|
The City of Fall
River, working in cooperation with Partners for a Healthier Community, has
embarked on a Healthy City Initiative to improve the overall health and well-being
of our city. Visioning sessions were held throughout the City over the
summer of 2003. Listed below are the recommendations that were
submitted by over 1,000 participants at over 30 venues. Items that were
unique are listed; those items that were frequently reported (e.g.
"clean streets") are so noted. These items are summarized in a "ballot"
that people who live or work in Fall River may submit to determine the most
important Action Priorities.
To read more
about this project, see the article in the Herald
News or click on the links at the bottom of this page. |
|
Arts & Culture
|
|
Recommendation |
Venue |
Date |
|
Arts and cultural opportunities |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Increased "breeder" initiatives for industry
& the arts |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
An arts center - stages, music programs, dance troupe,
studios |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Street musicians |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Activities at the library for residents and children |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
| Artists'
colony like Alexandria, Virginia, with the Narrows |
First
Baptist |
7/6/2003 |
| Arts
for all ages |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| Expand
the efforts of the Narrows Center for the Arts |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| Concerts
in the parks |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| Use
of the arts |
C
of C Waterfront |
7/23/03 |
| Embrace
the Arts by way of zoning incentive to mill owners and artists |
C
of C Waterfront |
7/23/03 |
| Emphasis
on Preservation; re-visit what made this city great |
C
of C Waterfront |
7/23/03 |
|
|
Community Participation
|
|
Recommendation |
Venue |
Date |
|
Foster neighborhood groups |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Hold more youth conferences |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
Get input from youth |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
Get involved |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
An interest and commitment to the community |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Organize |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
Protest |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
Campaign city council for changes |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
Communicate better with each other |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
Talk to the youth - work with parents |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
Take the chance to participate |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
Organize youth events like the Mayor's Youth Forum |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
Keep talking with officials and hold them accountable |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
Less isolationism |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Bring the gangs together |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
Listen |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
Give back |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
Work together more with adults |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
People working together for the City |
SE Center I L |
5/21/2003 |
|
Neighborhood get-togethers |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Museums to see my own culture and other peoples culture |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Reaching out to new people coming |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Setting up support communities for small ethnic groups |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Volunteer directors permanently on staff |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
| Centers
where citizens can communicate all their concerns to partners/parties
who can contribute to creating a healthier + safer environment |
St.
Anne's Hosp. |
7/10/03 |
| Set
goals that are achievable without outside help (state, feds) |
C
of C Waterfront |
7/23/03 |
| More
people involved in activities, i.e. FR Celebrates America, Bicentennial |
C
of C Waterfront |
7/23/03 |
| More
people involved in charitable events, i.e., big name athletes or movie
people to have an event for families |
C
of C Waterfront |
7/23/03 |
| A
list of neighborhood associations and services |
C
of C Waterfront |
7/23/03 |
| City
government needs to reflect the diverse population of the community |
Bethel
Church |
7/27/03 |
| More
or continued dialogue among the African American Community and city
government |
Bethel
Church |
7/27/03 |
| More
participation from diverse community; need to reach out and be more
active in the community |
Bethel
Church |
7/27/03 |
| Distribution
of information on city activities available to all |
Bethel
Church |
7/27/03 |
| More
involvement of citizens |
Bethel
Church |
7/27/03 |
| More
days like today that bring neighborhood children together |
North
Park Festival |
7/29/03 |
| People
working together in the neighborhoods |
South
Main Senior |
7/30/03 |
| People
work together / example like neighborhood crime watch |
South
Main Senior |
7/30/03 |
| Volunteers
- clean up efforts |
Talbot
Middle Sch |
7/31/03 |
| Linking
children's groups with the elderly |
Talbot
Middle Sch |
7/31/03 |
| Support
groups for single parent families |
Talbot
Middle Sch |
7/31/03 |
| Luchar
todos juntos y que Fall Rier mejores en las cosa ver mās fondos para
alludar mās a otros. (To struggle together and that Fall River improves
in the things to see more funds to help others more). |
Hispanic
Apostolate |
8/03/03 |
| Mās
projectos para los familias Hispanas. (More projects for Hispanic
families.) |
Hispanic
Apostolate |
8/03/03 |
| Mās
groupes Hispanos (More Hispanic groups) |
Hispanic
Apostolate |
8/03/03 |
| Make
things for your neighbors |
Hispanic
Apostolate |
8/03/03 |
| Community
website for all resources |
Dept.
of Soc. Svs. |
8/05/03 |
| Community
or organization members adopt a group and offer time and energy to
support a specific activity |
Dept.
of Soc. Svs. |
8/05/03 |
| Fall
River wouldn't have so many outsiders |
Lafayette
Festival |
8/05/03 |
| More
activities bring the neighborhoods together |
Lafayette
Festival |
8/05/03 |
| I
would like to see more diverse activities, socially and professionally |
Maplewood
Festival |
8/12/03 |
| More
diverse programs on TV, also more ethnic programs on TV |
Maplewood
Festival |
8/12/03 |
| Empowerment
groups (job readiness, goal setting for future); financial empowerment
groups) |
Maplewood
Festival |
8/12/03 |
| More
volunteer programs to pick trash |
Maplewood
Festival |
8/12/03 |
| I
think as long as we all do our part to make the city a good place,
that's what matters |
Maplewood
Festival |
8/12/03 |
| Eliminate
personal political agendas and work with agencies who could offer the
resources needed to obtain a healthier Fall River |
Maplewood
Festival |
8/12/03 |
| Help
do what you can for your citizens |
Niagara
Senior Ctr. |
8/13/03 |
| Get
rid of some of the people that don't care how they live and make it look
bad for the ones that do care |
Niagara
Senior Ctr. |
8/13/03 |
| A
Hispanic Center to get help, shop, gather, etc. for Hispanics |
WIC
/ HealthFirst |
8/15/03 |
| "What"
to do is not the problem; making a commitment to facilitate and
participate in ANY initiative is the challenge |
Early
Intervention |
8/18/03 |
| More
involvement of people to create better neighborhoods |
Shepherd
Center |
8/25/03 |
| Tell
people to go to the senior centers so they can talk to other people |
Shepherd
Center |
8/25/03 |
| A
greater effort to try and meld come of the many different peoples living
here. |
Shepherd
Center |
8/25/03 |
| Trying
to reach more immigrants and welcome them into the activities and goings
on which are a part of this community |
Shepherd
Center |
8/25/03 |
|
|
Education
|
|
Recommendation |
Venue |
Date |
|
Safe and clean streets |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Adult basic education |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Allocate money for return of cut school programs |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
Better educated population |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Get rid of MCAS |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
Small class sizes |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Excellent schools |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Adequate funding for education |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Lower drop-out rate |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Alternative schools / new schools |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Commitment to Education |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Education on drugs & violence - creativity |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
More tutors for person going to school who need help |
SE Center I L |
5/21/2003 |
|
Sex education classes to lower teenage pregnancy rates |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
More centers for education and training |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Between-the-cracks education centers and programs |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Better education |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
| City
that has high education with graduates staying in the area for work with
higher paying jobs |
St.
