The closely-knit neighborhood of Morgan Park has been working to keep residents safe and engaged for years, from sports centers to neighborhood centers focusing on health and wellness education.
In the Morgan Park community on the city’s far South Side, a new pilot program employs private security guards to watch over local businesses.Morgan Park is located just south of Beverly and just north of suburbs like Blue Island on the southern edge of the city.It’s not one of the more violent communities in Chicago, but a high-profile murder last week does have the area on edge.
It’s a very closely knit neighborhood right next to affluent Beverly. The demographics here are about 60% Black and 30% white.has hired private security to patrol the area’s small business districts at certain hours to keep them safe. “Cameras, it’s good when you can go back to it, but if you had security, that’s that second effort that they give because they can point that person out,” James said.
“One: a signing bonus for new recruits to come to the department, $5,000, which hundreds of cities across our country have been doing for a period of time and we’re not. $10,000 bonus for someone with a lateral transfer to the Chicago Police Department … and a $10,000 bonus for first-time home buyers,” O’Shea said.
“Diabetes, heart disease, asthma, behavioral health issues like depression, and also nutrition, so access to healthy fruits and vegetables,” said Nicaya Rapier, health educator at the Blue Door Neighborhood Center, as she listed a few of their focuses. “DEEP is a diabetes education empowerment program and it’s an evidence-based six-week program and we walk our participants through how to manage diabetes as well as how to prevent it and it’s open to anyone.
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