How to Meassure Progress

Neighborhood Transformation gave us the list below to know what Transformation looks like. This is a great list to measure progress. How does the neighborhood you live in stack up against this list?

 What a NT Neighborhood Could Eventually Look Like

• Neighbors feel this is a good place to live and raise your kids
• Well-built and maintained homes and apartments,
• Healthy people, each one practicing good hygiene.
• Streets and yards not clogged with junk cars and other junk
• Unity and cooperation among the neighborhood members.
• People doing things together.
• A primary school with children testing well
• Streets that are clean and a good system for garbage disposal.
• Basic services which are accessible to everyone.
• An organized neighborhood association truly representing the neighborhood.
• Absence of bars and gambling.
• Christian churches reaching out wholistically to their neighbors.
• People meaningfully employed
• Adequate income for everyone.
• More adults with a GED
• Little or no drug dealing in their neighborhood
• Elimination of prostitution in their neighborhood.
• Most homes worshiping the Lord.
• Neighbors knowing and reaching out to their neighbors
• Neighborhood members who serve as volunteers
• People living in harmony with each other, helping each other.
• A can-do attitude proud of what they have accomplished
• Greatly reduced or non-existent crime.
• Reduction in abuse among family members

 So how is Granada Estates doing?

• Neighbors expressed concern about the crime in the neighborhood at the recent Block Watch meeting.
• Most live in old mobile homes
• Many are disabled, many on drugs, poverty is also a hindrance to health.
• Many are horders or use the outside area of their property for additional living space. Many don't have the ability to get rid of old vehicles. 
• This is starting to happen as neighbors explore what a Block Watch means.
• Here we have given an example when we go out together. I have heard stories of neighbors helping other neighbors. We have given them opportunities to help.
• Kids in our neighborhood are not testing well as of yet. GE needs tutors to help.
• The City of Glendale does a good job with this. Those with issues in their yards fall under Code Compliance. They also provide bulk trash pick-up regularly.
• Again the City does it's best to provide basic services and to help with getting them. Their money is limited so that is becoming more of an issue.
• We have been working toward identifying leadership in the neighborhood and may have some success come out of the Block Watch.
• While there are no bars, I am unaware of gambling. However there is a significant drug problem in the area.
• GE has Faith Bible Church reaching out to them along with some home churches lead by Ed Waken.
• In this society today there are many who are unemployed.
• This is a mostly poor neighborhood.
• Blueprint Education has helped us with some of the education needs so there is progress.
• Drugs are a huge issue in the neighborhood.
• I am unaware of any prostitution going on in the neighborhood.
• The goal is that none should perish but basic needs have to be met before spiritual exploration can happen.
• Many neighbors know about each other. We have found that survival depends on watching out for each other. 
• So far we have seen very little volunteer involvement outside of the neighborhood. Inside I have seen some neighbors helping others.
• There is some harmony but that is disrupted by the pockets of drug users.
• So far the neighbors haven't seen much accomplishment to be proud of. 
• Crime has gone down because of our involvement but statistically it is going up because more people are calling it in. That is an improvement.
• Sadly abuse is still going on. City police are often called in for domestic violence.

I feel we have made some strides forward but it is a slow process. We know that we have goals and what the goals look like. Measuring the process regularly will document successful transformation.