Regarding the potential special assessment for a legal defense of the neighborhood, I believe some of what has transpired has been, at best, embarrassing and counter-productive, and, at worst, has redoubled the confidence of proven bullies while disrespecting the importance of being truthful with all residents. The Trustees' meeting of October 28th was a travesty and evidence of how far some residents, with the full cooperation and support of Trustees Hyman and Harvey, will go to force their will and demands on the entire neighborhood. Misconceptions, false, reckless and manipulative statements went uncorrected and unchecked. The speakers were selected or suspiciously “allowed” to speak in order to promote the agenda of those Trustees. …show more content…
It is not and has not been fair, honest, or in the best interest of all residents. Could you not have enlisted people who are regarded as honest and trustworthy to deliver, discuss and collect ballots? You have allowed an issue within this neighborhood and as regards this neighborhood's relation to the School District and the City to be usurped, apparently with your full support, by a much broader and destructive political operation. Don't you think it was and is important to be clear that the School District of University City owns the Delmar-Harvard property – not the City. No one from the neighborhood has had a productive conversation with the School District. Has anyone spoken directly and civilly to anyone at City Hall in order to understand how the City's attorneys arrived at the conclusion that the property is zoned for a parking lot. And, has anyone spoken civilly and in-depth with anyone at City Hall in an attempt to explain the concerns of some residents and to understand, as much as possible, any position the City has regarding the property? Dialogue should be pursued and exhausted with all parties before asking for money from people who don't feel what you are proposing will do them any good and will be used to satisfy the demands of only some …show more content…
The greatest distance any resident has to go to enjoy that park is 5 blocks. You have never spoken about any measure of responsibility people might feel toward the greater community in which we live. You have never spoken about what the School District might need. The feeling I have is that you are fostering a simple message of “not in my backyard.” I, for one, don't want to send that message or behave as both a privileged and entitled person. I have been told several times by several people that Mr. Hyman is telling people openly that he/we are going to “...sue the City!” That he is saying such things, makes me feel that any trustee who tells me that they hope it isn't necessary to pursue a lawsuit against the City is either being disingenuous or is being misrepresented by Mr.
Typically, the Deer Crossing Homeowners’ Association board will meet once a quarter to solve community problems and disputes that arose during the past few months, but has never organized a separate council to conduct surveys to gain a better insight on other homeowner’s. Without this needed insight, decisions are being made without some of the homeowners’ knowledge or input. This is primarily due to the lack of interested citizens in the association. The assessment in the following pages identifies issues that have occurred, regarding delinquencies, disputes, and community involvement, with no true action taken to collect or interpret information and implement guidance on some of the local community agenda items that occur.
Chicago in the 1920s was a turning point for the development of ethnic neighborhoods. After the opening of the first rail connection from New York to Chicago in the 1840s, immigration sky rocketed from that point on. Majority of the immigrants to Chicago were Europeans. The Irish, Italians, eastern European Jews, Germans, and Mexicans were among the most common ethnicities to reside in Chicago. These groups made up the greater part of Chicago. The sudden increase in immigration to Chicago in the 1920s soon led to an even further distinguished separation of ethnicities in neighborhoods. The overall development of these neighborhoods deeply impacted how Chicago is sectioned off nowadays. Without these ethnicities immigrating to Chicago almost 100 years ago, Chicago neighborhoods would not be as culturally defined and shaped as they are today.
While I personally support the development, I respect the Committee’s opposition to the development. As a resident and voter, I find it appalling that the Council disregarded the concerns of so many residents in their vote to rezone the property. The entire rezoning process has been a haphazard, schizophrenic mess. I believe the best course of action for the Township should have been to hold a nonbinding referendum before the Council voted on the rezoning. Hopefully, the Council has realized the errors of their ways and will conduct future Township business in a much better way. Lastly, regardless of how the Superior Court rules on the issue, I hope the Committee stays involved in the planning and development process. Only with proactive community involvement will the Crossroads development become a great place for all of Mahwah’s residents to enjoy.
...ich “poignantly publicized the earlier evictions […] [but] remained silent in the later removals” (Hines 141). They should have shown enough pride to admit the effects of their smear campaign.
Representatives from Ward 12 and 3, and some city council members were planning to devote the allotment to new complex that will better serve the impoverished neighborhood and community. Although that was the plan brewing the stimulation was to take place as a city council meeting and have different members of the city to come up with ideas/proposals for the piece of land in Ward 12. There were four groups that presented proposals, the mayor (Richard LaPilusa), Representative from Ward 12 (Logan Diehl), Cleveland Developers Coalition (Mark Hobson), and South Broadway Neighborhood Organization (Setffi Zepp, and Zachary Scheetz).
