Gary Storm for Urbana City Council

Initiatives:

• Promote police-community relations programs that bring local residents and landlords together with human service and law enforcement personnel to assess neighborhood problems and design solutions for them; these might include neighborhood-based bicycle patrols that “mainstream” police into the life of the community often in helpful or constructive roles.
• Develop neighborhood resources/programs that give residents access to needed services or constructive outlets for their leisure time; the services might include child care or substance abuse counseling and the constructive outlets might be a community garden or small park with sports facilities.
• Promote neighborhood watch programs; ideally these would evolve naturally out of neighborhoods whose streets, sidewalks, parks were alive with residents of all ages participating in a rich array of neighborhood activities, especially leisure activities (outdoor recreation, community gardening, music groups, etc.).