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Œlje June 6, 2012 f o r i l a nò (Observer Cascade (Connections Page 9 Upholstery Cleaning • Sofa/Loveseat • Pet Stains • Flood Restorations A lgie C. G atewood by CARPET CLEANING « STEAMER 5 0 3 - 7 0 5 - 2 5 8 7 Community Participation is Great Communities work best when the School Zones - and the in everyone has a stake. It is not enough creased severity of punishment for simply to live someplace or work crimes committed within them - will someplace - in order to be a true serve as a deterrent to illegal activ member of a community, you have ity. to be an active agent in its growth The commission moved on to the and development. And most of all, installation of a network of surveil- you have to,watch your neighbor’s lance cam eras alo n g N orth back. Killingsworth Street where it runs Not so very long ago - before our past Cascade Campus. The cameras lives became so compartmentalized, proved their worth immediately, and before electronic media were able to their footage continues to be used keep us on the couch instead of on by the Police Bureau to apprehend the stoop or the sidewalk - this suspects in the area. notion of community was accepted As the commission’s work gath instinctively. Of course everyone ered momentum and recognition, had everyone else’s back, no ques the level of collaboration between tion about it. its members broadened and deep But today, in an age when it seems ened. The Police Bureau decided to communities are as often virtual as build on the group’s success by they are real, it can take a little extra stepping up its presence and vis effort to ensure that everyone has a ibility in the vicinity, and even formed stake, that we are all active agents in a special Street Crimes Unit dedi our collective development. That’s cated to the Albina-Killingsworth why Portland Community College ’ s area. The Police Bureau and PCC Cascade Campus has joined forces Public Safety collaborate and share with our neighbors - residents, information at a higher level than businesses, government agencies, ever before. and community groups - to take All of these measures, and those steps to make sure our common still to come, are making the envi neighborhood remains a vital, en rons around Cascade Campus safer gaged, and safe community. and more secure for everyone who Founded in 2006, the Albina- uses them - be they a resident, a Killingsworth Safe Neighborhood student, or an employee. More than Commission - named for the inter anything else, though, the commis section of the two thoroughfares, sion has been a success because it the center of Cascade Cam pus’ has drawn the diverse elements of “neighborhood” - counts among our neighborhood together for a its m em bers Cascade Cam pus, common purpose. People know each Jefferson High School, the Portland other better, communicate more, and Police Bureau, TriMet, the North are more invested in one another’s Portland Library, the PCC Public safety and prosperity. Safety Department, the Piedmont Will the commission continue be and Humboldt Neighborhood As successful? I believe that it will, sociations, and a host local busi provided that the members of the nesses and residents. Our aim is neighborhood continue to be ac » quite sim ple-to work cooperatively tive agents on one another’s behalf. to address issues of safety and liv The commission has shown that ability in the area that sustains us. In with a little effort, people from all other words, to be active agents in walks of life can come together as our community. one. Such a thing has a value that in The commission began simply, many ways can’t be measured. with the formation of a neighbor When neighbors collaborate to work hood graffiti response team and the toward a common goal, to make their establishment of clearly marked neighborhood a better place, they School Zones in a 1,000-foot perim become more than the sum of their eter around Jefferson High School, parts - they,are a community. Ockley Green Middle School, and Algie C. Gatewood, Ed.D., is the other public school campuses in president of Portland Community the vicinity, so that knowledge of College's Cascade Campus. HHHM ¡2 Rooms + Hall .Extra 1 rooms $10 |each with , coupon. 995 fll 1 cade Campus of Portland Commu- nity College in north Portland, and Jefferson High School, across the 10 Years of References Available Expires 9/28/12, 1 Complete House ! Licensed • Bonded • Insured 195 1 ¡WMf/iFree 1 $95 L J 2200sq feet ! with coupon. 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