Anne's Hosp. |
7/10/03 |
| More
programs to recruit young people and challenge them to strive for more
education |
C
of C Waterfront |
7/23/03 |
| Better
education |
Flint
Senior Center |
7/24/03 |
| Great
schools at all levels |
Bethel
Church |
7/27/03 |
| Training
/ education among / between cultures |
Dept.
of Soc. Svs. |
8/05/03 |
| Parenting
education |
Dept.
of Soc. Svs. |
8/05/03 |
| Education
for mental health |
Charlton
Memorial |
8/05/05 |
| BCC:
add radiology program; partner with Cape Cod & U-Mass Dartmouth;
increase nursing program |
Charlton
Memorial |
8/05/05 |
| Affordable
education |
Charlton
Memorial |
8/05/05 |
| More
educational opportunities for our children as well as for the adults who
are un or under-educated |
Lafayette
Festival |
8/05/03 |
| Education
programs for those who work in low-paying/low-skill jobs |
Maplewood
Festival |
8/12/03 |
| Educate
people on cleanliness - washing hands after using bathrooms, etc. |
Niagara
Senior Ctr. |
8/13/03 |
| Every
child with at least a H.S. diploma |
Shepherd
Center |
8/25/03 |
| More
afterschool programs that could help children with their homework |
Shepherd
Center |
8/25/03 |
| Education
about methadone |
Habit
Management |
8/27/03 |
|
|
Employment & Training
|
|
Recommendation |
Venue |
Date |
|
Healthy Jobs/economic growth |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Volunteering |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
A community with good paying jobs and with no crime |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Better commercial / industrial base |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Jobs for youth |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
Better paying jobs and companies paying their share of
taxes |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Higher paid job options |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
More job opportunities w/ pay |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Youth opportunity and job training |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
Jobs (*This item was repeated numerous times.) |
SE Center I L |
5/21/2003 |
|
Uma city muito industrialized |
SE Center I L |
5/21/2003 |
|
Increased "breeder" initiatives for industry
& the arts |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
A lot of jobs for people |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
More centers for education and training |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Volunteer directors permanently on staff |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Training for disabled |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
No poverty |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Better jobs |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Better jobs |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
| Attracts
good people that come to work and live with good intentions |
Bank
St. Assoc. |
6/12/2003 |
| More
state supported individuals working full days w/free Medicaid and day
care |
St.
Anne's Hosp. |
7/10/03 |
| Jobs
for people that need them |
St.
Anne's Hosp. |
7/10/03 |
| People
should not be on welfare it they are capable of working |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| More
jobs for people |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| More
job opportunities at a high rate of pay |
C
of C Waterfront |
7/23/03 |
| Jobs
for elderly |
Flint
Senior Center |
7/24/03 |
| More
jobs, especially for the elderly and youth |
Bethel
Church |
7/27/03 |
| Better
jobs with higher pay |
Bethel
Church |
7/27/03 |
| Summer
jobs for teens |
Bethel
Church |
7/27/03 |
| More
people of color in the police and fire departments and city government |
Bethel
Church |
7/27/03 |
| Give
jobs to young people |
North
Park Festival |
7/29/03 |
| Better
jobs - people can't stay healthy when they don't work |
Lafayette
Festival |
8/05/03 |
| People
need to get paid a decent amount of money to live here. |
Branch
Supper |
8/19/03 |
| Help
for Vet training & jobs - housing |
Branch
Supper |
8/19/03 |
| Jobs
that pay decent wages so especially single moms can support their family |
Habit
Management |
8/27/03 |
|
|
Environmental
|
|
Recommendation |
Venue |
Date |
|
Clean environment |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Green space |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Less grime and crime |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Good water system |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Smoke-free environments |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Do a "neighborhood sweep" |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
A clean Fall River |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Open the incinerator |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Clean streets / parks |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Cleaner parks and playground areas |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Cleaner streets and parks |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Neighborhood clean-ups |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Clean city (no trash in the streets) |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Fine property owners for trash in front of their
property or sidewalk |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
An ongoing campaign against smoking |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Water |
SE Center I L |
5/21/2003 |
|
Clean up the river |
SE Center I L |
5/21/2003 |
|
Cleaner streets |
SE Center I L |
5/21/2003 |
|
More access to waterways (Ex: fishing) |
SE Center I L |
5/21/2003 |
|
Fines for persons who do not clear their sidewalks of
snow |
SE Center I L |
5/21/2003 |
|
Expanded use of the City's waterfront |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
More sanitation workers |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Well-landscaped parks. A public garden to rival Boston's |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Cleaner air |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Clean environment |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
| Cleaner
streets denote community pride |
First
Baptist |
7/6/2003 |
| Develop
and free Quequechan River |
Niagara
Nbrhood. |
7/9/03 |
| Mas
limpieza en calles (cleaner streets) |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| Clean
it up! |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| Less
trash on the streets |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| Not
litter |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| Stop
littering |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| We
need more trees |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| Birds
singing, people having fun, and good parks |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| Get
rid of electric plants (Montaup and Brayton Point) |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| Close
the dump |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| Keep
Watuppa Pond clean |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| Keep
the streets cleaner |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| Cleaner
environment with a better slogan to support a stron g and vital
community |
St.
Anne's Hosp. |
7/10/03 |
| Litter
control effort - City-wide plan |
C
of C Waterfront |
7/23/03 |
| Clean
city streets + yards - entrances |
C
of C Waterfront |
7/23/03 |
| Get
rid of the landfill |
Flint
Senior Center |
7/24/03 |
| Stop
the gas plants |
Flint
Senior Center |
7/24/03 |
| More
litter pickup |
North
Park Festival |
7/29/03 |
| Cleaner
parks |
North
Park Festival |
7/29/03 |
| The
city needs to be cleaned up |
North
Park Festival |
7/29/03 |
| More
policemen watching and fining people that litter, including throwing
cigarette butts out of their car windows |
North
Park Festival |
7/29/03 |
| Have
a special day once a month where children & parents would clean up
our parks and neighborhoods |
North
Park Festival |
7/29/03 |
| Less
graphitti |
North
Park Festival |
7/29/03 |
| My
eight-year-old son thinks we need more trees for healthier breathing |
North
Park Festival |
7/29/03 |
| No
pollution |
North
Park Festival |
7/29/03 |
| No
air pollution |
South
Main Senior |
7/30/03 |
| Good
water / good air |
South
Main Senior |
7/30/03 |
| Pet
care - clean up after them |
South
Main Senior |
7/30/03 |
| Clean
up your filthy streets |
South
Main Senior |
7/30/03 |
| Keep
land undeveloped |
South
Main Senior |
7/30/03 |
| Nature
trails around our environmental treasures |
Talbot
Middle Sch |
7/31/03 |
| Sponsor
clean up days for school grounds ("earth day") |
Talbot
Middle Sch |
7/31/03 |
| Clean
Up Program |
Talbot
Middle Sch |
7/31/03 |
| Greater
use of Bio-reserve |
Talbot
Middle Sch |
7/31/03 |
| Volunteers
to work on clean-up efforts |
Talbot
Middle Sch |
7/31/03 |
| Cleaner
environment - streets and parks |
Talbot
Middle Sch |
7/31/03 |
| Que
ayudena otras personas a limpiar los parques. (Helping other people to
clean the park.) |
Hispanic
Apostolate |
8/03/03 |
| Fines
if property not cleaned up (hold landlords responsible) need to enforce
laws or change laws |
Dept.
