@properties agent and “Windy City Guide” Robert Darrow gives a quick history lesson on Chicago’s Boys Town neighborhood and points out some of the most popular bars and shops along North Halsted Street between Roscoe Street and Cornelia Avenue.
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After recent negative news coverage regarding the Commerce City Clear View Motel situation, City Council Member Reba Drotar tells positive story about the Commerce City Neighborhood Services.
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The City of Milwaukee is building stronger neighborhoods through an initiative to address rising mortgage foreclosures
Neighborhoods across the city are being impacted by increasing numbers of foreclosures. Long term homeowners are facing the prospect of losing their home to foreclosure and vacant and abandoned foreclosed properties are negatively impacting city neighborhoods.
The City of Milwaukee and a broad coalition of partners have been working to address the problem of foreclosures in the City of Milwaukee. These efforts are comprehensive, and address the foreclosure problem in a number of ways:
Prevention efforts to expand outreach efforts and increase education for homeowners and potential homebuyers
Intervention efforts to assist homebuyers facing foreclosure
Stabilization efforts to address vacant and abandoned properties in City neighborhoods
(414) 286-5610
www.milwaukeehousinghelp.org
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Lefrak City a large housing development in the Corona neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens.
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Long time North Central residents say crime has been steadily rising in their neighborhood over the years. Residents say, “Danger is everywhere with no relief.”
While rising emotions are understandable in North Central, one needs to be rational given the situation of crime in Regina. According to a 2008 report by Statistics Canada and the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Regina leads the nation in overall crime. Regina crime levels stood at 10,998 per 100,000 population. Violent crime levels increased to 1478 per 100,000. Regina’s crime rate remained the highest per capita among major Canadian cities.
Although national statistics show Regina has the highest crime in Canada, Regina city council doesn’t believe these statistics. The Mayor continues to minimize the problem of the highest crime rate in Canada. Furthermore, commercial issues remain city councils main focus. Moreover, Regina city council appear to be afraid to deal with public safety issues that effect the people who reside in North Central. .
Although it doesn’t matter what Regina city hall believes, crime and violence are rising in Regina. Areas of North Central are under the control of gangs. Gangs tags litter every block of North Central. Additionally, more North Central city blocks continue to be controlled by gangs. Finally, residents avoid areas of Regina entirely due to gangs.
As it stands at Regina city hall, city council better start believing crime and gangs are rising in Regina. Present gang statistics show police out-numbered. According to the latest CSIS statistics on gangs, there are 1200 gang members in Regina. Consequently, the Regina city police only have 343 sworn police members. Roughly Regina police are outnumbered four to one.
Whatever the numbers of gangs or police, some things about crime and gangs shouldn’t be ignored. North Central gangs have been shown to have an arsenal of weapons comparable to a small army. Numerous internet sites such as YouTube, Myspace, and Bebo show Regina gangs with an arsenal of grenades, AK47s, semi-automatic guns, hand guns, shotguns, bullet proof vests, machetes, knifes, etc.
Even if Regina city council isn’t aware of the rising gang weapons problem, Regina city hall needs to wake up and become conscious. Regina gangs have found ways around government initiatives to deal with crime. For example, Regina gangs often relocate to another house in North Central if they are evicted under the Safer Communities and Neighborhood Act. Moreover there are enough cash starved landlords in North Central who rent homes to these gangs pooling their money. Consequently governmental initiatives have become largely ineffective at curbing growing crime and gangs in Regina.
While crime and gangs have gotten the jump on Regina city hall, crime and gangs don’t have the jump on national media bodies. Regina has become infamous in the media. Regina is known to have the “Worst Neighborhood in Canada.” Additionally Regina was named “The Most Dangerous City” in 2008. Finally, the federal government commissioned a “Regina Survival Guide and Map”for the poor in 2009.
*Note: This video does not support or endorse any political, social, cultural, business, non-profit, or religious organization.
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Mary Morris, Oxford Community Association president, took part in the City of Fort Wayne’s news conference to announce $7 million of HUD funds coming the City for abandoned or foreclosed properties.
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If you’re worried about crime in your neighborhood, there’s a new way to find out what’s going on.
It’s a Web site that Kansas City police are calling a great new tool for residents and officers.
CrimeReports.com provides neighborhood crime data in near real time. The service allows anyone to receive automatic daily, weekly or monthly e-mail alerts when crime happens near any location users choose.
The service, which is free, uses Google Maps to see every crime that police dispatch called out within 24 hours. Crimes are shown by a pin mark.
“The openness — the information that it provides to just the general citizen out there. It opens doors, let’s people see what’s going on,” Officer Steve Patterson told KMBC’s Jere Gish.
Before CrimeReports.com, if someone requested crime statistics, it was a long process.
“I would send a request to the computer unit, it was normally seven to 10 business days, which wasn’t always fortunate for some people because they were looking for houses and they wanted to know the crime in their neighborhood,” said Karen Shaw, a crime analyst with Kansas City police.
Officers said it won’t just help residents — it will also help police.
“It will be invaluable to officers in the field,” Sgt. Randy Sims said. “It’ll give them information that they can see where there are some crime trends and be able to go out and address those problems immediately.”
Kansas City resident Ben Saverino has already checked the site. He said he knows he lives in an area with a lot of crime, and now he can keep track of exactly what’s happening there.
“It looks like a lot of robbery and theft, and not very far from me, either. It’s really pretty concentrated right about a block over from me,” Saverino said. “This is a very useful tool, especially if you have kids.”
Only a handful of cities in Missouri are using CrimeReports.com. In addition to Kansas City, it’s also available in Liberty.
Kansas City pays $199 a month for the program, but there is no charge for the public.
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Plano A2Z details the programs and services of departments in the City of Plano, Texas. This segment showcases Plano’s Neighborhood Services Department.
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