Monument and Green Street Neighborhood - Danville, VA

Monument/Green Street

Katie Withers North Carolina Agricultural and

Technical State University

Monument/Green Street Overview

🔸 Population: 1,370🔸 Median Household Income: $14,000-$19,000🔸 Poverty level: 49%🔸 Crime per 1,000 people: 60.5 🔸 High Rental Frequency 🔸 Historical History

Challenges Opportunity

◉ Disengaged youth ◉ No structured recreation ◉ Parking is an issue (Green St.

Park)◉ Desolate environment ◉ No obvious community

leaders

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◉ Green Street Park◉ Police Precinct (Ex: Tommy

Norman)◉ Lots of Potential

Best Practices▷ Panel discussion b/w city and residents

Engagement, ideas, feedback

▷ Taking the Initiative Committee Encourage more residents to step up

Police Precinct (Ex: Tommy Norman)

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Areas of Opportunity

🔸 Vacant Lots🔸 community garden/grocery store🔸 healthy recreational spaces

🔸 Residents 🔸 full of history, great ideas

🔸 Green Street Park🔸 Community police and resident recreation

🔸 Churches- (Beulah, Mt. Sinai) Vocal point 🔸 Fish fry🔸 Activities

Recommendations

🔸 Continue to hold community conversations

🔸 Partner with other organizations and churches

🔸Community Gardens/ Lots of Potential

🔸Uplifting stories 🔸 Green Street Park

🔸 Community gathering 🔸 Beautification project 🔸 Orchards

Project

🔸 Uplifting and honoring the memories and history of the community