I don’t even know what 5 million in my community would even pay for. Probably not much
Idk maybe see if I can get some permits for more street food vendors outside Central Park
Not really a huge amount at this scale but can still bring a change or improve some areas. Wyd
Schools in Philly dog s*** so I would start there
Community garden / youth center where kids can go after school to grow food and bring it home after.
$5 million isn't gonna do s*** here. It needs actual rehab centers, youth centers, better homeless shelters, a program to get these guns off the street, better schools, after school programs, job placement programs, cleaner streets, non dirty police and cheaper affordable housing programs
and even more than I can think of after that. if can do at least half of that tho ig that'll help?
fix up my house then tell the community if they grind hard enough they can have what I have
real
reduce police presence as much as possible
make affordable housing mandatory for any new buildings in the area
more local chain grocery stores
free skill learning establishments for older adults, people who have been incarcerated, and special needs folks (coding, basic tech education, how to read and write, hs to college level basics like math science etc.,)
afterschool workshops for pre k - high school students
hella water fountains and water refilling stations
remove all anti-homeless restrictions in public spaces
more areas with tables and organization spaces
reduce the number of fast food places in the area
$5m ain’t enough for the first thing you mentioned
Feed people everyday until the money ran out. That alone would disrupt society so much that local gov. would have to do something.
$5m ain’t enough for the first thing you mentioned
Ik I just forgot about the budget at some point
$50m wouldn’t even be enough to fix the issues in my community.
We’d have to tear the whole s*** down and invest billions. I’m talking everything from streets to schools to healthcare. So many levels to developing my community for the better
Push to have businesses invest into the community and encourage big corps to build their offices in the city
cameras all over the place
Education and hire top talent educators for the future young leaders
more police presence.
Cleaner roads
More police presence
More police presence :cambyout: and he wrote it five times too
fixing all potholes, building 2-3 open air basketball courts with roofing tho so can play whenever no matter the weather. past that idk tbh dump the rest back into the school system i guess
Apparently the local population is 8000, 5m÷8k=625. I'm not sure I can do much with that sort of money really. I'd try tackle youth unemployment and homelessness though
Ima just be honest. 5 million dollars won’t do s*** for a community except on a VERY short term scale, especially in this era of inflation. Anything you try to do through community leaders they’ll run your pockets to “get theirs” before any of it sees the community if it does at all. Housing, schools, businesses, etc will all cost a lot more. Even if the intent is good, Building up run down neighborhoods only increases the market value making it unaffordable for people who live in the area after the fact (aka gentrification) Anything positive you do will have a negative blowback like this somehow. The only real solution is to increase both wages for people working and the income people on disability and other forms of welfare to at least be livable, then build when they can actually afford the places being restructured. But all of that cost significantly more than 5 million.
This what I’m worried about
Stooges looking at the money like “ooh a raise?”
More police presence :cambyout: and he wrote it five times too
Shut up you f***ing criminal f***