Do you have other suggestions and/or did you make any community-oriented resolutions that others, too, might want to adopt? Share in the comments!1. Pick up at least 5 pieces of trash outside a day.
2. Volunteer in our neighborhood. Here are a few options; contact the volunteer coordinators for specific opportunities:+ Voulunteer at the Watha T Daniel Shaw Community Library. To learn more about volunteering at the Library, click here
+ Volunteer at one of our neighborhood schools. To learn more about volunteering at a neighborhood school, click here.
+ Volunteer at a local park or at the Kennedy Recreatrion Center. To learn more about volunteering at a neighborhood park, click here.
+ Volunteer at a local non-profit - Several non-profits in the area need volunteers to advance their mission, such as Bread for the City and ArtSpace DC.
3. Organize and/or participate in a neighborhood watch for your block. Check here for more information.
4. Become a graffiti fighter. Buy paint now and, whenever you see a tag, paint over it ASAP.
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Neighborhood New Year Resolutions
Although 2010 is in full swing, it's not too late to make a few neighborly resolutions. Here a list of suggestions (updated from the ones I suggested in 2007) that would be transformative in 2010:
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FYI - you can submt an online request for DPW to cover grafitti on either public or private property
I requested it for a fence across from my place and it was done with in 10 days
http://311.dc.gov/cwi/CitizenWeb/UI/CitizenWebIntake.aspx?srID=8809536
Thanks, TCR.
I've read statistics (that I do not have handy at the moment) that the sooner grafitti is removed, the less likely additional grafitti will appear and the less likely the surface will be a constantly tagged spot. With that in mind, if grafitti is near my house, I'm out with a bucket of paint ASAP (like within 24 hours) to prevent additional/recurring.
Visit at least one neighborhood food establishment at least once per month.
FYI..also you can volunteer at New Community for Children, they are an afterschool program in Shaw.
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