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From YouTube: Aiken This Week - June 15, 2015 : Aiken Neighborhoods
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Cynthia Woodberry, Emory Langston, and Lt. Karl Odenthal talk with Aiken This Week about progress and the future of neighborhoods in the City of Aiken.
A
Our
topic
is
aching
neighborhoods
and
we're
going
to
be
talking
about
how
we
can
make
our
neighborhoods
safer
friendlier
and
more
event-driven
joining
us
today
are
Cynthia
Woodbury
community
services
coordinator
with
Department
of
Public,
Safety
and
Cynthia's,
been
with
the
city
since
2001
Emory,
Langston
who's,
a
special
projects
coordinator
for
the
city
and
Henry's
been
with
us
since
2013
and
the
old
guy
guess
on
the
committee
is
Carlo
and
ball
cause
been
with
the
city
since
nineteen
nineteen
ninety
and
he's
the
community
services
lieutenant
also
with
Public
Safety
Cynthia.
Why
don't
we
start
with?
A
B
Actually,
Glenn
I
began
working
with
the
city
of
Aiken
about
15
years
ago,
I
was
working
with
in
neighborhood
and
development
services,
working
with
neighborhood
groups
and
low
to
moderate
income
areas,
helping
them
get
organized
and
educated,
and
and
really
we
wanted
them
to
be
involved
with
city
events
and
processes.
About
three
years
ago,
I
was
transitioned
to
the
public
safety
department
in
community
services,
and
now
my
focus
is
working
on
community
education
and
engagement
events
with
our
community,
okay.
A
C
Yes,
well,
the
north
side,
revitalization
initiative,
it's
extremely
holistic.
There
are
a
lot
of
parts
to
to
the
initiative,
but
there's
some
very
basic
things
that
make
a
neighborhood
healthy.
You
can't
have
a
neighborhood
without
people
and
that
engagement,
piece
and
Cynthia
does
such
a
wonderful
job
with
working
with
the
fix
in
the
neighborhoods
to
connect
them
and
engage
them
and
help
make
them
healthy
in
that
capacity
and
then
very
fundamentally,
and
basically,
public
safety
comes
in
with
keeping
us
safe
because
everybody
wants
to
feel
safe
in
their
house
and
in
their
neighborhood.
C
So
those
are
some
components
to
hope
to
develop
healthy
neighborhoods
and
then
my
piece
of
the
puzzle
is
that
folks
want
good
homes.
They
want
good
neighborhoods,
they
want
affordable
housing,
they
want
good
streets,
good
good
lighting
in
their
neighborhood
said
the
infrastructure
piece,
the
sticks
and
bricks
is
really
is
really
the
focus
of
what
I
do
and
on
the
north
side.
Okay,.
D
I
feel
very
fortunate.
Having
worked
with
the
city
since
1990,
we
started
our
communities,
a
big
community
service.
Push
back
in
1994
and
I
was
fortunate
enough
to
be
on
the
ground
level
of
that.
So
we
basically
just
worked
with
the
communities
in
terms
of
trying
to
develop
a
safety
plans
and
address
specific
issues
in
the
neighborhoods
and
that
kind
of
evolved
into
working
hand-in-hand
with
Parks
and
Rec,
and
really
partnering
with
some
different
city
agencies
in
terms
of
just
making
the
quality
of
life
overall
better
for
the
different
neighborhoods.
Okay,.
A
Yep
Cynthia
come
back
to
you.
I
know,
you've
talked
about
community
education
and
engagement
opportunities
earlier.
So
what
do
you
mean
when
you
talk
about
community
education,
engagement,
opportunities,
I,
looked
it
up
because
I
didn't
know
what
it
meant
and
I
see
a
lot
of
big
cities:
they're
utilizing
that
term
New
York
New
Orleans.
What
I
don't
see
a
lot
of
communities
the
size
of
aikens?
Why
are
we
involved
in
that?
We'll.
B
See
we're
on
the
cutting
edge
here
in
aiken
once
again
what
we
look
at
with
education
and
engagement.
First
of
all,
we
like
to
have
our
communities
educated
about
city
processes.
We
find
that
in
any
good
relationship-
and
we
do
want
a
good
relationship
with
our
neighborhoods.
There
has
to
be
communication
and
there
has
to
be
an
understanding
of
each
other.
So
we
work
with.
We
have
our
citizens.
