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Mapping Exercise During the Mapping Exercise at all in-person workshops, the northeast and the southeast quadrant maps received the most stickers. This is largely where the urbanized area exists. The available Housing-related stickers for attendees to place and the percentage of total stickers each made up were: ◊ Duplex / Townhouse Development(s) (7%) ◊ Multifamily Development(s) (5%) ◊ Single Family Development(s) (6%) A total of 18% of the stickers placed by attendees were Housing stickers. PublicCoordinate Interactive Online Map Users had the opportunity to select between six themed icons: Commercial/Office, Conservation, Housing, Infrastructure, Parks and Recreation, and Transportation. After selecting their theme, users were able to place the point anywhere on the online map and provide an open-ended response relevant to the theme. In relation to Housing, there was one concrete recommendation: ◊ “I would love to see some sort of housing mix take over the closed stores at the Indian River Mall” ◊ Vero Beach Downtown – Mixed-use housing / commercial should be incentivized Online Survey One question asked in the survey was about the types of housing the County needs the most. The categories and the percentage of respondents who included each category in their answer is as follows: ◊ Affordable housing (55.5%) ◊ Housing for young adults, families, new residents, and retirees (55.5%) ◊ Workforce housing (43.7%) ◊ Conventional neighborhoods (33.6%) ◊ Assisted living facilities (15%) The survey also asked where new households should be located. One respondent suggested disallowing new housing unless it will positively impact the community's current water infrastructure issues, and that no development should be permitted to destroy natural habitats completely. Respondents recommend mixed-use development (vertically and horizontally), in-fill development in existing PAGE 83