Weaknesses: A lack of cohesion amongst neighbors, a lack of best practices for security (bright lights, etc.)
Opportunities: learn to know and help each other
Challenges: lack of effort, lack of interest, lack of time, boiling frog phenomenon
Values, vision and mission
This group is for the residents and neighbors of the Hillwood Manor community in Ewing New Jersey. We want to help each other to achieve a clean, safe place to live and raise our children. We want a quiet and beautiful environment to live in, retire to, and enjoy together. We want to promote neighborly awareness, cooperation and public service, vigilance in preserving our community, and a legacy of peace. This is a way for us to communicate our feelings, share our observations, and collectively make our community the best it can be.
Strategic Plan: goals and objectives.
Objective 1: First, we want to promote and improve attendance at monthly meetings. Goals are meetings with 15 or more concurrent attendees per meeting. Actions towards this end include A larger vinyl sign for advertising at the neighborhood gateway (purchased and in use) and regular announcements in the Ewing Observer.
Objective 2: Secondly, we want to promote and premiere a community party, where we can celebrate our neighborhood and invite others to share in it. This is lightly planned for summer of 2008. Actions toward this end include: responsibilities, events, times, dates, and objectives.
Objective 3: Third, we want to promote awareness of best practices in security, watchfulness, and neighborly awareness. We hope to reduce overall crime incidents in the neighborhood. Actions towards this end include: Regular presentations by police officers, security experts, and others to make our community aware of best practices.
Objective 4: Finally, we want to develop a deterrent to speeding in our neighborhood, which has become a danger to children in the area. Actions toward this include: promote speed bumps and speed reinforcement signs in key areas, which requires agreement by residents, adoption by the group, and proposal to the municipality for action.
