PlayStreets in Chicago is a collaborative initiative for healthier and stronger communities by creating safe and accessible residential play areas for kids to be active, to learn, and for neighbors to come together. A grant program from the Chicago Department of Public Health supports community-based organizations to provide local leadership in the development of PlayStreets in targeted community areas. A permit program allows residents to establish short-term traffic restrictions on their streets to use as pop-up recreation spaces.
http://www.worldsportchicago.org/programs/playstreets/
There are several critical elements to the City’s community policing strategy:
* That police, residents and other City agencies working together can
prevent crime and improve the quality of life in all of Chicago’s
neighborhoods;
* That positive working relationships need to be established between
local police and residents;
* That law enforcement, community-based, and City service strategies
need to be developed and implemented in order to prevent and
reduce crime.
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