Help Build a Healthy and Safe Community
Host a Block Party!
Did you know that people who feel part of a community live longer and happier lives? It’s true – and hosting a block party is a great way to get to know the community around you. Meeting your neighbours and becoming involved is also a fundamental building block of creating a sense of safety in your neighbourhood, not only for you but for your children and other young people.
In today’s hot economy and front-drive-garage society, we sometimes forget how important our block is in grounding us and the children living there. Building relationships is building community – and what better way than a block party? It’s the 101 of Community Development, where fun, laughter, games and food actually help us to produce long-lasting benefits for our own families, and those around us. As adults, we all share in this responsibility, as it truly takes “a village to raise a child.” Instead of creating a culture of justice, let’s – as a society – create a culture of caring.
“If not us, then who?” “If not now, then when?”
Let’s start with something fun, by taking the lead in organizing this great day. A block party really is very simple to organize. Here’s how to get started:
- Pick a date and notify everyone on the block.
- Use a large driveway or back yard to avoid closing off the street – or plan to obtain the necessary permits from the City of Calgary (Roads) to close off the street.
- Let everyone know to bring their own meat to barbeque, a dish to contribute, lawn chairs for comfy seating and their own beverages.
- Assign someone to organize a few kids’ games.
- Ask other neighbours to provide a few picnic tables and find someone who can provide a large barbeque.
Instant block party! It’s that simple! Help build your community!
Panorama Blockwatch
Hello Panorama Residents
Our names are Kevin and Adam and we live with our families in Panorama Hills. We’ve teamed up in an effort to make our community a better place to live and raise our kids. We want Panorama to be great and are inviting you to become part of this and encourage you to get involved.
We’ve teamed up with BLOCKWATCH and NHCA. Let’s get engaged with our community and get to know our neighbors. Let’s not ignore the problems in our community. Let’s challenge them! We owe it to ourselves and our children to clean up our community. We can get more done as a group than we can as individuals. Become part of Panorama Blockwatch. It’s easy.
Thank you!
Do You Know Your Neighbor? You Should!
Panorama Hills is now a BLOCKWATCH COMMUNITY! We owe it to ourselves and our children to work together to create a safe and engaged community; a community where people know each other and are proud community members. We want a community where it’s safe for our children to play outside and walk to school. Let’s work together to create that community in Panorama Hills.
Being a BLOCKWATCH community is simple. Look out for each other and get engaged. Suspect something suspicious? Talk about it with your neighbors. Report it! If you don’t know your neighbor something is fundamentally wrong with that. Ask yourself why? Is there something suspicious about what’s going on next door?
Drug Houses:
Marijuana Grow Operations are becoming a big problem throughout Calgary. Panorama is not immune. The following are some of the signs to look for:
- Blinds on the main floor are always closed.
- Frequent and unusual traffic (stop, enter garage, leave, different vehicles coming and going).
- Humming noises (wind/humming coming from the garage).
- Little property maintenance (do you see pride of ownership?)
- Strange odors (skunk smell every so often, solvents)
- Property alteration (covering windows/patio doors)
- They will wave and appear friendly. But do you know them? Have you seen inside their house?
These are just some of the things to watch for. If the house was recently sold and it appears that someone moved in, but you’ve never really met them be alert to the signs above. Talk about it with your neighbors. Become a member of PANORAMA BLOCKWATCH and talk about it with us. These people want to go unnoticed. If they get noticed, they will leave and eventually not come at all.
Phone numbers to call and report suspicious activity:
Calgary Police (403)-266-1234
Calgary Police on-line reporting: http://www.calgarypolice.ca/onlinereporting.html
SCAN Unit (Safer Communities and Neighborhoods: 1 (866) 960-7226