of Soc. Svs. |
8/05/03 |
| We
need more trashs cans so that people wouldn't litter |
Lafayette
Festival |
8/05/03 |
| Clean
waterfront / beaches for swimming |
Lafayette
Festival |
8/05/03 |
| No
incinerator - no BFI |
Lafayette
Festival |
8/05/03 |
| Improving
the degradation in and around the BFI landfill |
Lafayette
Festival |
8/05/03 |
| Cleaner
streets - I believe that if we enforce a cleaner community, although I
know it will be difficult at first, it will stick! |
Maplewood
Festival |
8/12/03 |
| Bring
in clean industries |
Niagara
Senior Ctr. |
8/13/03 |
| No
BFI. Our drinking water is of the utmost importance |
Niagara
Senior Ctr. |
8/13/03 |
| Trash
barrels |
Niagara
Senior Ctr. |
8/13/03 |
| No
propane business in the city; keep it on the outskirts of the city |
Niagara
Senior Ctr. |
8/13/03 |
| Stop
al the pollution of big trucks blowing out all toxic waste |
WIC
/ HealthFirst |
8/15/03 |
| D.M.
by targeting "families" eating habits & exercise habits; $
to nutritionists to educate all groups! |
WIC
/ HealthFirst |
8/15/03 |
| Efforts
to reduce noise pollution (car radios) |
Early
Intervention |
8/18/03 |
| Maintaining
open spaces to counteract congested areas of the city |
Early
Intervention |
8/18/03 |
| A
healthier Fall River would not sit across the River from the two largest
polluters in the state (from coal-burning plants). The cost to its
citizens (in both their longevity + quality of life) is an outrage |
Early
Intervention |
8/18/03 |
| Less
dog poop on the sidewalks of Kennedy Park, one of the few places people
go to get a cardiovascular walk in |
Early
Intervention |
8/18/03 |
| More
trash cans! Litter is terrible. |
Early
Intervention |
8/18/03 |
| Tighter
on people who litter. In RI it's a $500 litter fine. |
Branch
Supper |
8/19/03 |
| Clean
Cook Pond! |
Branch
Supper |
8/19/03 |
| Stop
letting other cities dump here |
Branch
Supper |
8/19/03 |
| I
see clearer land and scenery |
Branch
Supper |
8/19/03 |
| Showing
our children better examples when they are finished with candy papers,
soda bottles, how to dispose of them properly instead of just throwing
them anyplace. |
Shepherd
Center |
8/25/03 |
| Clean
the streets of dog waste so the quality of air is much cleaner,
especially in the hot, humid summer months. |
Habit
Management |
8/27/03 |
|
|
Faith & Spiritual Life
|
|
Recommendation |
Venue |
Date |
|
Faith and spirituality |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
People slowing down with their lives so there's less
stress |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Welcome each others' beliefs |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
| Stronger
unity between congregations / agencies |
First
Baptist |
7/6/2003 |
| Interaction
of churches within neighborhoods |
Shepherd
Center |
8/25/03 |
| Open
prayer rooms staffed by church volunteers |
Shepherd
Center |
8/25/03 |
| Get
more people involved in Buddhism |
Buddhist
Temple |
8/26/03 |
|
|
Healthcare & Human Services
|
|
Recommendation |
Venue |
Date |
|
Health care |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Adequate services |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Alternative medicine |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Free health care |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Free dental care to pick up the slack due to Mass Health
cuts |
SE Center I L |
5/21/2003 |
|
Programs that lower alcohol and drug addiction |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Programs that lower obesity |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
More opportunity and access to mental health/substance
abuse services |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Access for everyone to healthcare, esp. mental health
& substance abuse |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Better mental health system |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
| Greater
access to healthcare without red tape |
First
Baptist |
7/6/2003 |
| Adequate
housing, available health promotion and disease prevention initiatives,
clean air, adequate water supply and sanitation, free immunizations and
prenatal care to the disenfranchised |
St.
Anne's Hosp. |
7/10/03 |
| Providing
more affordable health care to children and elderly |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| Access
to healthcare at community clinics |
Flint
Senior Center |
7/24/03 |
| Free
medical care |
Flint
Senior Center |
7/24/03 |
| Better
mental care for everyone |
Bethel
Church |
7/27/03 |
| Good
quality of health care |
Bethel
Church |
7/27/03 |
| Better
mental health care, especially for children with depression |
Bethel
Church |
7/27/03 |
| Programs
in schools to pick up problems with kids earlier |
Bethel
Church |
7/27/03 |
| People
knowing the dangers of any sickness |
North
Park Festival |
7/29/03 |
| Having
a place to be tested HIV/AIDS prevention |
North
Park Festival |
7/29/03 |
| Needle
exchange |
North
Park Festival |
7/29/03 |
| More
free care for people without any insurance |
North
Park Festival |
7/29/03 |
| More
alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs |
North
Park Festival |
7/29/03 |
| Decrease
on the cost of the pills that we take as seniors |
South
Main Senior |
7/30/03 |
| Access
to good healthcare |
South
Main Senior |
7/30/03 |
| Servicio
de interpretes en clinicas y hospitales inclusive fines de semana.
(Interpreter services in clinics and hospitals, including weekends) |
Hispanic
Apostolate |
8/03/03 |
| Servicio
de orientacion sicotogica bilingue, en pos de consequir una optima salud
mental que se refleja via en mejor servico a la comunidad. (Verbal,
bilingual orientation service in pursuit of attaining optimal mental
health that is reflected in better service to the community. |
Hispanic
Apostolate |
8/03/03 |
| Servicos
sociale (Social services to support families in financial difficulty) |
Hispanic
Apostolate |
8/03/03 |
| Child
care for working families |
Hispanic
Apostolate |
8/03/03 |
| Clinics
in the neighborhoods |
Lafayette
Festival |
8/05/03 |
| More
support for mental health, shut-ins and for homeless |
Maplewood
Festival |
8/12/03 |
| A
better health care plan |
Maplewood
Festival |
8/12/03 |
| Affordable
prescriptions for everybody! |
Niagara
Senior Ctr. |
8/13/03 |
| Make
sure there is help for fire victims |
Niagara
Senior Ctr. |
8/13/03 |
| Free
health clinics for less fortunate individuals meaning check-ups |
Branch
Supper |
8/19/03 |
| Better
health check ups at the schools |
Branch
Supper |
8/19/03 |
| More
compassionate access to medical care and medication |
Shepherd
Center |
8/25/03 |
| Help
the homeless to improve their circumstances by offering programs of
education, etc. |
Shepherd
Center |
8/25/03 |
| More
interpreter services in community agencies with follow-up by the same
translator to ensure continuity in care |
Buddhist
Temple |
8/26/03 |
| Central
communication in agencies and hospitals so everyone will know who to
contact and how to get services |
Buddhist
Temple |
8/26/03 |
| People
who understand the Cambodian culture to provide services |
Buddhist
Temple |
8/26/03 |
| Methadone
awareness |
Habit
Management |
8/27/03 |
| Better
plan about coming off welfare. Giving more money in jobs some people
would want to get off it. |
Habit
Management |
8/27/03 |
| More
help for people that are homeless and for families of drug addicts ,
like more family counseling and more homeless shelters. |
Habit
Management |
8/27/03 |
|
|
Healthy Food
|
|
Recommendation |
Venue |
Date |
|
Quality food supply |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Lunch programs |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
People to support programs & initiative |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Better restaurants |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
| Better
eating habits |
C
of C Waterfront |
7/23/03 |
| Better
food from politicians at community events |
Flint
Senior Center |
7/24/03 |
| A
supermarket downtown |
South
Main Senior |
7/30/03 |
| Cooking
classes at school that teach kids how to read nutritional charts on food |
Talbot
Middle Sch |
