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Need assistance to get DeKalb County to repair fence & secure gate behind Clarkston Library on Indian Creek Drive. Vandals are coming through the gate & fence and entering the Clarkston Community Center….destroying vegetable gardens and other projects made by the local residents. This past week vandals destroyed a patch of carrots grown by some children!!
The Center locks all gate access to the field during the evenings, weekends & holidays, however, until this fence is secured, the problem will persist. The Clarkston Chief of Police highly recommends “razor wire” in this area to prevent future destruction of the fence.
If the department responsible for county property would like to meet with me to review and discuss, my email is sarawlins@bellsouth.net . Prompt attention to this matter would be greatly appreciated before the gardeners begin planting in early March.
PS: once the fences are repaired, the community residents will place warning signs on the gate & fence to discourage entrance.
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Susan Rawlins (Registered User)
The efforts of people to enrich the community should not be torn up by the criminal element. Please help us protect our community and continue our attempts to make everyone feel that they are a part of Clarkston and its facilities. Please repair the fence and secure the gate so that break-ins can be stopped or at least slowed.
The vandals obviously do not have a personal commitment to the area, and we need to make it as difficult as possible for them to cripple our community-building activities.
Posted on behalf of Neva Corbin.
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BB (Registered User)
Hey Guys,
We have a community fund raising feature we can turn on for you here if you want help raising money for the fence. Would you email me ben@seeclickfix.com if you're interested.
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Susan Rawlins (Registered User)
Thank you Charleston District. This is a great website for communities to make changes & voice their support. Interesting...over the holidays I was down the road from you in Shelton sharing this website with my sister. :)
Sadly this time I haven't heard a peep from anyone at our county government. Hopefully they are working on the problem.
Charleston District (Guest)
Susan: You are welcome. SeeClick is one of our tools we use to speak with the city proactively. We then move on to speaking publicly at the city coucil meetings and ask for the resources to be allocated for changes. You would be surprised how effective and how much can be done with about a dozen people. Bremerton last year was covered over with graffiti and is now almost graffiti free. Drug related houses that used to plague our town are being shut down faster than they can appear. Blighted properties are now getting attention from code enforcement and more. We now have citizens on the planning commission, parks commission, and other key committees in the city to further assist in bringing Bremerton back to it's former glory. We are now active in the city budget proces and discuss funding allocations and resources. Don't get discouraged, you can make a tremendous impact. Try getting a few friends and go directly to a city council meeting (if that is your governing board) and speak to them. Ours are televised so you message goes to the entire city. When the city claims budget, simply move towards "maybe we have the funds but they aren't being managed properly or effectively".
Don't be discouraged, we started a year ago and our city looks completely different today with only about a dozen vocal people. Today our streets are cleaner, our police more responsive, crosswalks are being renewed, parkrs have greatly improved and more. I encourage you to stick with it as you'll make a huge difference and SeeClickFix can be one of the tools to help.
If you get back in our area, give me a yell. I'd enjoy meeting with you and showing you around our area. We'll show you how we started and how much of a difference it makes.
SeeClickFix rocks!
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Susan Rawlins (Registered User)
Mary, Ted Terry is working with Commissioner Gannon who is pushing the County forward. Yesterday they finally got around to looking at their maps to determine who owns the space....the county or the Dept. of Education....and couldn't make a determination. So, now the next step is to have the area surveyed which will be done this coming week.
Ted Rhinehart, DeKalb Deputy Chief Operating Officer, is heading up the project. Will try keep everyone posted as we move along.
Thanks to you and everyone for your support. It really has helped to get everyone's attention to showcase your passion for our community center!
Robert Parker (Registered User)
Susan Rawlins (Registered User)
Wonderful news & update! After surveying the retention pond area behind the library, DeKalb County has determined that the fence is their responsibility. They are now in the process of getting a contractor to do the repair.
Once the fence is repaired I will send everyone an update and close this report.
Thanks to you all!!
Cynthia (Guest)
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Stängt Susan Rawlins (Registered User)
This morning when I went to park behind the library, I was furious that 3 spaces were taken up by DeKalb County trucks. Then I realized they were working on The Fence! Needless to say, I was delighted to move to the front parking lot.
The icing on the cake is that the County was replacing the fence on the CCC side which had been repair recently with a lot of CCC money & subsequently destroyed. As I speak, that fence is secure and tomorrow the library side will be repaired.
They are replacing a higher fence (8'?) where the old 4' fence was previously on the library side and we will get some "threatening" signs.
Thanks to all of you for your support of our Clarkston Community Center!!
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