Academy
is
one
thing
in
particular
that
comes
to
mind
how
we
reach
out
to
our
neighborhoods.
In
particular.
B
We
ask
them
to
come
in
sit
with
Public
Safety,
learn
about
the
processes
of
each
department
in
each
division.
As
far
as
engagement
goes
any
opportunity
that
we
find
that
we
can
connect
law
enforcement
and
the
community
in
some
positive
events,
we
take
those
opportunities
because
again
we
want
to
make
sure
that
there
are
good
relationships
in
place
before
we
do
have
any
type
of
activity
or
event
or
situation.
That
may
not
be
quite
so
positive.
We
feel
that
it's
important
to
have
those
relationships
in
place
that
we
already
know
each
other.
B
B
It's
interesting
when
I
started
about
15
years
ago.
There
was
a
focus
for
for
my
position
to
look
at
low
to
moderate
income
neighborhoods
and
help
those
neighborhoods
develop
now
being
in
public
safety.
We
work
with
all
neighborhoods
and
it
does
not
matter
if
it
is
a
neighborhood
association
or
a
homeowner
association.
There
is
a
piece
where
they
can
fit,
so
we
work
with
all
neighborhoods
across
the
city
at
this
time.
Okay,.
A
A
B
Do
that,
basically
we
do
those
is
about
quarterly.
We
will
invite
different
people
from
the
community.
We
try
to.
You,
know,
spread
it
out
and
be
diverse
to
come
in
and
sit
down
and
have
lunch
with.
Chief
and
neighbors
are
able
to
talk
about
things
that
are
important
to
them,
and
chief
will
share
some
things.
That's
going
on
with
Public
Safety
the.
B
Franco
and
we
also
have
mobile
movie
nights-
we've
been
doing
that
about
15
years,
where
public
safety
goes
to
different
neighborhoods.
We,
you
know,
bring
the
trailer
and
the
movies,
and
it
gives
a
law
enforcement
again
an
opportunity
to
interact
with
families,
children
in
particular
on
a
very
friendly
and
a
casual
basis
to
get
to
know
each
other.
B
We
we
have,
we
do
bikes
and
books,
we
have
just
a
number
of
events.
We
do
coffee
with
a
cop
and
one
another
thing,
though,
when
other
groups
are
doing
things
we
like
for
Public
Safety
to
be
invited
in
so
where
there
is
an
opportunity.
We
sees
that
and
then
maybe,
where
there's
not.
It
gives
us
a
little
room
for
creativity
to
make
up
some
things
and
to
engage
with
our
neighborhoods.
Now.
B
C
What
it
looks
like
today
and
I
think
you
know
again
cutting
going
back
to
to
the
holistic
view
of
or
way
to
tackle
north
side,
we've
really
transitioned
over
the
course
of
time,
because
the
the
initiative
started
with
the
city
in
the
early
2000s
and
we're
still
working
with
those
neighborhoods
that
were
transformed
in
the
early
days
tool,
hill
astronauts,
chesterfield
north.
But
what
what
it
looks
like
today
is
working
with
the
people
like
Cynthia
said
in
those
engagement
opportunities.
C
Now
we're
working
really
hard
in
the
crossland
Park
neighborhood
crossland
park
is
an
anchor
neighborhood
on
our
north
side.
Thank
everybody
knows
crosland,
and
so
many
people
have
lived
in
Crosland
and
had
their
beginnings
in
Crosland
and
it's
a
good
neighborhood
with
good
people
and
I
think
there's
a
real
misconception
out
there
over
the
years,
just
because
some
unfortunate
things
have
happened,
but
some
unfortunate
things
have
happened
all
over
our
city.
C
So
you
know
perception
is
really
something
that
we
want
to
readjust
with,
with
looking
at
crossland
specific
we're
very
partner
driven
in
the
on
the
north
side.
The
city
owns
10
homes,
wonderfully
remodeled
energy-efficient
homes
in
crosland
park,
and
we
are
working
with
our
real
estate
partners
to
help
sell
those
those
homes
and
that's
the
affordable
housing
piece
to
make
sure
that
people
have
an
opportunity
and
their
choices.
So
in
that
partnership
is
really
critical.
C
We
work
with
Trudy
Boyd
over
security
federal
to
make
sure
people
can
understand
a
process
of
how
the
financing
works
and
all
that
great
stuff.
So
our
partnerships
are
key.