7/31/03 |
| People
would eat better food and they'd be healthier (its too convenient to eat
fast food) |
Lafayette
Festival |
8/05/03 |
| Eating
healthier foods! |
Lafayette
Festival |
8/05/03 |
| More
restaurants - different ones |
Lafayette
Festival |
8/05/03 |
| Decaffeinated
coffee for our senior centers (half of all seniors are on hypertension
medication) |
Niagara
Senior Ctr. |
8/13/03 |
| Free
lunches for seniors every day, even on weekends |
Niagara
Senior Ctr. |
8/13/03 |
| Good
diet for everybody! |
Niagara
Senior Ctr. |
8/13/03 |
| Have
healthier foods offered in restaurants that are quick to get |
WIC
/ HealthFirst |
8/15/03 |
| Healthier
babies - healthier adults - a community that will support breastfeeding
& will push pregnant women do do so |
WIC
/ HealthFirst |
8/15/03 |
| A
farmers market year round |
WIC
/ HealthFirst |
8/15/03 |
| Target
healthy eating for all children, not just economically disadvantaged |
WIC
/ HealthFirst |
8/15/03 |
| A
healthier Fall River would make a commitment to looking honestly at what
its citizens put into their bodies (cigarette smoke, food, drugs, air). |
Early
Intervention |
8/18/03 |
| Less
donut shops; less hot dog restaurants, a staple of Fall River cuisine |
Early
Intervention |
8/18/03 |
| More
major grocery stores in center of city to help people purchase healthier
foods by creating less obstacles to get to the store OR provide shuttle
service for low-income families to major grocery stores from housing
projects, minivans or specific days, etc. |
Early
Intervention |
8/18/03 |
|
|
Housing
|
|
Recommendation |
Venue |
Date |
|
Adequate housing |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Affordable, secure housing |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Children that live in homes w/love, nurturance,
guidance, understanding |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Housing for everyone |
SE Center I L |
5/21/2003 |
|
Lower some of the rents |
SE Center I L |
5/21/2003 |
|
More homes for people with low income |
SE Center I L |
5/21/2003 |
|
More Section 8 certificates |
SE Center I L |
5/21/2003 |
|
Genuine homeless shelters w/board & care homes after |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Actual affordable apartments |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
New 3-decker houses that are affordable |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Affordable and accessible housing |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Places to help the homeless |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Solution to solve housing crisis |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Bring better housing |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
| Churches
working with homeless shelters |
First
Baptist |
7/6/2003 |
| A
city with no homeless |
First
Baptist |
7/6/2003 |
| Different
tax levels for absentee landlord |
Niagara
Nbrhood. |
7/9/03 |
| Watuppa
heights would remain standing |
Niagara
Nbrhood. |
7/9/03 |
| Control
absentee landlords |
Niagara
Nbrhood. |
7/9/03 |
| Get
rid of low income housing |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| A
smooth transition from homeless to safe permanent housing/ having
shelters, transitional settings + placement into permanent housing |
St.
Anne's Hosp. |
7/10/03 |
| To
have no homeless |
St.
Anne's Hosp. |
7/10/03 |
| Affordable
housing, including home ownership |
Bethel
Church |
7/27/03 |
| More
affordable housing for low-income families |
Talbot
Middle Sch |
7/31/03 |
| Put
services in projects (where they are living) relocate resources and
services to increase ease of access |
Dept.
of Soc. Svs. |
8/05/03 |
| Less
crowded housing |
Lafayette
Festival |
8/05/03 |
| Bringing
programs where Section 8 vouchers can be used towards purchasing a home |
Maplewood
Festival |
8/12/03 |
| Habitat
for humanity programs (programs where there build-in incentives to own
and maintain property |
Maplewood
Festival |
8/12/03 |
| I
would include more housing inspections |
Maplewood
Festival |
8/12/03 |
| Keep
our FR people in our city not people from Boston to take our housing |
Maplewood
Festival |
8/12/03 |
| Stop
taking in low income people from Boston and vicinity. We have enough of
our own. |
Niagara
Senior Ctr. |
8/13/03 |
| Housing
development improvements or closing |
WIC
/ HealthFirst |
8/15/03 |
| Shelters
for homeless |
Branch
Supper |
8/19/03 |
| Rent
control |
Branch
Supper |
8/19/03 |
| Food,
clothes, shelter for all. Warm, dry shelter. |
Branch
Supper |
8/19/03 |
| More
affordable houses, especially for poor people |
Buddhist
Temple |
8/26/03 |
|
|
Infrastructure
|
|
Recommendation |
Venue |
Date |
|
Safe and clean streets (*This response was
repeated numerous times.) |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Parks and gardens |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Water supply |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Bikes and bike trails |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Downtown/accessible shops |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Library |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Noise abatement |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Bookstores |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
No graffiti |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Urban design |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Responsive utilities |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Support after-school sport programs |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
Better infrastructure: streets, parks, schools, athletic
fields |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Good water system |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Better paying jobs and companies paying their share of
taxes |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Better, more clear traffic signs |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Higher tax rate for more money flow |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Adequate funding for education |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Roads |
SE Center I L |
5/21/2003 |
|
Water |
SE Center I L |
5/21/2003 |
|
Accessible rest rooms |
SE Center I L |
5/21/2003 |
|
Fines for persons who do not clear their sidewalks of
snow |
SE Center I L |
5/21/2003 |
|
Accessible gyms |
SE Center I L |
5/21/2003 |
|
Remember persons with disabilities at public events |
SE Center I L |
5/21/2003 |
|
Pot holes need filling (*This response was repeated
numerous times.) |
Main Senior Ctr |
5/21/2003 |
|
City Hall needs improvement |
Main Senior Ctr |
5/21/2003 |
|
Planting fruit trees with benches under them |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Expanded use of the City's waterfront |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Clean roads - no pot holes |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Better plumbing for our clean water |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
A denser city center |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Restrictions on sprawl |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Pedestrian-friendly downtown |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Well-landscaped parks. A public garden to rival Boston's |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Bicycle paths |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Better restaurants |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Make a civic center |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Better roads |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
| Healthy
and growing |
Bank
St. Assoc. |
6/12/2003 |
| Safer
cross-walks - better marking |
Niagara
Nbrhood. |
7/9/03 |
| Enforcement
of the zoning laws |
Niagara
Nbrhood. |
7/9/03 |
| Revive
downtown |
Niagara
Nbrhood. |
7/9/03 |
| Revise
downtown |
Niagara
Nbrhood. |
7/9/03 |
| Neighborhood
development taking into account neighborhood |
Niagara
Nbrhood. |
7/9/03 |
| Less
highways around B. Cove |
St.
Anne's Hosp. |
7/10/03 |
| A
vibrant downtown area |
St.
