How to Reduce Crime in Your Neighborhood
This article discusses general ways to organize around public safety. In Rochester, we have PAC-TAC (Police and Citizens Together Against Crime), where residents receive special training and are allowed to patrol their neighborhood with a police radio and often, an on-duty police officer. These folks aren’t allowed to get involved in actual crime-fighting; they don’t have guns or body armor. They act as another set of eyes and ears on the streets they know best-their own.
A Quote from Francis Bacon
People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can’t fool the neighbors.
Healthy Blocks fans, check out Hartford
Healthy Blocks fans, check out Hartford Healthy Neighborhoods Approach: http://ht.ly/3E8Zc
Small Communities and Local Papers
In small communities, 78% of people read most of their local paper, and 54% say they never read their local news online. Could this be because for many small towns, their news isn’t available online? Case in point, my small hometown in upstate NY has a population of about 6,000. A few months ago, I was searching for information regarding the death of a former classmate and found only the school’s website and a county-wide publication that seemed to focus on varsity sports. More information on this study here: http://ht.ly/3zuNf
Most Americans Say Leave the Internet Alone
Most Americans don’t want the FCC to regulate the internet. http://ht.ly/3vGL6
CitID: An International Urban Design Contest
If your city had a logo, what would it look like? That’s the question posed by the CitID project, as relayed by GOOD. CitID is an ambitious project which lists its goals as having all continents, countries, capitals and cities represented in their online gallery (and eventually a forthcoming book.) So far, they have submissions from all continents, we’ll see if they achieve the ‘all countries’ benchmark.
While you may expect the highlights of the contest to be from international cities like London, Tokyo, and New York, several other lesser-knowns rise up to the design challenge. Khabarosvk, for one, is a city I know nothing about but I’m guessing their heritage has something to do with a bear and a fish.
For perspectives on design, branding, and the “hyperreality” of modern culture, visit the comment section on the GOOD site.
To check out the vast array of awesomeness submitted to the CitID project already, and to find out how to submit your own, visit the project homepage:
Congress Gets Paid
Not bad for a 4 day workweek. Median income of a US Senator: $911,000. http://ht.ly/3nXdR
