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Stacie SkeltonMember
Posted 1 year, 10 months, and 23 days ago
We are currently organizing Neighborhood Watch in our town of 35,000, which is a suburb of SLC. We started out with a meeting at city hall to build interest. Once we had 6 devoted citizens we got to work by dividing the city into 3 areas and conquering.
One really important thing we did was to build a website:(www.chneighborhoodwatch.com). Other activities included information/sign-up booths at city events, hosting Block parties, submitting articles in the local paper, and having articles written about us in the Salt Lake Tribune. Our current mission is to find "Neighborhood Coordinators" who will then set up their neighborhood by recruiting Block Captains. As we get nicer weather our neighborhoods will have block parties to help bring the neighborhood together. We encourage all of our neighborhoods to send out correspondence and/or meet with their neighbors at least once a month.
Today I booked the park where we will be holding a big party for National Night Out.
I hope this helps!
One really important thing we did was to build a website:(www.chneighborhoodwatch.com). Other activities included information/sign-up booths at city events, hosting Block parties, submitting articles in the local paper, and having articles written about us in the Salt Lake Tribune. Our current mission is to find "Neighborhood Coordinators" who will then set up their neighborhood by recruiting Block Captains. As we get nicer weather our neighborhoods will have block parties to help bring the neighborhood together. We encourage all of our neighborhoods to send out correspondence and/or meet with their neighbors at least once a month.
Today I booked the park where we will be holding a big party for National Night Out.
I hope this helps!
What types of materials and equipment do you need? We get a lot of materials from different state agencies, making it free to us. Thus far we haven't had to spend any money.
Most of what Neighborhood Watch is about is just neighbors watching out for neighbors, citizens "securing" their homes, and training citizens on when to call either police dispatch to report something suspicious or 911 to report a crime in progress.
Last year I held a block party for my neighborhood on a $0 budget. We had a chili/bread/dessert cook-off. We borrowed tables and chairs from a local church and all the neighbors also brought their own, everyone brought their own cutlery/plates and drinks to help keep it "green" and so that no one had to pay to provide these things.
Another option we have considered is to run free ads on our website to local businesses who will support our Neighborhood Watch.
I hope some of these ideas help!