Anne's Hosp. |
7/10/03 |
| Mantenimiento
a los parkes (park maintenance) |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| Groupos
que se dediaqueno a promoer y ejecutar lompieza en calles (groups that
will promote and do the cleaning of the streets) |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| Get
drugs out of the City or at least start trying |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| Pot
holes; fix our streets |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| More
lights out at night |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| Make
this city clean and no trouble |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| Downtown
Master Plan |
C
of C Waterfront |
7/23/03 |
| Community
Center |
Flint
Senior Center |
7/24/03 |
| Better
water pipes |
Flint
Senior Center |
7/24/03 |
| Cleaner
sidewalks - without grass in the cracks |
Bethel
Church |
7/27/03 |
| Water
pressure |
Bethel
Church |
7/27/03 |
| Better
parks |
Bethel
Church |
7/27/03 |
| The
City Hall should be relocated & the "Granite Block"
restored, as well as the Quequechan River |
North
Park Festival |
7/29/03 |
| Commuter
rail |
North
Park Festival |
7/29/03 |
| Better
water |
South
Main Senior |
7/30/03 |
| More
stores on Main Street |
South
Main Senior |
7/30/03 |
| Stop
putting up office buildings |
South
Main Senior |
7/30/03 |
| Maintenance
schedule for all city buildings |
Talbot
Middle Sch |
7/31/03 |
| Well
maintained public buildings (schools, Government Center) |
Talbot
Middle Sch |
7/31/03 |
| Tear
Route 79 down |
Talbot
Middle Sch |
7/31/03 |
| Jejarar
las calles. Algunas estar dandois. Pintar las senalizaciones de las
calles. (To improve the streets. Some are ravines. To paint the lines on
the streets.) |
Hispanic
Apostolate |
8/03/03 |
| Tratar
a traer mas inversiones, insertivar a los empresacios. (To discuss or
bring about putting more investment into start-up businesses. |
Hispanic
Apostolate |
8/03/03 |
| Plans
to take advantage of funds in community |
Dept.
of Soc. Svs. |
8/05/03 |
| Improve
waterfront; add gift shops |
Charlton
Memorial |
8/05/05 |
| Government
Center improvements; add waterfall |
Charlton
Memorial |
8/05/05 |
| Good
streets and better homes and better pot holes in the streets |
Lafayette
Festival |
8/05/03 |
| It
would look like Portland, Maine |
Lafayette
Festival |
8/05/03 |
| A
Christmas Tree shop! |
Lafayette
Festival |
8/05/03 |
| A
full independent city audit of the City of Fall River |
Lafayette
Festival |
8/05/03 |
| Need
bathrooms at the Park |
Maplewood
Festival |
8/12/03 |
| Cleaner
& newer parks |
Maplewood
Festival |
8/12/03 |
| Get
rid of old beat-up buildings |
Maplewood
Festival |
8/12/03 |
| Speed
bumps in Maple Gardens |
Maplewood
Festival |
8/12/03 |
| Street
signs to I.D. streets |
Niagara
Senior Ctr. |
8/13/03 |
| Need
more street lights on some streets |
Niagara
Senior Ctr. |
8/13/03 |
| Repaint
lines in the street |
Niagara
Senior Ctr. |
8/13/03 |
| Fix
incinerator |
Niagara
Senior Ctr. |
8/13/03 |
| More
tree-lined streets |
WIC
/ HealthFirst |
8/15/03 |
| Continued
efforts to demolish unsightly / abandoned buildings |
Early
Intervention |
8/18/03 |
| More
sites, boutiques, etc. to attract visitors |
Early
Intervention |
8/18/03 |
| Combine
separate utility companies for billing purposes (one bill) |
Branch
Supper |
8/19/03 |
| A
better D.P.W. (more conscientious of their job performance) |
Shepherd
Center |
8/25/03 |
| Improved
access to all buildings for handicapped |
Shepherd
Center |
8/25/03 |
| No
new laws (all you have to do is enforce the laws and regulations
that re in place already.) These examples can be found all over the
country. |
Habit
Management |
8/27/03 |
|
|
Recreation
|
|
Recommendation |
Venue |
Date |
|
Recreation |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Waterfront activities |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Physical activity |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Build a teen center |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
A lot of youth activities and involvement |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
More worthwhile yout activities |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Casino |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Plenty of activities for young and old alike (variety) |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Get more activities for children to keep them off the
streets |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Activities and programs run by youth |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
Youth programs -- for both good and bad |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
Amusement Park |
SE Center I L |
5/21/2003 |
|
More free activities (Ex: Recreation) |
SE Center I L |
5/21/2003 |
|
More access to waterways (Ex: fishing) |
SE Center I L |
5/21/2003 |
|
Accessible gyms |
SE Center I L |
5/21/2003 |
|
More Senior Centers open. Don't Close any |
Main Senior Ctr |
5/21/2003 |
|
More activities for seniors |
Main Senior Ctr |
5/21/2003 |
|
More centers for our seniors |
Main Senior Ctr |
5/21/2003 |
|
Concerts in the park |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Place for concerts |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Dance clubs / strip clubs |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Access to use of river for water sports |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Museums to see my own culture and other peoples culture |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Activities at the library for residents and children |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Well-landscaped parks. A public garden to rival Boston's |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
| More
walking / biking paths |
Niagara
Nbrhood. |
7/9/03 |
| Improved
parks |
Niagara
Nbrhood. |
7/9/03 |
| Activadades
familiares (family activities) |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| To
see neighborhood parks for children + events for families to participate |
St.
Anne's Hosp. |
7/10/03 |
| Better
use of parks + riverfront |
St.
Anne's Hosp. |
7/10/03 |
| Children
playing safely |
St.
Anne's Hosp. |
7/10/03 |
| Parks
that don't get ruined |
St.
