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September 17, 2004

East Palo Alto Parks Swing into the Future!
Three upgraded and one brand new

Jack Farrel Park

By Laura Savage

Who would have known ten years ago that Jack Farrell Park would again be enjoyed by so many children? A decade ago its primary reputation was as a dangerous location full of drug use and drug dealing. In fact, an East Palo Alto police officer as well as other local residents were fatally shot or stabbed in this park.

But today, after residents have reclaimed the park and a beautification effort was completed, things are looking quite different in Jack Farrell Park and the three other parks in East Palo Alto.

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Low Cost Produce Benefits Local Seniors
Bayside Trails
 
Senior Center Produce Sale
By Fernando Bravo
Interim Public Works Director,
City of East Palo Alto

On September 15th two meetings took place in the East Palo Alto Community Room/Council Chambers. One presented by SamTrans, on behalf of the City/County Association of Governments, covered a draft Community-Based Transportation Plan for East Palo Alto. The other meeting was sponsored by the City of Menlo Park and was about a Bay Trail Feasibility Study concerning possible routes connecting bayside trails in East Palo Alto and Menlo Park for walking, jogging and biking.


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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.

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How Block Clubs Can Benefit Residents
 
Full Representation
in East Palo Alto:
an Overview
East Palo Alto Block Clubs
 
voter registration

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.


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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.




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