[Durham INC] neighborhood org safety

Wed Apr 8 11:14:41 EDT 2009

I'd second those comments.
If Durham was a diamond, it's facets would be it's neighborhoods.

I'm a big believer in Melissa's total transparency model, it's the same  
privacy you are allowed in a little tiny town of say 1,000 residents. Everyone  
knows each other and our routines, we watch out for each other, I grew up in a  
town that size.

I moved to Durham 30 years ago, it felt like a move to a big city then, and  
it smelled like tobacco in the mornings.

Lately, it's become more like a city built of a bunch of small towns  
(neighborhoods) and I credit some of that to InterNeighborhood Council. INC  helped 
my neighborhood organize over two decades ago, and is  celebrating 25 years of 
that kind of effort this year. (pardon that  brag)

I believe when the Bull City is NOT a city of about 250,000, but is more  
like a city built of a bunch of (about 250) neighborhoods that collectively  
think like individual small towns, and operate like small towns, the sooner we  
can adhere to the idea that it takes a community to raise a child. 

This might sound corny, but I moved into my neighborhood 20+ years ago and  
would have no idea that so many cool neighbors filled in around me if it 
weren't  for our listserv. We have about 600 on it now, and we can track your lost  
pet faster than any neighborhood in Durham. 

The closer knit the better. 

Bill Anderson

In a message dated 4/7/2009 11:20:12 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
mmr121570 at yahoo.com writes:

My neighborhood has had a 'neighborhood directory'  before, and Fairfield 
residents really enjoyed the amenity. It is hard  to keep up to date though, and 
we haven't had one for many years. If you  do a neighborhood directory, it is 
best to distribute it as a pdf (to  save paper and trees, you know -- wink).

I think having block  captain stuff online is a GREAT idea. But I'm all about 
transparency. My  neighborhood board has had a problem with this much 
transparency, and  the guy who took over as block captain (and relieved me -- phew!) 
was  discouraged from making a website for this purpose.

That said, we  regularly post suspicious behavior, break-ins, etc. on our 
neighborhood  listserv. And I strongly believe that this has prevented several 
thefts  from open garage doors and things like that. It also has resulted in  
neighbors calling the police, which they aren't generally inclined to  do, and 
this quickly quells any rising threat (suspicious solicitors  disappear, for 
instance, and thefts occur only sporadically and in  lengthy intervals).

Melissa  (Rooney)

--- On Tue, 4/7/09, Riojosie at aol.com  <Riojosie at aol.com> wrote:

From:  Riojosie at aol.com <Riojosie at aol.com>
Subject: [Durham INC]  neighborhood org safety
To: inc-list at rtpnet.org,  pac2 at yahoogroups.com, neighbors at lochavenhills.org
Date: Tuesday,  April 7, 2009, 11:02 PM

Lochaven Hills has been an  active neighborhood organization for a year or so 
and we are  wondering:

1)  should block captains' info be put on our  neighborhood website?  any 
info at all? how much?

2)   should we compile our listserve info into a  "neighborhood  directory" 
to share with each other as a PDF file or some other  format?

We are tossing about our own opinions, but opinions /  experiences from 
neighborhood orgniziations in the INC (Inter  Neighborhood Council) and PAC-2 
(Partners Against Crime District 2),  those of you who have been at this for a 
while, can help  us.

Many thanks,

Josie
Lochaven Hills

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