Take Action Now or Want a Better Community? Get Involved!

This morning I had the great pleasure of walking around the Propheter Park neighborhood with members of their Neighborhood Watch program, helping to clean up the area. Sterling Police Officer, Frank Hopes who coordinates the Watch program in that area, borrowed a truck from the Public Works Department and lent some muscle to further assist the neighbors. It was great to see neighbors not only showing concern for their neighborhood, but actually doing something about it. In the process, I met some nice people and I learned more about the history of the neighborhood. Pretty neat!

The disappointing part was the amount of litter and junk we picked up. Fortunately, it was limited to small areas, but it's certainly disheartening to see a few people unwilling to clean up after themselves or properly dispose of trash. But when the neighborhood comes together, it really makes a difference. Hopefully it rubs off and people can get more people involved and those people can get even more people involved and so forth until most neighbors know and are familiar with each other.

Take pride in your City and in your neighborhood. The little things truly add up! If you're interested in forming a Neighborhood Watch group in your area, call the Sterling Police Department at 632-6600. Neighborhood Watch groups are assigned a police officer to help them put the group together. The Groups then learn more about what the police department is doing, what neighbors can do, hold block parties, neighborhood meetings and cleanup events.