Low Cost Produce Benefits Local Seniors		How Block Clubs Can Benefit Residents
EPA Senior Center Produce Market Celebrates 1st Anniversary By Laura Savage With cuts in social services, medical coverage and housing aid for the elderly, it's nice to know that there are programs that look to ease financial pressures for seniors. The local East Palo Alto Senior Center Produce Market, just completing its first year, is one of them. The Market was established by the Episcopal Homes Foundation, EPA CAN DO and the East Palo Alto Senior Center. However it is now run entirely by Senior Center volunteers led by Mrs. Lorraine Holmes. The objective is to provide seniors with affordable produce in a convenient way, but the Market is also open to the whole community. Click to read more...		West Side Stories By Maureen Pattarelli A few months ago One East Palo Alto (OEPA) held a press conference to release the report from a survey by the Community Development Institute on residents' perceptions of crime and public safety. Local headlines trumpeted the findings: EPA residents felt unsafe and their top crime concern was drugs. This was news? Well, I guess the news was in the numbers: a full 65% of residents felt unsafe or very unsafe in their own neighborhoods. But another more hopeful finding was also documented: 62% of residents who knew about block clubs thought they were good or very good at addressing crime issues. Click to read more...

Full Representation in East Palo Alto: an Overview		Be Inspired!
By Goro Mitchell Executive Director, Community Development Institute Recently attention has been drawn to the fact that Latinos in East Palo Alto have not been represented on the City Council in proportion to their number in the City. But the issue of representation that fairly reflects demographics goes far beyond East Palo Alto. Click to read more...		Start Up Fall 2004 Entrepreneurship Training By Loretta Liu Have you ever thought about working for yourself and don't know how to get started? Make that idea work for you! Start Up is the local small business development organization that can help you turn your business ideas into reality. Click to read more...
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