We're
working
with
Second
Baptist
CDC
in
Nehemiah
CRC
to
to
take
down
some
abandoned
homes
in
croslin,
because
you
know
again
going
back
to
a
healthy
neighborhood.
We
want
to
get
rid
of
areas
that
you
know
that
that
are
blighted
or
abandoned
and
get
them
out
of
those
neighborhoods.
C
So
we
can
look
at
how
we
can
better
use
that
space
in
the
neighborhood
and
it's
not
an
eyesore
and
it's
not
a
place
where
somebody
can
go
and
hide
so
again,
its
various
very
partnership
driven
and
we're
making
real
strides
and
real
success.
But
it
goes
back
to
the
relationships
that
are
being
built,
the
safety
and
the
relationships
that
the
officers
have
and
then
looking
at
our
infrastructure.
I
know.
A
When
the
officers
used
to
walk
through
citizens
park,
there
was
just
a
comfort
level
that
the
folks
have
whether
I
know
some
of
them
coach
out
there
but
they're
just
walking
through,
and
that
is
very
comforting
to
see
those
guys.
Alright.
Recently,
the
city
contracted
with
Urban
Land
Institute
to
come
in
and
and
do
a
study
of
some
of
the
neighborhoods
tell
us
a
little
bit
about
what
they
did
and
how
that
report,
I
guess,
has
impacted
the
Northside
revitalization.
Well,.
C
Just
to
give
you
a
little
bit
of
background
the
earth,
the
net
of
the
Urban
Land
Institute,
it's
a
nonprofit
organization
in
every
state
has
an
urban
land
institute
and
in
our
state
and
in
all
states,
they're
comprised
of
different
individuals
with
backgrounds
in
development
building,
finance
ears,
government
officials,
architects,
lamb
planners
landscapers,
a
whole
host
effexor
can
be
a
member
of
this
organization,
so
when
they
came
in,
they
are
unit
from
from
South
Carolina.
So
and
what
we
have
here
is
not
uncommon.
Of
course.
C
It's
it's
specific
to
Aiken,
but
some
of
the
issues
that
we
deal
with
are
not
uncommon
around
the
nation
and
around
our
state.
But
what
that
what
they
were
able
to
do?
They
were
fresh
eyes
coming
into
our
community
to
be
able
to
look
at
what
we're
considering
you
know
some
challenges
that
we're
having
in
saying
hey
guys.
You
know
these
are
some
some
issues
that
were
having
give
us
some
innovative
ideas
of
something
that
we
might
not
have
seen.
C
The
really
great
thing
that
came
out
of
the
the
report
and
their
visit
was
that
they
noted
the
issues
that
had
been
stated
that,
folks,
you
know
our
policymakers,
our
neighbors,
our
stakeholders
in
the
community
have
said
they
validated
a
lot
of
what
had
been
said
for
a
long
time.
As
far
as
need
so
I
think
that
that
was
very,
very
positive.
C
A
C
The
report,
yes,
you
can
access
the
report.
Anybody
can
access
a
report
on
the
the
uli
website,
believe
it's
uli
dot,
org
I'm,
not
sure
about
the
specific
website.
But
yes,
it's
available
and
we
have
delivered
what
we
think
would
be
some
good
initiatives
to
tackle
to
to
our
City
Council
and
want
to
have
some
discussion
with
them
about
about
going
forward.
Good.
A
C
You
know,
as
I
mentioned,
some
of
the
components
that
were
crosland
specific
can
be
applied
to
other
areas,
you're
looking
at
lighting
plans
and
how
the
the
lack
of
the
need
for
things
of
that
nature
in
our
neighborhoods
to
make
them
safe.
That
was
something
that
was
noted,
so
some
of
those
components
can
be
applied
to
other
areas,
but
one
thing
that
that
I'm
really
excited
about
and
in
looking
long
term
is,
we
need
to
have
a
measure
of
success.
C
We
have
a
lot
of
goals
that
we
want
to
tackle
and
have,
since
the
beginning
of
the
northside
initiative
began
in
the
early
2000s,
but
we
need
to
have
a
measure
of
success
and
evaluation
of
what
these
goals
and
objectives
are
doing
so,
hopefully
long-term.
We
can
devise
a
quality
of
life
survey
to
go
in
and
say,
okay.
How
is
this
working?
Is
this
not
working?
Is
this
working?
C
A
D
C
D
If
you
have
say
500
houses
out
there
and
only
one
houses
of
is
a
problem
one
out
of
five
hundred
really
isn't
that
bad,
but
what
it's
all
in
the
same,
neighborhood
people
will
say.
