Welcome
Healthy Greenwood Neighborhoods, Inc
2012 HGN Annual report
Neighborhood Crime Prevention
Hats off to the following groups that are in the process of becoming CrimeWatch Neighborhoods!!
Crime Watch Trainings and Facilitation (Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design – CPTED)
- Bailey Place – CPTED Class held – needs captains
- Avondale – CPTED Class held – needs captains – will meet on Thursday, April 11th
- Lupo Area – CPTED meeting held – needs captains
- Wheatfields – Will be ordering signs!!
- Mathews Mill Village – Needs more captains
- Continuing to meet monthly – Third Tuesday of the month
- Greenwood High Apartments – CPTED Class held – needs captains
- Edgefield Street Corridor Neighborhood – Introductory Meeting
Organize a Neighborhood Watch program. Call Toni Able 864-941-3370 – For information on the program – Neighborhood Watch Manual
Steps for CrimeWatch
1. Information Session
2. Introductory Meeting
3. CPTED Class
4. Watch Captain/Coordinator and Block Captain Training
5. Crime Watch signs ordered
6. CrimeWatch Team meetings scheduled
The Board of Directors of Healthy Greenwood Neighborhoods welcome the following new board members -
Ms. Christine Martin – NAC Representative - Mr. Dan Flint MA, DCC - Greater Greenwood United Ministries – Mr. Chad Charles, Greenwood Area Habitat for Humanity
Our Vision
Greenwood neighborhoods are the foundation for healthy, safe, active and inspired living.
Our Mission
Greenwood neighborhood residents address issues and celebrate successes through partnerships and learning opportunities.
Our Purpose
- Support Neighborhood Activities
- Provide Neighborhood Leadership Training
- Promote Community Pride & Recognition
- Asset Based Community Development
- Award Neighborhood Grants
- Conduct Neighborhood Capacity Inventories
Neighborhood Based Wellness Initiative
- Promote Preventive Health-care Programs
Services offered
Healthy Greenwood Neighborhoods offers organizational development and leadership training opportunities to organizations or individuals working toward maintaining or improving their neighborhood. This service is open to all Neighborhood, Community, Homeowner, and Property-owner Associations.
In addition the office provides, Organization, Facilitation, Training, and Meeting Support .
Neighborhoods are the building blocks of strong communities. Strengthening the capacity of neighborhoods to achieve their goals will have a positive impact on the future of Greenwood County. Neighborhood capacity is most developed when there is a sense of community among area residents. With a sense of community comes pride in the neighborhood, a strong neighborhood image and resident involvement in neighborhood improvements. Through neighborhood organizations, residents can discuss issues and concur on a clear set of priorities and course of action to reach their goals.
The Healthy Greenwood Neighborhoods, Inc. maintains a computerized file of neighborhood associations. Many departments and agencies solicit neighborhood association opinions on upcoming approvals of development projects, programs and services, and other changes proposed in particular neighborhoods.
Healthy Greenwood Neighborhood Newsletters -
Beginning January 2013 – the newsletter will be published bi-monthly
Impact of Healthy Greenwood Neighborhoods, Inc. on Greenwood County
Healthy Greenwood Neighborhoods, Inc. (HGN) is the only entity in Greenwood that has the resources and capacity to engage communities at the neighborhood level. The scope of the community that HGN serves is extremely diverse; it is not limited to racial, ethnic or socio-economical areas of the community. HGN is the only organization that has the potential to cover all of Greenwood County. The level of trust and legitimacy HGN has earned with neighborhood leaders within Greenwood County is unparalleled with any other organization.
HGN builds the capacity of neighborhood residents throughout Greenwood so they are continually educated on how to protect the integrity of each neighborhood. This is done by serving as a one-stop center of information and research office for neighborhood members while providing community development educational opportunities to each neighborhood. HGN provides tools on all aspects of community development (Planning, Public Safety, Economic Development, Health…etc) in order for our neighborhood leaders to fully understand what impact that they themselves have on the conditions of the neighborhoods that they live in and serve. The building of neighborhood capacity not only has a direct impact on the individually neighborhoods that the leaders represent; it continually increases the capacity of other organization that they are involved in.