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Students lead in crime prevention
Natasha Pande
Issue date: 12/5/08 Section: News
He also suggested smaller plans, such as making the area cleaner and safer, which are more appropriate so that when money is available again from the city budget, it can "boom" from there.
When asked what strategies he has used to help the students, Stokes said "To be successful, the planning process really needs to engage key long term and legitimate community stakeholders. Even though the planning process was short, his main intention was to make his students think of crime as a complicated community problem and to make people realize that this is a community problem."
Stokes added, "The intent was to expose the students to the comprehensive planning process as well as getting them out into the community, to be more engaged."
Stokes added that a plan is successful only after there are resources and leadership to implement it. According to Stokes, the UCD is a well-reputed organization that had been accredited mainly around Penn's campus for its substantial accomplishments. Implementing this plan will hit its financial peak and this is what may be the most difficult part of the plan, according to Stokes.
Stokes said that KSK are also in the middle of planning under contract with the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission.
"I think the big driver right now in areas of West Philly, especially from Market Street north up through Lancaster Ave. is the development of Transit Oriented Development," Stokes said.
"SEPTA is allocating $750 million for the reconstruction of the El which goes from 46th to 69th Street and also for the development from 40th and 46th streets onwards to TODs," Stokes added.
When asked what strategies he has used to help the students, Stokes said "To be successful, the planning process really needs to engage key long term and legitimate community stakeholders. Even though the planning process was short, his main intention was to make his students think of crime as a complicated community problem and to make people realize that this is a community problem."
Stokes added, "The intent was to expose the students to the comprehensive planning process as well as getting them out into the community, to be more engaged."
Stokes added that a plan is successful only after there are resources and leadership to implement it. According to Stokes, the UCD is a well-reputed organization that had been accredited mainly around Penn's campus for its substantial accomplishments. Implementing this plan will hit its financial peak and this is what may be the most difficult part of the plan, according to Stokes.
Stokes said that KSK are also in the middle of planning under contract with the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission.
"I think the big driver right now in areas of West Philly, especially from Market Street north up through Lancaster Ave. is the development of Transit Oriented Development," Stokes said.
"SEPTA is allocating $750 million for the reconstruction of the El which goes from 46th to 69th Street and also for the development from 40th and 46th streets onwards to TODs," Stokes added.
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