Date post: | 16-Apr-2017 |
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Monument/Green Street Overview
🔸 Population: 1,370🔸 Median Household Income: $14,000-$19,000🔸 Poverty level: 49%🔸 Crime per 1,000 people: 60.5 🔸 High Rental Frequency 🔸 Historical History
Challenges Opportunity
◉ Disengaged youth ◉ No structured recreation ◉ Parking is an issue (Green St.
Park)◉ Desolate environment ◉ No obvious community
leaders
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◉ Green Street Park◉ Police Precinct (Ex: Tommy
Norman)◉ Lots of Potential
Best Practices▷ Panel discussion b/w city and residents
Engagement, ideas, feedback
▷ Taking the Initiative Committee Encourage more residents to step up
Police Precinct (Ex: Tommy Norman)
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Areas of Opportunity
🔸 Vacant Lots🔸 community garden/grocery store🔸 healthy recreational spaces
🔸 Residents 🔸 full of history, great ideas
🔸 Green Street Park🔸 Community police and resident recreation
🔸 Churches- (Beulah, Mt. Sinai) Vocal point 🔸 Fish fry🔸 Activities
Recommendations
🔸 Continue to hold community conversations
🔸 Partner with other organizations and churches
🔸Community Gardens/ Lots of Potential
🔸Uplifting stories 🔸 Green Street Park
🔸 Community gathering 🔸 Beautification project 🔸 Orchards
Project
🔸 Uplifting and honoring the memories and history of the community