Anne's Hosp. |
7/10/03 |
| De
portes (sports) |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| Implementar
mas activadades para jouvenes entre 13 y 16 aņos (implement more
activities for teens 13 to 16 years) |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| Free
paintball park |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| Sk8
Park at Kennedy Park |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| More
fun for people of all ages |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| Something
for the kids to do |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| Bring
another pool or bring kids on trips more |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| Do
something more in the battleship |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| Please
have programs for kids over the age 15 |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| Groups
for free after school for children of a certain age so kids will stay
off streets and be able to learn and have fun at the same time |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| More
activity for people of diverse backgrounds |
C
of C Waterfront |
7/23/03 |
| More
walking trails |
C
of C Waterfront |
7/23/03 |
| More
activities for teens |
Bethel
Church |
7/27/03 |
| Set
up a forum to discuss what recreation teens need |
Bethel
Church |
7/27/03 |
| A
grant for teen activities: block parties, park activities, plays |
Bethel
Church |
7/27/03 |
| Fall
River community center and sports complex |
Bethel
Church |
7/27/03 |
| Subsidies
for sports and school activities for those who cannot afford fees |
Bethel
Church |
7/27/03 |
| Father
& son groups on weekends |
North
Park Festival |
7/29/03 |
| Kids
need to be involved more in activities |
North
Park Festival |
7/29/03 |
| Youth
centers for pre-teens and teens |
North
Park Festival |
7/29/03 |
| Need
zoos |
North
Park Festival |
7/29/03 |
| Bring
back the Fourth of July |
North
Park Festival |
7/29/03 |
| More
family events |
North
Park Festival |
7/29/03 |
| Another
pool |
North
Park Festival |
7/29/03 |
| More
places for teens |
North
Park Festival |
7/29/03 |
| More
activities for everyone |
North
Park Festival |
7/29/03 |
| Open
up some beaches |
South
Main Senior |
7/30/03 |
| Senior
Centers, to have for seniors to have a place to talk to each other and
to play card, read books and papers |
South
Main Senior |
7/30/03 |
| A
new comfort station (at Kennedy Park) to relieve yourself when walking |
South
Main Senior |
7/30/03 |
| Casino
at Lincoln Park |
South
Main Senior |
7/30/03 |
| Casino
and a large bingo hall |
South
Main Senior |
7/30/03 |
| Bike
paths through natural resources |
Talbot
Middle Sch |
7/31/03 |
| More
nature trails - bike paths |
Talbot
Middle Sch |
7/31/03 |
| Bike
path around South Wattupa Pond |
Talbot
Middle Sch |
7/31/03 |
| Positive
events - cultural connections |
Talbot
Middle Sch |
7/31/03 |
| Activities
for low-income kids |
Talbot
Middle Sch |
7/31/03 |
| Club
dos sportes (Sports club - with a gym!) |
Hispanic
Apostolate |
8/03/03 |
| More
indoor activities for our youth |
Lafayette
Festival |
8/05/03 |
| A
new basketball court |
Lafayette
Festival |
8/05/03 |
| Trolley
tours to historical sites |
Lafayette
Festival |
8/05/03 |
| Use
of ponds for swimming - better use of parks |
Maplewood
Festival |
8/12/03 |
| Like
to see a pool in Maplewood Park |
Maplewood
Festival |
8/12/03 |
| Places
for children to hang out |
Maplewood
Festival |
8/12/03 |
| A
new drive-in with volunteer police patrol or a downtown movie theatre |
Maplewood
Festival |
8/12/03 |
| Amusement
park |
Maplewood
Festival |
8/12/03 |
| Prover
el deporte en los residenciales publico y arte manuales |
Maplewood
Festival |
8/12/03 |
| Better
walking areas for exercise - walking |
Niagara
Senior Ctr. |
8/13/03 |
| Exercise
for everybody! |
Niagara
Senior Ctr. |
8/13/03 |
| More
financial assistance. for exercise programs so all people can join a
program if they need to |
WIC
/ HealthFirst |
8/15/03 |
| Offer
neighborhood activities - walk programs |
WIC
/ HealthFirst |
8/15/03 |
| Design
walkways in other parks that people can get a fitness walk in |
Early
Intervention |
8/18/03 |
| More
organized activity programs for children/adults together to get more
exercise |
Early
Intervention |
8/18/03 |
| Put
a walk/path in place of railroad line from Westport line to Plymouth
Ave. |
Early
Intervention |
8/18/03 |
| Roller
skating rink for kids |
Branch
Supper |
8/19/03 |
| BMX
track for kids |
Branch
Supper |
8/19/03 |
| Children's
swings and jungle gyms for kids |
Branch
Supper |
8/19/03 |
|
|
Safety
|
|
Recommendation |
Venue |
Date |
|
Public Safety |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Safe and clean streets (*This response was repeated
numerous times.) |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Healthy and safe schools |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Drug prevention |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
A community with good paying jobs and with no crime |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Less grime and crime |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
No gangs |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
People having more respect for each other and their
property |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Affordable, secure housing |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Drug-free, crime-free (*This response was repeated
numerous times.) |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Children that live in homes w/love, nurturance,
guidance, understanding |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Policemen who actually do more for citizens |
SE Center I L |
5/21/2003 |
|
More safe areas for children |
SE Center I L |
5/21/2003 |
|
Fines for persons who do not clear their sidewalks of
snow |
SE Center I L |
5/21/2003 |
|
Signal lights to cross the street for visually impaired |
SE Center I L |
5/21/2003 |
|
City Hall needs colors on stairs that would be visible |
SE Center I L |
5/21/2003 |
|
Need more police on the street (*This response was
repeated numerous times.) |
Main Senior Ctr |
5/21/2003 |
|
More firemen |
Main Senior Ctr |
5/21/2003 |
|
Get drug dealers off the street |
Main Senior Ctr |
5/21/2003 |
|
More police and less drugs and shootings |
Main Senior Ctr |
5/21/2003 |
|
More police |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Free of crime |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Protecting women forever |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
| Safe
and clean for the youth |
Bank
St. Assoc. |
6/12/2003 |
| A
non-smoking community |
First
Baptist |
7/6/2003 |
| Community
policing |
Niagara
Nbrhood. |
7/9/03 |
| Larger
community police unit |
Niagara
Nbrhood. |
7/9/03 |
| Safer
neighborhood streets |
St.
Anne's Hosp. |
7/10/03 |
| Drugs
cleaning |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| Better
police man |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| Less
drug addicts on welfare |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| Less
violence and gangs |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| Taking
steps to combat the growing drug problems |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| Less
smoking |
C
of C Waterfront |
7/23/03 |
| Less
substance abuse |
C
of C Waterfront |
7/23/03 |
| No
guns or vandalism |
Flint
Senior Center |
7/24/03 |
| More
police on the streets at night |
Bethel
Church |
7/27/03 |
| More
police on the streets to keep crime down |
North
Park Festival |
7/29/03 |
| Giving
our children better, safer streets |
North
Park Festival |
7/29/03 |
| Make
it less easy to get access to marijuana or cocaine |
North
Park Festival |
7/29/03 |
| Get
rid of drugs |
North
Park Festival |
7/29/03 |
| Repair
sidewalks and have more law enforcement (police officers) on duty |
South
Main Senior |
7/30/03 |
| Improve
the sidewalks and police walking instead of in the car |
South
Main Senior |
7/30/03 |
| Would
like to go out in the evening without being afraid |
South
Main Senior |
7/30/03 |
| Give
pedestrians the right of way |
South
Main Senior |
7/30/03 |
| Fix
the crosswalk lights so they work |
South
Main Senior |
7/30/03 |
| Winter
snow - poor cleaning |
South
Main Senior |
7/30/03 |
| Gangs
- Focus Groups |
Talbot
Middle Sch |
7/31/03 |
| Get
drugs off the streets |
Talbot
Middle Sch |
7/31/03 |
| Less
violence - more good role models |
Lafayette
Festival |
8/05/03 |
| You
could leave your bike on the lawn |
Lafayette
Festival |
8/05/03 |
| Nobody
smokes any more! |
Lafayette
Festival |
8/05/03 |
| Smoke
free businesses - Citizens for Citizens |
Lafayette
Festival |
8/05/03 |
| Speed
bumps near our playgrounds, especially the park road near Kennedy - too
many injuries & accidents. My child was run over!! |
