Community Landscape Asset Mapping (CLAM)

• Health Systems committee helped design three surveys: Looking Around, Eating Out, and Grocery Shopping

• 12 Chicago Lawn residents (recruited through community organizations and schools) were hired and trained to conduct the surveys

• 385 blocks, 44 grocery stores, 56 restaurants

CLAM:Looking Around

Block Watch:• 42% of blocks have houses with block watch signs• 15% of blocks have block club watch signs• 11% of blocks have both houses and block club

watch signs• 45% of blocks have either a block club sign or

houses that have block watch signs.

CLAM:Looking Around

• Vacant Lots:

– 27% of all blocks have at least one vacant lot

• 220 total vacant lots and/or buildings

• 5 vacant lots and/or buildings were identified as “being developed”

– 82% of blocks with at least one vacant lot and/or building have some or lots of street garbage

– 29% of blocks with at least one vacant lot and/or building also have dilapidated windows

CLAM:Looking Around

• Street Garbage:– 72% of blocks have some or lots of street

garbage• Of those:

– 33% have liquor bottles– 7% have drug paraphernalia

CLAM:Looking Around

• Graffiti:– 7% of blocks have at least one graffiti marking

• Of those: – 37% are identified as gang tags

– 52% (14 blocks) are located on blocks with houses that have block watch signs

– 22% (6 blocks) identified as gang tags are located on blocks with houses that have block watch signs

CLAM:Looking Around

• Dilapidated Windows:

– 28% of blocks have dilapidated windows• Of those:

– 79% of blocks with dilapidated windows also have some or lots of street garbage

– 28% of blocks with dilapidated windows have vacant lots and/or buildings

CLAM:Looking Around

• Housing Stock:– 89% of blocks have SFH

• Of those:– 30% have vacancies

– 74% of blocks have MUH• Of those:

– 22% have vacancies

CLAM:Looking Around

• Health Care:– 1 Primary Care Physician – 2 Alternative health providers– 0 Specialty Care– 9 Dentists

• Of whom:– 3 spoke a language other than English

» 2 spoke English and Spanish» 1 spoke English, Spanish, and Eastern European

CLAM:Looking Around

• Schools:– 5% of blocks (21) have schools

• Of these:– 14% are located on blocks with vacant lots

– 43% are located on blocks with houses that have block watch signs

– 71% have some or lots of street garbage

» Of those that have garbage, 26% (4 blocks) have liquor bottles

CLAM:Looking Around

• 9% of blocks (31) have churches• 10% of blocks (37) have beauty salons or barber

shop• 14% of blocks (55) had at least one Police car

present• The “YMCA” and the “race track” were identified

as the only 2 places to exercise.

CLAM: Grocery Shopping

• 44 stores total– 4 supermarkets– 23 corner stores– 2 Walgreens– 9 convenience stores– 2 other

• 25% (11) are ethnic– 81% of those are Latino

CLAM: Grocery Shopping

• Services:– 3 had pharmacies within

• 2 Walgreens, 1 Jewel

– 2 had working blood pressure machines• Jewel and A & M food mart

– 3 had signs with nutritional information– 3 had aisles for low salt/low fat/low sugar foods

CLAM: Grocery Shopping

• 30% sold liquor, beer or wine

• 70% sold tobacco

• 27% sold both

• 59% had “We Card” signs– 85% of those that sold liquor, beer or wine had

“We Card” signs

CLAM: Grocery Shopping

• 25% carried both fruits and vegetables

• 34% carried fresh fruits– 67% of which were of high quality

• 27% carried fresh vegetables– 50% of which were of high quality

CLAM: Grocery Shopping

• 27% sold several choices of fresh beef

• 20% sold several choices of fresh chicken

• 16% sold several choices of fresh fish

• 20% sold several choices of fresh pork

CLAM: Eating Out

• 56 total– 34% sit down– 16% fast food– 46% take out– 2% (1) coffee shop

CLAM: Eating out

• 26 smoke free

• 50% of those not smoke free have non-smoking sections

CLAM: Eating out

• 43% offer vegetarian entrees

• 16 offer any type of salad– 6 offer salad with dark green veggies– 7 offer salads with romaine or leaf lettuce– 8 offer salad with iceberg lettuce

• 10 offer a vegetable dish

CLAM: Eating out

• Chicken– 11% offer baked

– 54% offer grilled

– 54% offer fried

• Fish– 11% offer baked

– 27% offer grilled

– 48% offer fried

• Beef– 7% offer baked

– 68% offer grilled

– 20% offer fried