Milestones
Milestones are the main action steps necessary to implement a program.
Target Completion Date
(6/31/2014)
Neighborhood Building/Crime Watch
1. Hire Neighborhood Manager.
2. Meet with Police Department to develop crime watch program strategies.
3. Hold community meetings to involve neighborhood residents in crime watch strategies.
4. Have crime watch committees and captains established.
5. Have crime watch program up and running.
1. by 8/2009
2. by 10/2009 3. by 11/2009 4. by 4/2010
5. by 9/2010
Homeowner Rehabilitation
1. Market Rehabilitation Program to all residents.
2. Develop interested parties list; identify special needs households.
3. Begin income and eligibility verification and develop waiting list.
4. Begin performing energy audits and developing work write ups.
5. Begin homeowner rehabilitation activities.
6. Identify and coordinate appropriate support service, education and counseling programs.
7. Continue homeowner rehabilitation activities on 30 homes.
1. by 6/2009
2. by 9/2009
3. by 10/2009
4. by 12/2009
5. by 4/2010
6. by 4/2010 7. by 4/2013
Redevelopment Areas
1. Develop specific strategy for at least one Redevelopment Area as defined by the Blueprint for Revitalization.
2. Gain site control.
3. Make application for funding.
4. Secure funding and begin construction activities.
5. Develop specific strategy for second Redevelopment Area.
6. Gain site control.
7. Make application for funding.
8. Secure funding and begin construction activities.
1. by 1/2010 2. by 9/2010
3. by 12/2010
4. by 6/2012
5. by 1/2012
6. by 9/2012
7. by 12/2012
8. by 6/2014
Beautification
Develop detailed strategy for Sponsler Park improvement.
Secure match funding for Sponsler Park.
Make application for funding for Sponsler Park.
Secure funding and make Sponsler Park improvements.
Initiate meetings with local businesses within adjacent industrial complex to discuss approaches for screening and beautification projects.
Develop strategies and apply for funding for screening and beautification.
Work with neighborhood residents and borough officials to develop street tree plan.
1. by 12/2009
2. by 6/2010
3. by 10/2010
4. by 6/2012
5. by 12/2009
6. by 12/2010 7. by 12/2010
Project Activities (Outputs)
Project Component
Outputs
Outputs are quantifiable measures which represent immediate products or services produced by the program.
Target Dates
(6/31/2014)
Neighborhood Building/ Crime Watch
Hold at least 6 community meetings to get crime watch program up and running.
Identify Block Captains and develop communications network
Hold quarterly meetings (at a minimum) to maintain crime watch program.
The Neighborhood Manager will develop and distribute a newsletter in order to keep residents informed and to encourage residents to attend quarterly meetings. These newsletters will be distributed by mail, e-mail or door to door at least two times per year. Newsletters will include all neighborhood activities including; crime watch, homeowner rehabilitation, redevelopment activities and beautification.
Between 8/2009 & 9/2010
Between 8/2009 & 9/2010
Between 9/2010 & 6/2014
Between 8/2009 & 6/2014
Homeowner Rehabilitation
1. Identify 30 eligible homeowners whose home needs rehabilitation.
2. Rehabilitate 10 homes per year.
3. Deliver post homeownership counseling course to 10 homeowners per year whose home were rehabilitated. Counseling to be provided within 12 months of home rehabilitation.
1. Between 6/2009 & 10/2009 2. Between 4/2010 & 4/2013 3. Between 4/2010 & 4/2013
Redevelopment Areas
The Neighborhood Manager will utilize the crime watch network to gain neighborhood resident input on redevelopment activities. These activities will be discussed at each crime watch meeting, which will be held at least quarterly.
Contact property owners to determine willingness to sell
Identify 1st priority redevelopment area based on funding opportunities, willingness of property owners to negotiate and input from neighborhood residents as received by Neighborhood Manager
Negotiate with property owners and gain site control
Develop plans, cost estimates with input from neighborhood residents as received by Neighborhood Manager and make applications for funding
Redevelopment and construction
Neighborhood Manager to continue to engage neighborhood residents for input on other redevelopment areas and negotiate and gain site control.
Between 8/2009 & 4/2013
Between 8/2009 & 1/2010
Between 8/2009 & 1/2010
Between 1/2010 & 9/2010
Between 9/2010 & 12/2010
Between 6/2012 & 6/2014
Between 1/2012 & 6/2014
Beautification
The Neighborhood Manager will utilize the crime watch network to gain neighborhood resident input on beautification activities. These activities will be discussed at each crime watch meeting, which will be held at least quarterly.
Neighborhood Manager will work with Seda-COG, Berwick Borough’s park planning consultants, to get neighborhood resident input in the Sponsler park design.
Neighbor Manager to act as conduit between neighborhood residents and the borough for final plan approval.
Borough to complete park improvements
Borough Manager to include Sponsler Park into crime watch program as improvements are made
Borough Manager to organize a beautification committee, made up of neighborhood residents
Beautification committee to develop street tree plans and methods for industrial park screening
Secure funding to plant street trees and screen industrial park
Plant street trees and begin industrial park screening