Lafayette
Festival |
8/05/03 |
| Get
closer to neighbors & police to keep crime down |
Lafayette
Festival |
8/05/03 |
| Take
my daughter to the park w/o being afraid of punks |
Maplewood
Festival |
8/12/03 |
| The
police to control the parks more for the children to be able to go to
the park and be safe |
Maplewood
Festival |
8/12/03 |
| More
police walking the beat instead of being in their cars |
Niagara
Senior Ctr. |
8/13/03 |
| Decrease
smoking in restaurants, especially during family prime time |
WIC
/ HealthFirst |
8/15/03 |
| A
curfew for ages 12 & older |
WIC
/ HealthFirst |
8/15/03 |
| Smoke-free
businesses |
WIC
/ HealthFirst |
8/15/03 |
| No
smoking allowed in restaurants |
WIC
/ HealthFirst |
8/15/03 |
| My
vision of Fall River in a new healthier version would be to crack down
on crime, and drugs, on the streets. |
Branch
Supper |
8/19/03 |
| Try
to keep the city quiet at night, maybe by putting on a curfew for
younger people |
Branch
Supper |
8/19/03 |
| More
policemen on walking patrol in the city |
Shepherd
Center |
8/25/03 |
| More
outrage around drugs and methadone |
Habit
Management |
8/27/03 |
|
|
Schools & Youth
|
|
Recommendation |
Venue |
Date |
|
Education and schools |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Youth activities |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Healthy and safe schools |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Child care |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
School guidance counselors |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Build a teen center |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
Support after-school sport programs |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
Hold more youth conferences |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
Get input from youth |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
Build understanding of youth |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
Programs for youth |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
Talk to the youth - work with parents |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
Organize youth events like the Mayor's Youth Forum |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
Bring the gangs together |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
Acknowledge when youth do positive things |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
Be more encouraging and supportive of youth |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
Activities and programs run by youth |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
Education on drugs & violence - creativity |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
Youth programs -- for both good and bad |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
More places for kids to play |
Main Senior Ctr |
5/21/2003 |
|
Sex education classes to lower teenage pregnancy rates |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
A lot of youth activities and involvement |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
More worthwhile youth activities |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Excellent schools |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Children that live in homes w/love, nurturance,
guidance, understanding |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Plenty of activities for young and old alike (variety) |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Lower drop-out rate |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Alternative schools / new schools |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Get more activities for children to keep them off the
streets |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
| Safe
and clean for the youth |
Bank
St. Assoc. |
6/12/2003 |
| More
youth programs, esp. for young teens |
Niagara
Nbrhood. |
7/9/03 |
| Una
juventud saludabla con nuevos objetivos (healthy youth with new good
objectives) |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| Many
more things for children |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| More
things for kids to do |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| Better
high school |
Bethel
Church |
7/27/03 |
| More
work with teens, e.g. teen center, more programs and jobs for teens |
Bethel
Church |
7/27/03 |
| More
parenting groups |
North
Park Festival |
7/29/03 |
| Children
have a place to stay after school with a snack |
North
Park Festival |
7/29/03 |
| More
teachers in schools |
North
Park Festival |
7/29/03 |
| Better
education |
North
Park Festival |
7/29/03 |
| Adult
mentors for kids |
Talbot
Middle Sch |
7/31/03 |
| Walking
clubs during lunch at school to allow children fresh air and exercise |
Talbot
Middle Sch |
7/31/03 |
| Liquid
soap and paper towels in school bathrooms |
Talbot
Middle Sch |
7/31/03 |
| Help
for adolescents who are not the most gifted |
Hispanic
Apostolate |
8/03/03 |
| Change
cycle of school suspension / need to develop program to avoid misuse of
current system |
Dept.
of Soc. Svs. |
8/05/03 |
| Better
use of human resources, i.e. on-site school project at Durfee |
Dept.
of Soc. Svs. |
8/05/03 |
| Investment
in children: sports programs, community center, city-sponsored
activities (park-bands/concerts-clean-up) |
Charlton
Memorial |
8/05/05 |
| Fund
raising for service cuts to education and sports programs |
Charlton
Memorial |
8/05/05 |
| More
people would be visiting the schools toa talk about things like
littering and other important issues |
Lafayette
Festival |
8/05/03 |
| We
need to talk to kids in a way that they can hear it |
Lafayette
Festival |
8/05/03 |
| Teen
awareness groups |
Lafayette
Festival |
8/05/03 |
| Students
not allowed into schools with lice |
Lafayette
Festival |
8/05/03 |
| Improved
technology in our schools |
Maplewood
Festival |
8/12/03 |
| Better
public relations between school administrators and the public |
Maplewood
Festival |
8/12/03 |
| Better
school system / more strict on children in public school - like Charter
Schools |
Maplewood
Festival |
8/12/03 |
| It
would improve if all the elementary schools had morning care until the
regular school time starts |
Maplewood
Festival |
8/12/03 |
| Children
not living in poverty and protected from violence and abuse |
Early
Intervention |
8/18/03 |
| More
focus towards education and after-school programs and children's
activities. |
Branch
Supper |
8/19/03 |
| Making
programs for children or teens to do better |
Branch
Supper |
8/19/03 |
| Schools
should be more strict with children and their behavior |
Buddhist
Temple |
8/26/03 |
| Better
communication between schools and parents |
Buddhist
Temple |
8/26/03 |
| Fewer
students per classroom |
Buddhist
Temple |
8/26/03 |
| Improve
services in every department |
Buddhist
Temple |
8/26/03 |
|
|
Transportation
|
|
Recommendation |
Venue |
Date |
|
Public transportation |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Allocate money for return of cut school programs |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
Transportation past 6:00 at night, holidays & W/E
esp. for disabled |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
More transportation for seniors |
Main Senior Ctr |
5/21/2003 |
|
Real transportation - busses for 2nd shift |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Schedules on the bus stop signs |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Trolleys, light rail, etc. |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Bicycle paths |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Shuttle bus |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
| Easier
access to Boston |
First
Baptist |
7/6/2003 |
| The
ability to have transportation available to be able to travel in evening
hours |
St.
Anne's Hosp. |
7/10/03 |
| Transportation
for children to go to school |
St.
Anne's Hosp. |
7/10/03 |
| Commuter
rail access to the city |
C
of C Waterfront |
7/23/03 |
| More
buses will be great for everybody trading in the city |
North
Park Festival |
7/29/03 |
| Public
areas where we can enjoy ourselves and the transportation to get there |
South
Main Senior |
7/30/03 |
| Less
use of cars and more walking |
South
Main Senior |
7/30/03 |
| More
busses |
South
Main Senior |
7/30/03 |
| Beautiful
new sidewalk at Heritage Park but can't get to it. Should have daily
shuttle (evening) for music at park. |
South
Main Senior |
7/30/03 |
| Need
more handicapped parking places on South Main (esp. near Academy
Building) |
South
Main Senior |
7/30/03 |
| Free
bus transportation on high ozone level days like in Rhode Island |
South
Main Senior |
7/30/03 |
| Respectful
drivers |
South
Main Senior |
7/30/03 |
| Later
bus hours and Sunday routes |
Hispanic
Apostolate |
8/03/03 |
| Join
schools and transportation |
Dept.