4. The decision allowed the city council to postpone their vote for a week, and they suggested that the sites developer design a plan to save more of it’s trees.
...o’s northern suburb, spend $20,000. Which shows that when the school district looks at the schools in their area, they are automatically looking at the demographics of the area opposed to what that school is in need of.
While watching the Uniondale School Board of Education meeting this was something very interesting. The people that attended this meeting where the school board members, the superintendent, the student member, business affairs and people from the local community. The people the present was the student member, two school board members and a couple people from the community. There were a couple things that the board talked about and the members of the community. Something that was very interesting at this board meeting was that the members of the board had a student member by the name of Campbell present during the meeting. Campbell raised a concern about the segregation that is happening in Long Island. She mentioned how she and other people
... many parts of the city are breaking down, the school system and the children of the city are suffering more than anyone. There are school buildings that are falling down with leaking roofs. There are classrooms that are overcrowded because the district cannot afford to pay additional employees. Test scores of the students are suffering and many children are falling further and further behind the national standard. In order for the city to rise from the ruins it is in right now, it is necessary for someone to take responsibility for the issues within the schools and fix them. It is impossible to increase the population and tax income in the city when people are continuously moving away. It is time for Detroit to make their children feel safe and cared for at school, and time to make school an enjoyable place again so that the students can begin to thrive again.
This Neighbourhood Study aims to examine the demographics of Hillingdon Primary Care Trust (HPCT) such as age, gender, ethnicity, social groups in relation to the prevention of obesity. An insight into the prevalence of obesity as well as the causes and its effects shall be evaluated. Public health strategies regarding the prevention of obesity and its effects in comparison to Government strategies shall be addressed. The nurse’s role as an educator in relation to this public health issue, strategies formulated by HPCT to prevent obesity and how it focuses on other diseases associated with obesity shall be discussed. The following section gives a definition of obesity, health education and health prevention.
In the article “Gentrification’s Insidious Violence: The Truth about American Cities” by Daniel Jose Older, Older places emphasis on the neighboring issue of gentrification in minority, low income communities or as better known as being called the “hood” communities. The author is biased on how race is a factor in gentrifying communities by local governments. Older explains his experience as a paramedic aiding a white patient in the “hood” where he was pistol whipped in a home invasion by a black male. This is an example of black on white crime which is found to be a normal occurrence in the residence of his community. But that is not the case in Older’s situation because that was the first time he has
In contrast to the negatives of gentrification, some people view gentrification as a the only effective way to “revitalize” low-income urban communities. In the article, “Gentrification: A Positive Good For Communities” Turman situates the piece around the opinion that gentrification is not as awful as the negative connotation surrounding it. Furthermore, he attempts to dispel the negative aspects of gentrification by pointing out how some of them are nonexistent. To accomplish this, Turman exemplifies how gentrification could positively impact neighborhoods like Third Ward (a ‘dangerous’ neighborhood in Houston, Texas).Throughout the article, Turman provides copious examples of how gentrification can positively change urban communities, expressing that “gentrification can produce desirable effects upon a community such as a reduced crime rate, investment in the infrastructure of an area and increased economic activity in neighborhoods which gentrify”. Furthermore, he opportunistically uses the Third Ward as an example, which he describes as “the 15th most dangerous neighborhood in the country” and “synonymous with crime”, as an example of an area that could “need the change that gentrification provides”. Consequently, he argues with
...ur trials and manage the city in other ways, has in fact come to an agreement with us to obey our instructions (63e). If the decisions of the city’s governing agents are not thoroughly respected as just and cohesive parts of society, the very structure by which the society stands is subject to collapse.
The fact that the entirety of discussion was left up to us as the aldermen excited me, I was curious to see what we were able to come up with. I was shocked that a class of inexperienced students could have legitimate conversations on topics which other students brought in. This was evident when the class started to amend Joshua Johnson’s ordinance, we weren’t too sure what to do if the car that was booted was worthless and couldn’t sell at an auction. Our final decision was to sell it to a scrap yard if it no longer had any value to
Where I live is one of the greatest neighborhoods in the city to live in; however it does have its draw backs. Importantly it has nearly everything a resident might want, beautiful picturesque scenery, proximity to shopping, and many of the cultural centers. Nevertheless the roads can be some of the most congested in town, and the streets are not safe to walk late at night.