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    The first occasion by which I heard about Cully, was not a good one. It was mentioned as being a troubled area that needed a lot of help. In my mind, a lot of neighborhoods need help; what makes Cully so special? Everyone keeps talking about it, but I don’t see what the big deal is. As time went on, I began to hear more about Cully, and it began to spark my interest. I began to read articles and stories from and about this neighborhood; they all mentioned the same thing: Cully is Oregon’s most diverse

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    Cowra History

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    intervention of outside parties. This may come into play in situations such as: neighbourhood disputes (i.e. fencing, trees, and noise). The second method would be judicial interventions; these would take place in a court of law guided by a judge and sometimes jury. In the township of Cowra this would be the largest scale of conflict resolution and would encompass things such as speeding fines, greater neighbourhood disputes, theft and other

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    Latino young men from these upgraded areas. As a result of this many Black and Latino young men suffer from police brutality. A clear case of this is Alex Nieto, his death was due to gentrification. He was 28 years old when he was killed,in the neighbourhood where he had spent his whole life. Like we see he was killed by the SFPD because of two calls they got saying that there was a young Latino, probably a gang member, with his hand resting on a gun. This two calls were from two white men that were

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    The purpose of this risk assessment report is to bring awareness to the residents of the Santiago Park Neighborhood Community and City Officials incase incident of attack and or natural disaster. This risk assessment is focusing on the possible intendent on the neighborhood and or the neighborhoods road network. This report will show how if an attack and or natural disaster does occur where key failure to the community might occur and might cause problematic incidents for first responders to help

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    Strategic Challenges for Local Communities The Department of Homeland Security released the 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review on June 18, 2014 as required by the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and its amendments. This review outlined the current state of preparedness, as well as the future areas of concentration. It also determined six strategic challenges facing the nation: terrorist threat; growing cyber threats; biological concerns as a whole; nuclear terrorism; transnational criminal

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    Sitting at my dinning table, my mother and I were waiting for my father who was driving back from work. It was almost 2:30 pm and my father had not shown up. He would usually arrive at this time but apparently he was late; I wondered why. Suddenly, a car just like my father’s appeared and I ran towards my living room’s window to see if my suspicions were correct but they were not. It was a man who seemed disappointed and mad since the street ended up having no place to go. The car made a U-turn and

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    perspectives of community members and parents (Tinkler, 2013; Boyle-Baise and Langford, 2004; Bell, Horn, and Roxas, 2007) Service-learning often leads to an opportunity to enjoy formal and informal networks which lead to employment, leadership opportunities, and an expansion of cultural knowledge. It may be meaningful to consider how parents and residents of economically disadvantaged neighborhoods might similarly benefit from providing services to local schools. Exosystem Level Partners Benson

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    Communitites When most people talk about community, they think of a location, an area in which people live. By definition “community” is a group of people living in the same location and under the same government. Community can also be defined as a group of people with the same common interests or segments in society. However, these definitions, which can be found in any dictionary, are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to explaining what community really is. Community is the memories

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    Underneath a good moral, there could be a hidden truth. In, “The Possibility of Evil”, Shirley Jackson shows how the protagonist, Miss Strangeworth presumes she is protecting her neighborhood by eliminating the evil that exists within her community, but ironically, she is the most evil neighbor of all. In the beginning, the community considers Miss Strangeworth an old, caring and respected woman. Throughout the story, a handful of community members realize Miss Strangeworth is a bitter, insensitive

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    place call Chicago where everybody is moving all the time. Chicago can offer you a lot of opportunities, but unfortunately death is one of those opportunities. With guns, drugs, and gangs surrounding the city I experience the most intense situation of my life. It was a life changer that woke me up, and force me to realize that anything can happen to anyone at any time and no one is untouchable. It's a memory that will forever be a part of me no matter how hard I try to forget it. It was 2008 I was

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    Introduction Neighbourhood disputes are a common occurrence to this day with many types of issues regarding aspects such as fencing, building, tree and property issues continually being arisen in suburban areas. The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) is an establishment that contains certain laws and rules which help resolve any issues that are to come up between one or more parties. The main source of act that will be used most commonly throughout this piece is the Neighbourhood Disputes

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    The Environment: Shaping People into Who They Are A recent study conducted by Dr. Matthews, the head of Division of Child and Youth Psychiatry at Saskatoon, stated "Statistically, ten percent of the young population 's [behaviors] are considered 'abnormal '"(Matthews). When a child begins misbehaving, many parents struggle to understand why their child is acting that way. The root of the problem lies in the environment that the child is raised in. The development of children 's behaviors is determined

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    Greenbush vs. Burke Heights This report will be on the research I have discovered first hand as well as through statistical data that compares and contrasts the neighborhoods of Greenbush and Burke Heights, both located in Madison, Wisconsin. When researching these two neighborhoods, I focused on the neighborhoods housing statistics, demographics of their residents, and the money circulating within the neighborhoods. Another aspect I paid attention to while comparing the neighborhoods was the economic

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    Moreover, affordable housing in Highland Park seems to be decreasing for longtime residents because of prices of rent and mortgages beginning to increase with each year. As on the graph from Zillow.com, it shows the median sale price from September 1, 2017 as being $646, 448 and the median listing price is $728, 944. Based on this evidence from Zillow.com, housing prices is going to continue to increase. Although, Zillow predicts by October 31, 2018 the median listing price of houses are going to

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    violated and intruded upon. Many people react differently to this type of situation. Burglary may affect some people more than others, therefore signs of stress may differ from person to person. This week a robbery took place just two houses down from my place of residence. I had just returned home from attending class, when a neighbor approached me. She had come to warn me of an incident, involving a break-in that had occurred across the street from her, earlier that morning. She informed me, that

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    Consumers with lower-incomes are more likely to live unhealthily, as low-income has become directly correlated with living an unhealthy lifestyle. When shopping for groceries, consumers with relatively low monthly incomes are substantially more likely to eat unhealthily, and are more likely to be obese. This issue of poverty and unhealthy living stems from the idea of social and physical environments. Why is it that people of low socioeconomic status are more likely to smoke, drink excessively and

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    Neighborhood Case Study

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    activity and housing investments, raising environmental standards, and improving the Alliance’s organizational structure. Could the adoption of a Private Neighborhood Association (PNA), as presented by the Mercatus Policy Series , support these steps? In my opinion, a full PNA will not move the Alliance forward. However, the Whittier Alliance could benefit and advance these goals if they adopted certain principles introduced by PNAs, specifically: growing community participation, empowering local knowledge

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    Vacant Lot Restoration Program is a comprehensive plan to specifically address vacant lots by engaging residents and organizations in their sustainable revitalization by helping underserved, inner-city residents green their communities and restore vacant lots by creating neighborhood gardens and green spaces, planting street trees, and establishing tree nurseries (Parks & People Foundation, 2002). These efforts were initially undertaken in collaboration with the City Department of Recreation and

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    Bobby Lefebre says, “Watching everything I love about my neighborhood slowly walk into a mere memory is disheartening. It seems like every day there is a new institution, business, or mural being cleared away to make room for the new.” This quote not only helps you understand just how upsetting gentrification

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    I am also involved in both concert and pep band. The local FFA chapter has greatly impacted my involvement in community affairs. Our chapter is greatly focused on service honors because we hold two blood drives, a petting zoo, and a community breakfast each year.

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