhoods. For example, instead of "LoBro", "Southeast SLO" would immediately
describe an area. Instead of "MoJo", "Eastern SLO" or something like "Johnson Heights" would evoke a loca?on be?er.
Thanks for reading.
Colin Bartolome
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