Thursday, April 13th, 7:00 at Graduate Hospital Room 2A.

It is upstairs in the Pepper Pavilion, enter from the Lombard Street entrance, up the ramp to the elevators, take elevator to the second floor, and look for a sign for Room 2A.

This is intended to be a brainstorming session to discuss what we can do to organize our crime reporting , and how to get rid of empty lots, vacant houses, and nuisance establishments.

I'm not sure if anyone is planning on attending, so please answer the pole, and please come out. I do believe that our letters and reporting have lead to increased patrolling and some of the arrests around the neighborhood over the last week, let's find a way to build on that momentum.

So far the agenda includes:

1: Community Reporting.

I know a lot of people are doing this, but I think we need an organized system. If one person knows about a problem, then 10-20 people should be reporting it. Part of this discussion will involve some "Crime Watch" stuff, or people getting together to walk the blocks and identify problems. Another part of it will be to discuss who to report to, and any allies we can make in this effort with businesses, government, and police.

2: Obstacles to development.

This is the part that I think would not go over well with SOSNA from what I understand. I think one of the most important things we need to do in terms of safety is to get some of our local problem spots cleaned up. Most of these spots have a lot of vacant properties or city owned properties that we need to get in the hands of developers. This will include:

A: LJLong’s description of the sheriff sale process.
B: Redevelopment agreements, and
C: PHA properties,

All are touchy subjects with SOSNA, but all obstacles to a safe neighborhood.

As I said, I don't intend for this to be anti-SOSNA, I plan on attending Wednesday’s SOSNA meeting as well since I think it’s a great agenda, but since a lot of people have shown interest in the Sheriff Sale process, I think this would be a good opportunity to teach the neighborhood how it works, and how to use it in an ethical manor.

So let me know if you will attend.
Thank
Mark