[CV Block Leaders] Meeting Summary-- everyone read please!!

[Katie]

Hello Block Leaders,

 

At last weeks meeting we had two speakers come and present.  

 

The first was officer Doug Gibson who spoke about different ways that we
could become more active in keeping our neighborhood safe.  Things like
starting a walkers group.  There are several different kinds of groups you
can have, like a dog walkers group, a mom's with strollers group, a running
group, or just people walking together.  These groups look out for people
and things that look suspicious and call 911 or look for other things that
should be reported to 311, like street lights that are out.  If you would
like more information on what you can do with a group or as a group I have
some hand outs that are very helpful.  

 

Officer Gibson also handed out sign up sheets for crime watch numbers.  If
you have any completed forms you can either mail them to me or directly to
the northern district.  If you don't have a form I can get one for you.
What a crime watch number does is allow you to call 911 to report an problem
anonymously, the police officer will not come to your house when they arrive
to take care of the problem.  I would encourage everyone to get a number!

 

Then Brenda Harris, from Community Mediation on Greenmount, ran a short work
shop talking about how different people react in conflict and then spoke
about the services that the mediation program offers.  In case anyone would
like to know; they do mediations only for willing parties.  You can
recommend people to them, and you can refer people to them, but they will
only work with people that are all willing to be there.  The mediation
sessions do not have to be just between two people, the max number of people
is somewhere around 10 to 15.  If you are interested, they are a great
resource and here is some contact information 

 

3333 Greenmount Ave

Baltimore, MD 21218

410-467-9165

 

PLEASE 

If everyone could write up a quick note (it doesn't have to be perfectly
accurate)  of the number of hours they have spent doing community service
through out the year I would be sooooo happy.  You can include any passing
out of fliers, talking with your neighbors in person or on the phone,
planning or participating in any activities, attending community meetings
etc. 

 

It is really important to keep track of these hours so that we can show
funders, and show in our reports the progress we are making in our community
building efforts.  

 

You can just email it to me!

 

I also handed out the new and improved block leader packets- please keep
these as a reference guide to help your neighbors and yourself with any
issues that come up.

 

Also available are the new welcome to the neighborhood packets. If you would
like some please let me know, or you  can stop by the office and pick some
up.  

 

If you have any other questions or  comments please call me or email me.  

 

Katie 

 

Katie Beltz

Block Leader Coordinator 

Charles Village Community 

Benefits District

410-235-4411 x16

Katie at charlesvillage.org

 

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