Oh
that
there's
problems
out
there
because
of
that
one
house.
It
may
cause
a
lot
of
lot
of
trouble
for
you.
So
I
think
perception
is
a
big
part
of
it.
We
know,
statistically,
that
the
city
of
the
crime
situation
and
cross
and
park
has
improved
from
what
it
was
in
the
past.
We
know
it's
gotten
better.
D
So
we're
really
reaching
out
and
trying
to
improve
that
and
and
I
always
use
the
example
of
it
doesn't
matter
if
you're
buying
a
car
buying
a
house
or
getting
your
car
work
done.
You
want
to
work
with
somebody
that
you
know,
and
by
using
this
engagement
opportunity,
whether
it's
a
mobile
movie
night
or
just
attending
a
neighborhood
meeting.
D
To
go
up
there,
it's
bad
things
happen
there.
So
we're
trying
to
to
change
some
of
that
image,
and
you
know
if
I'm
out
there
in
a
community
meeting,
I
can
listen
to
the
whole
meeting
and
you
know
I
might
have
some
input
on
some
different
things,
but
the
real
meeting
for
me
happens
afterwards
because
that's
when
everybody
comes
and
talks
to
you
and
they'll,
let
you
know
what's
going
on
in
the
neighborhood.
So
for
us
you
know
we're.
You
know
we're
dressing,
some
trust
issues
and
I.
A
B
One
one
thing
in
particular:
even
as
we
prepare
and
we
present
engagement
opportunities.
One
struggle
that
we
do
have
is
some
of
our
neighborhood
groups.
We,
actually
it
will
be
better,
they
could
actually
engage
with
each
other
a
little
bit
more
there's.
One
thing
that
we
have
stressed
over
the
years
is:
when
groups
begin
to
get
together
among
themselves,
bill
relationship
with
themselves,
then
they're
able
to
come
to
the
city
and
come
to
public
safety
more
as
a
partner,
instead
of
you
know
always
coming
with
when
there
is
a
problem
or
an
issue.
B
If
you
will
and
again
it
helps
build
the
relationship
in
that
trust
factor
better,
and
this
is
nationwide
as
I've
gone
to
other
cities
and
learn
some
things.
Most
organizations
come
together
when
there
is
a
problem
or
when
there
is
an
issue
when
there's
been
a
major
crime,
but
we
have
found
that
the
more
sustainable
neighborhoods-
and
this
is
across
the
country-
are
those
that
come
together
when
there's
not
a
crisis
and
then
maintain
their
relationship.
A
B
A
People
who
are
just
moving
into
a
neighborhood
or
they're
just
moving
into
a
key
and
also
I,
think
you
have
a
database
if
they're
moving
in.
They
could
call
your
office
and
we'll
give
them
those
numbers
at
the
end.
But
they
could
call
your
office
and
you
could
tell
them
who
the
leaders
are
neighborhood.
B
C
Just
really
following
up
exactly,
I
went
Cynthia
and
Carl
said
we
want
people
to
to
to
grow
and
knowledge
is
power
and
being
able
to
give
them
information
and
empowering
them
with.
You
know,
from
the
simple
things
to
is
diffusing
a
situation
I'm
so
angry
because
I've,
you
know,
I,
don't
know
the
number
to
so-and-so
and
being
able
to
put
them
in
touch
with.
C
Well,
you
just
call
these
folks
and
they
can
help
you
out,
but
giving
folks
knowledge
instead
of
them
just
constantly
folks
feeling
frustrated,
because
they
don't
know
where
to
go
and
in
being
able
to
get
that
information
out
to
empower
folks
to
get
information
jim,
so
so
the
neighborhood
associations
themselves
can
be
sustainable
so
that
we're
building
up
the
trust.
I
just
stuck
up
everything
that
Cynthia
and
Carl
have
talked
about
now.
B
For
the
summer,
we
do
have
some
outreach
and
engagement
opportunities
coming
up,
we'd
love
to
have
you
first
of
all,
visit
our
website,
Aiken,
safe
communities,
org,
and
look
at
some
of
the
things
that
we
have
done
in
the
past,
and
maybe
that
will
spark
some
more
ideas,
but
just
simply
call
our
office
and-
and
I
like
to
say,
get
in
where
you
fit
in
cuz.
