WHAT WE HAVE HEARD SO FAR... LINDEN COMMUNITY PLAN HEALTH AND SAFETY WORKING GROUP
ASPIRATIONS Public Meetings - Early 2017 Health and Wellness
Public Meetings - Early 2017 Community Safety
Community health and wellness would benefit most from...
Community-wide safety would most improve by... •
Block watch and neighborhood patrol. People need to work together and establish a positive relationship with the police.
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Expand family planning / sex education classes (flexible hours of instruction) as well as mental health services.
Police brutality must stop – excessive force and lack of communication. Need a community sit down with the police department.
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Increase recreational centers / playgrounds to encourage
Better street and alley lighting, and sidewalks for increased community visibility.
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Outdoor community activities.
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Have dedicated exercise spaces.
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Clean up alleys and parks, with regular trash pick-up schedules.
Coordinate existing neighborhood educational / recreation centers to work with population in “transition” to improve recidivism rates.
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Easy access to insurance and urgent care clinics.
Providing youth with summer employment, community center programming and engagement. More after school activities for teens and children.
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Community gardens for employment & job skills / coordinate access to fresh, healthy food.
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Increase home ownership rates.
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Reducing violence, theft, and kidnapping, especially amongst young teenage children. Eliminate prostitution, drugs, and alcohol.
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Community-based safety initiatives and safety call boxes.
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More health care centers and dentists in the neighborhood.
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Easy access to clinics and children’s facilities, with increased hours of operation.
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Community grown organic produce / farmers market / healthy recipes and alternatives. Affordable grocery stores.
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HIV education and prevention.
ASPIRATIONS Pop Up Planning Events - Summer 2017
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Address illegal drug access and addiction.
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Access to general health education.
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Clean up alleys / protect children.
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Access to health insurance.
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More fitness / get active. Need sports teams, food & nutritional education, fresh produce / veggie market.
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Mobile nursing.
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Additional prenatal care options for women.
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More clinics / doctors and dentist offices.
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Community grown organic produce / farmers market. Greater access to healthy recipes and alternatives.
Police must not overreact, assess situation first.
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Stop smoking.
More neighborhood police stations, increase patrols (bikes and horses), close bars earlier.
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Free clinic.
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More free produce, cooking classes, incentives to show up.
Encourage African Americans to join police force and work in their community. Stop police brutality / use of excess force.
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Alcohol and substance free, healthy lifestyles, utilize preventative healthcare, improvement in infant mortality rates.
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More Neighborhood Watch programs / street patrols. More police cameras.
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More activities for kids (jobs for kids / adults), better police relations, better training for police.
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Provide free, safe, drug free activities for families, building healthy support systems, embracing My Brother’s Keeper.
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Ownership of property.
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Access to capital, jobs.
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Residents need to come together. More community involvement / events / find more common ground.
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Get people off the streets (too many kids just hanging out). Activities for kids at night.
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Education / Friends and family.
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Provide summer employment for youth, community center programming and engagement.
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People learning to take care of themselves, eat well, more clinics, access to health services.
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Effort.
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Near-by resources for me, my wife and children as well as future of my family’s health. Making sure they stay on top of their health and medications as well as check-ups.
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Get people on the right track.
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HIV, food and fitness education, preventative health.
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Having regular activities that engage residents.
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Being treated right (no more homeless people ….. 10 years).
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Bringing awareness and screening to diseases that target African Americans.
discussion Continued: Pop Up Planning Events Summer 2017
Meeting #1 - August 9, 2017 - Northern Lights Library •
Positive relationships with police / security.
Coordinate efforts with Columbus Care Coalition.
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Security in the neighborhood. Report witnessed crimes to police.
Incorporate Linden youth into conversation / planning process.
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Stop the killing, violence, theft and kidnapping.
Coordinate with Site Based Council at Linden McKinley High School. Need to have workshop with students in the fall.
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Increase community-wide efforts encouraging “healthy lifestyles”.
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Consider push notifications on mobile devices to youth regarding healthy eating habits, tobacco / alcohol use.
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Consider community-wide healthy messaging campaign (perhaps utilize CMAX bus stop video panels).
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Make the healthy choice the easy choice by providing easily accessible / affordable healthy food options.
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Community needs to build better relationship with Police Department. (NDC will work to have police representative at next meeting to discuss current / planned efforts related to community outreach).
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Open spaces (parks) within community must be inviting, clean, family oriented, well-lit, safe, and attractive.
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Outreach meeting planned the week of August 14th regarding improvements to Maloney Park ($280,000 budget for updates to Maloney Park).
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Neighbors working together.
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discussion Meeting #2 - September 13, 2017 St. Stephen’s Community House
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CARE Coalition overview • Goal: coordinate with them? •
Developing a safety plan, the plan should be trauma-informed and understand the impact of trauma on Linden residents. CARE Coalition trainers will hold two trainings per year.
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Plan: Recommend that child-care centers employ trauma-informed community builders
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CCS are currently conducting traumainformed community building for students as professional development.
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Early intervention is critical to addressing trauma in youth development.
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RADS coursework to teach people how to prevent crime and address incidents.
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Establish an inventory of programs in effect in Linden > apparently the CARE Coalition is conducting an inventory.
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Maloney Park improvements (UIRF): Need more lighting at public parks, trim shrubbery, get a larger gazebo for events, access to electricity.
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A more attractive park will lead to more use and more activity.
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Encourage use of 311 to report code issues for all issues.
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The police liaison corroborated the effectiveness of calling 311 to reduce problem properties.
Linden is a walkable community more by function than by choice. •
Need to make the walking experience better.
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Walkability crosses health & safety
Crime •
The business community could start to control issues like loitering.
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Things like business fences to control pedestrian access and prevent criminal routes.
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Enforcement needs to be prefaced by educational awareness campaign to give people a chance to change their behavior.
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We need more police presence in the community; more police that live in Linden.
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Encourage Linden residents to do ride alongs with the police to learn more about what the police do and how they operate.
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Linden is in Precinct 5, District 54 •
Relief officers
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Might be about 6 per shift
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“I feel like the world should be built for everyone”
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HIV education and prevention.
discussion Meeting #3 - October 11, 2017 - St. Stephens Community House •
Completed mapping activity - ask faciliator if interested in viewing map.
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Answered “what makes you feel safe or unsafe in Linden?”, below:
Unsafe •
No street lights - surveillance lights
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Lighting around establishments
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Street design - speeding, dangerous
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Unsafe sidewalks
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Abandoned properties - squatting
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Entrances to establishments
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Unsafe (not accessible) crosswalks Republic and Briarwood
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Douglas - time of day, location
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Police presence - anxiety
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Unacessible entrances, crosswalks, no crossguards
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Cleveland Avenue - change the perception
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Drainage on Cleveland Avenue
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Minimal criminal activity
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More maintained housing
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Lighting
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Parking - lighted, secure
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Community institutions
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Schools
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Douglas - time of day, location
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Generally safe everywhere
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