PSN Prepares for Ramblewood Meeting

For those who haven't been following the paper lately, I recently started a series focusing on Ramblewood apartments - its past, present and the debate over its future. Ramblewood has a violent history but some are trying to improve the neighborhood while others want to do away with the property and level it to the ground.

Here are the stories to date:

Part 1 - Neighborhood at a Crossroads

Part 2 - Neighborhood in Crisis

Part 3 - Rumbling in Ramblewood

Part 4 - Police Respond to Ramblewood Debate


For those interested in chiming in on the debate, I received this e-mail last night from PSN leader Frank Cloyd...


Hello everyone,

Our regular monthly PSN MEETING will be MONDAY JAN. 28, 6 PM at CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH in the Fellowship Hall in the church basement. Please park in the parking lot at the rear of the church, and come in the back door. I will have signs directing you to the Fellowship Hall. Central United Methodist Church is located at the corner of Marion St. and Washington St. in Uptown Shelby. Don't be alarmed that our church signs are torn down -- we are beginning a big renovation of the church building.

Thanks to all of you our PSN target area is safer than it has been in 13 years. The big effort now is to continue to repopulate our area with law-abiding citizens, and to continue to establish a solid community. There is much to look forward to in PSN for 2008. Improvement to housing and infrastructure; increased church activities; and plans for other facilities.

As we prepare for our Jan. 28 meeting, there is strong support in our community to take action in Ramblewood. Let us all pray for divine guidance to reach unanimous agreement on our action. Several options have been publicly shown in Shelby Star and Cleveland Headline News. The purpose of our Monday Jan. 28 meeting is to respectfully discuss options for immediate action.

PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS meeting participants have the power to independently initiate action. Following our meeting guidelines, all group actions have been and will be by unanimous consent. Everyone present has an equal vote and equal right to share your opinion. Any one person present may veto the proposed action of the entire group.

Our power is authorized by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, generally known as freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, right of the people peaceably to assemble, and right of the people to petition the Government. We must be willing to use these rights, stand up for these rights, demand these rights, fight for these rights, and to provide these rights to all citizens regardless of economic status or position in society. We must fight against undue influence or coercion by the powerful.

Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend our meeting.

Hope to see all of you at our PSN MEETING MONDAY JAN. 28, 6 PM at CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.


Thanks,

Frank