Everybody
doesn't
like
to
be
outdoors,
but
so
we
have
maybe
a
couple
of
other
things
that
we're
trying
to
pull
together
for
the
summer,
but
they
can
call
our
office.
B
May
I
give
the
number
now
803
642
7780,
and
that
will
get
you
in
touch
with
the
community
services
division
and
we
can
let
you
know
specifically
about
some
of
the
opportunities
that
we
have.
We
always
have
mobile
movie
nights
and
our
snow
cone
days.
Those
are
big
opportunities
where
we
get
right
in
the
neighborhood
interact
with
children
in
particular.
We
sometimes
take
our
service
providers
with
us
and
while
the
officers
are
interacting
and
engaging,
we
do
need
some
volunteers,
some
moms
and
dads
who
don't
mind
coming
out
making
the
snow
cone.
B
So
that
gives
the
officers
more
time
to
really
talk
with.
You
know:
whoever
comes
instead
of
them
having
to
do
the
serving
and
the
working
and
we
can
switch
off
some.
But
we
take
our
service
providers
with
us
and
sometimes
they
may
have
an
impromptu
conversation
with
the
children
about
bullying
or
something
of
that
nature,
because
school
is
out
and
we
just
try
to
maintain
some
relationship
and
connection.
B
We
have
some
wonderful
service
providers
here
in
aiken
that
come
along
with
public
safety
and
anything
that
we're
doing
a
special
on
the
north
side
and
they
give
their
services
and
resources.
But
individuals
are
welcome
to
join
us
as
well
this
summer,
so
they
can
call
that
number
or
check
out
the
website
and
we'll
be
glad
to
connect
them
with
something.
C
Got
some
exciting
things
for
this
summer
june
is
national
homeownership
month,
so
we're
very
glad
to
be
promoting
that
July,
beginning
July,
tenth,
the
city
of
Aiken
vacant
housing
authorities,
security,
federal
bank
and
Lisa
page,
who
is
a
local
realtor
in
here
nakin,
will
be
offering
some
homeownership
classes,
and
this
is
going
to
be
an
opportunity
for
folks
who
that
that
sess
can
be
overwhelming.
It
can
be
very
intimidating,
so
we're
going
to
be
offering
some
classes
for
folks
who
maybe
even
thinking
well.
C
This
isn't
for
me,
come
to
the
information
classes
that
we
have
in
July.
It's
going
to
be
every
Friday
in
July,
beginning
July,
tenth
from
12
to
1,
and
it's
an
information
session
come
get
the
information
and,
if
you
want
to
become
part
of
the
class,
will
be
having
a
four-week
class
that
will
really
be
delving
into
a
lot
of
good
stuff
from
beginning
to
end
to
buying
a
home
beginning
in
August.
So
we're
really
excited
about
that
good.
D
A
D
To
say,
get
involved
in
your
neighborhood
get
to
know
your
neighbors.
A
strong
neighborhood
is
is
a
neighborhood
that
knows
each
other,
and
those
could
be
something
as
simple
as
a
block
party,
and
we
can
help
you
close
off
your
section
of
your
street
to
have
a
block
party
where
you
could
just
have
a
get-together
for
neighborhoods
a
potluck
dinner.
You
know
something
like
that
and
then
it
also
provides
public
safety
with
a
central
dissemination
point
of
information.
So
we
could
come
to
those
neighborhood
meetings
and
exchange
information.
D
We
can
let
you
know
what's
going
on
from
our
side
and
we
can
find
out
some
concerns
from
the
neighborhood
and
I
think
those
things
strengthen
the
neighborhood
in
overall
strength
in
the
city
and
I
think
it's
an
easy
way
to
participate.
It's
really
barely
even
have
to
leave
your
house
you're
still
in
your
same
neighborhood.
So
it's
an
easy
way
to
get
involved.
Great.
A
C
A
Thank
you,
oh
I
think
you've
shared
a
lot
of
great
information
with
us
today.
Again,
if
you
need
more
information,
go
to
the
city
of
aikens
website
and
you
can
find
information
there,
I
would
mention.
If
again,
if
anyone
has
a
topic,
you'd
like
to
hear
us
talk
about
on
the
show,
you
can
send
us
an
email
to
aiken
this
week
at
city
of
aiken
com.
Excuse
me,
dr.
city
of
aiken,
SC
gov
next
week,
we'll
be
interviewing
jessica
campbell
just
because
the
new
PRT
director
and
some
of
her
staff.