of Soc. Svs. |
8/05/03 |
| Should
be bus transportation on Sunday |
Niagara
Senior Ctr. |
8/13/03 |
| Commuter
rail to Boston |
Branch
Supper |
8/19/03 |
| We
need transportation provided by the City to and from City celebrations |
Shepherd
Center |
8/25/03 |
| FRCA
- lack of day-time buses with stops along the route |
Shepherd
Center |
8/25/03 |
| Free
parking spaces and meters |
Shepherd
Center |
8/25/03 |
| Improved
roads and signage |
Shepherd
Center |
8/25/03 |
|
|
Values & Attitudes
|
|
Recommendation |
Venue |
Date |
|
Good neighbors/value diversity |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Acceptance of all |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Embrace families |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Quality of life/less stress |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Respect and support elderly |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Cooperation and collaboration |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Community pride |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Community gatherings |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Smoke-free community |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Work with other cities and towns |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Tax free community |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Clean up TV |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Old fashioned morality |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Long range vision |
Forum |
2/27/2003 |
|
Build understanding of youth |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
An interest and commitment to the community |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
People slowing down with their lives so there's less
stress |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
More people helping one another a little bit more |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Humanize each other |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
People having more respect for each other and their
property |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Welcome each others' beliefs |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
People working together as a "community" to
make the city safe & happy |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Children that live in homes w/love, nurturance,
guidance, understanding |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
People to be friendlier, courteous, considerate and
polite |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Community Pride |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
More sense of community pride |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Less isolationism |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Commitment to Education |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Listen |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
Acknowledge when youth do positive things |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
Be more encouraging and supportive of youth |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
Be more accepting |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
Support / listening / helping adults |
Youth Forum |
5/17/2003 |
|
Museums to see my own culture and other peoples
culture |
Towne House |
5/14/2003 |
|
Reaching out to new people coming |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Setting up support communities for small ethnic groups |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Helping people to see a more positive outlook |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
|
Talk shows with a positive approach |
Parent Advisory |
6/5/2003 |
| More
respectful to each other |
Bank
St. Assoc. |
6/12/2003 |
| A
caring community |
First
Baptist |
7/6/2003 |
| Community
organizations with a common vision to enable self-reliance |
First
Baptist |
7/6/2003 |
| Kind
and tolerant of its diversity (ethnic an otherwise) |
Bank
St. Assoc. |
6/12/2003 |
| A
community that cares about each other, our history and our future |
Bank
St. Assoc. |
6/12/2003 |
| Ability
to listen to the little voices which have the most effect on helping
to better their neighbors' lives |
Bank
St. Assoc. |
6/12/2003 |
| People
accepting each other |
Niagara
Nbrhood. |
7/9/03 |
| Respect
for all ages |
St.
Anne's Hospital |
7/10/03 |
| Support
a strong and vital community |
St.
Anne's Hosp. |
7/10/03 |
| Realization
we cannot bury our heads in the sand by thinking "This is not our
problem" - No man is an island - "The bell tolls for all of
us" |
St.
Anne's Hospital |
7/10/03 |
| If
we can solve the problem when it is small, we have a better chance of
avoiding massive ones later |
St.
Anne's Hospital |
7/10/03 |
| Try
to be positive - the glass is 1/2 full, not 1/2 empty |
St.
Anne's Hospital |
7/10/03 |
| Community
where people desire to live and work, bare necessities, cleanliness
and meaningful jobs |
St.
Anne's Hosp. |
7/10/03 |
| A
community where people desire to live and work |
St.
Anne's Hosp. |
7/10/03 |
| Fall
River is a city that is committed to its population w/a strong focus
on its youth, elderly |
St.
Anne's Hosp. |
7/10/03 |
| Utilizing
assets/diversity/revenue to support programs through promoting the
culture and feel of the city |
St.
Anne's Hosp. |
7/10/03 |
| Less
racism and more friendliness toward people of all races |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| Everyone
getting along |
Abbott
Festival |
7/22/03 |
| Community
with a positive attitude |
C
of C Waterfront |
7/23/03 |
| To
come full circle and start setting trends - forward thinking: Best
way to deal with trash - transportation |
C
of C Waterfront |
7/23/03 |
| Diversity
- teach children as well |
Bethel
Church |
7/27/03 |
| Pick
up morale for the whole city |
Bethel
Church |
7/27/03 |
| More
attention to elders and kids |
North
Park Festival |
7/29/03 |
| A
place where everyone was a tight community who care about each other |
North
Park Festival |
7/29/03 |
| Family-friendly
neighborhoods |
North
Park Festival |
7/29/03 |
| Looking
out for one another; not being individual |
North
Park Festival |
7/29/03 |
| Togetherness |
South
Main Senior |
7/30/03 |
| Peace
of mind |
South
Main Senior |
7/30/03 |
| Reorganization
/ change how we present what we do and how we do it; self reflect and
review our own strengths and weaknesses |
Dept.
of Soc. Svs. |
8/05/03 |
| There's
a lot of hatred between the races |
Lafayette
Festival |
8/05/03 |
| Cooperation
between cultures |
Maplewood
Festival |
8/12/03 |
| Everyone
living well together and understanding the needs of their neighbors |
Maplewood
Festival |
8/12/03 |
| Healthier
Fall River would include making neighborhoods more health conscious to
children |
Maplewood
Festival |
8/12/03 |
| People
being in harmony with respect for one another |
Maplewood
Festival |
8/12/03 |
| People
helping people instead of being cruel |
Branch
Supper |
8/19/03 |
| Working
together and being more positive and make a Fall River a nicer place |
Branch
Supper |
8/19/03 |
| To
let people know how we have to live together and get along together
without hate, but love and share, to live in harmony. |
Habit
Management |
8/27/03 |
|
|
|
|
To keep up with the progress,
visit us this web site regularly We will post information about scheduled
visioning events along with the input received.
|
|
Go
to the current Healthy Fall River page
Return to the Partners Home Page
|
|
KEY to ABOVE VENUES:
Abbott Festival = July 22nd Visioning
Session at the Abbott Park Neighborhood Festival
Bank St. Assoc. = June 12th Visioning
Session at the Bank Street Neighborhood Association
Bethel Church = July 27th Visioning Session held at the Bethel AME Church
Branch Supper = August 19th Visioning Session held at the Branch Community
Supper
Buddhist Temple = August 26th Visioning Session held at the Buddhist Temple
Charlton Memorial = August 5th Visioning Session held at Charlton Memorial
Hospital
C of C Waterfront = July 23rd Session at the Chamber of Commerce
Waterfront Initiative Committee meeting
Dept. of Soc. Svs. = August 5th Session held at the Mass. Dept. of Social
Services office
Early Intervention = August 18th collection of vision statements from the
Early Intervention Program
First Baptist = July 6th Visioning
Session at First Baptist Church, Fall River
Flint Senior Center = July 24th Visioning Session held at the Flint Senior
Center
Forum = February 27th Healthy Fall River
Forum held at the Advanced Technology Center
Habit Management = August 27th Visioning Session held at Habit Management
Hispanic Apostolate = August 3rd Visioning Session held at St. Mary's
Catherdral
Lafayette Festival = August 5th Visioning Session at the Lafayette Park
Neighborhood Festival
Parent Advisory = June 5th Parent Advisory Council session held at Durfee High
School
Main Senior Ctr = May 21st session held at the S. Main Street Senior Center
Maplewood Festival = August 12th Visioning at the Maplewood Neighborhood
Festival
Niagara Nbrhood. = July 9th session held at the Niagara Neighborhood
Association Meeting
Niagara Senior Ctr. = August 13th Visioning Session at the Niagara Senior
Center
North Park Festival = July 29th Visioning Session at the North Park
Neighborhood Festival
SE Center I L = May 21st session held at the SE Center for Independent Living
Shepherd Center = August 25th Visioning Session at the Shepherd Center
South Main Senior = July 30th Visioning Session at the South Main Street
Senior Center
St. Anne's Hospital = July 10th session at St. Anne's Hospital
Talbot Middle Sch = July 31st Visioning Session at the Talbot Middle School
Towne House = May 14th session held at Towne House Psychosocial Clubhouse
WIC / HealthFirst = August 15th collection of visioning forms at the WIC/HealthFirst
clinic
Youth Forum = May 17th Mayor's Youth Forum held at Bristol Community College
|
