• Good neighborhood
• Family
• Close to work
• Quiet (sleep well)
• Good neighbors
• Historical properties
• Backyards 
• Close highway
• Welcoming
• Friendly
• History
• Most part safe – limited violence
• Close knit community
• Love to help each other
• 60 yr. old stakeholders
• Accountability from neighbors
• Friendly
• Service calls are low
• Interesting history
• Cleanliness
• Quietness

Assets

• Work with churches
• Working with neighbors
• Rev. Hailstock

Exploring the Issues: Heat, Flooding, Hazardous Materials & Other

Heat

• 7 Streets – high reduction in tree – see map for specific area
• Development downtown – reduction in trees
• AEP cuts down trees
• Cooler on Florida Avenue
• No increase in heat, but there has been an increase in utilities
• Trees are limited

Flooding

• Florida & Main Street House has flooding
• 517 Florida Ave (down from Map Street
• Grace & Franklin flooding homes

Hazardous Material & Other

• Unintended speed bump – Peyton Street
• Leaves on Grace Street
  • Narrow sidewalk
  • Safety hazard

Opportunities for Change

Individual

• Do something about it
• Report to the fire department
• Educate myself
• Attend more community meetings
• Attend city council meetings
• Voice opinions
• Recycle More
• Report
• Protest
• Call the local organization
• Petition
• Vote

Do With Others

• Host more events like this to inform and stay informed
• Complain to appropriate offices about injustices such as natural speed bumps
• Attend the meetings – school board
• Lend helping hand
• Neighborhood Watch
• Cookout
• Form a community group that meets up
• Contact Environmental Justice Team
• Neighborhood Meeting
• Petition
• Take Action

Institutions and the Local Government

• Listen to concerns and what lays heavy on us to address
• “Stop talking about it and be about it”
• Assess situations and investigate