Sketches 2020

One concern is the plethora of safety issues
that needs to be addressed expeditiously.
In addition, there are legal concerns in
conjunction with said safety issues that
need to be reiterated. I am president of Love
Thy Neighbor, which is a community-ba
sed safety organization here in Chesterfield
Township. Our mission is to improve
safety and tackle many other outstanding
issues that are plaguingour community.
My personal goal is to garner the support
needed from our elected officials for the
betterment of all in this community. The
quality of A life for our residents will improve
immensely once the road improvements
can be expedited, once there are more
public surveillance cameras, and once
we enforce the legalities/safety reasons of
cleaning up pet feces. We need to have our
road improvements expedited to decrease
vehicle and pedestrian accidents. Recently,
one of the members of our organization was
on her way to work but was forced to take
a different route than usual due to a vehicle
accident. While driving down the road, she hit
a huge pot-hole that was unavoidable. This
caused her to start her shift late because she
had to wait on a tow truck driver, have a new
tire installed, and then drive in heavy traffic
to get to her work. She received a verbal
warning due to there being a “no tardiness
policy” for attendance. There have been
many complaints given to us regarding
safety issues while out on the roads.
Another member of our organization
witnessed a pedestrian being struck
while riding his or her bike. The driver was
not paying attention, hit a pothole, and
lost control. My suggestion is that we
team up with the Michigan Department
of Transportation (MDOT) to develop
a plan of action in addition to their
“Five-Year Transportation Program” which
started in 1999. According to MDOT, that
plan “supports efforts to further bolster
Michigan’s position as a major player in
the global economy.” Also, “there are
specific transportation projects planned
for the next five years in each of MDOT’s
seven regions”
My community-based organization will donate
additional funding that has been set aside, to
improve safety on the roads. Other options
would be to create a GoFundMe account
to rally assistance from people all around
the country that are able to assist. We can
also host other fundraising to raise even
more money to assist in expediting the
process. Safety should not come at a price,
so we should do all that we can to speed
up the process to fix our roads. Another
way to speed up the safety process for our
residents is to add more public surveillance
cameras, so we can increase protection
and reduce crime in our neighborhood. We
as a community want to deter criminals
and set an example that we will not tolerate
crime in our neighborhood.
BUILDING, Gianna Modock (To Left)
“My process is to take a new angle, to find something that nobody else would really
look at. Do something new with something familiar. Art gave me hope and joy in my
darkest times, still does. I want to inspire someone else that even when everything
fails they can create something. Giving daily things, something you see every day a
new angle and prospective.”
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