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CONSTRUCTIVE YOUTH COUNCIL OF THE Northwest Perry Homes Arca 2339 Arno Court, N. H. Atlanta, Georgia Today there is an ever-increasing desire on -the part of the young people to be heard, probably morcso in low-income areas. It goes without saying tha t in the Northuest Perry Communities there arc hundreds of young people ,;~ho arc without any or have very few meaningful programs in which to participate. It has been said that "an idle mind is t he devil 1 ~ workshop:• The rising rate of Crime, Delinquency, Truancy and dcop-outs among the youth in our communities, indica te that city, public and priva te agencies arc f ailing to pr ovide young people with the inner controls of behavior which arc basis for a healthy w.1y of life and a clean community. Due t o t he many i nadequac i es i n the areas of super vis ed r ecreation in the Horthwest Perry Communit i es, we the r ecr eation commit tee , i n kee pi ng with your request , recommend t he following ser vices, pr ogr am and fa cilit ies f or your consideration and evaluation. Sugges ted Ar eas of Concer n and Responsib i l i ties: 1. Kee p the communi t i ca informed of ava i lable resour ces and opportunit ies in the fields of rec r eation and youth. 2. Allow the community the opportunity to assist in the pla nning , developing and running of recreat i onal programs f or youth and young adults i n the cormnunities. It generally folt that the conununit i cs i n the Northwest Perry area arc faced with the same types of problems that exi st in other communities t hroughout the city. In trying to offset some of these problems, we arc further re- commending the hiring of recreation personnel on a permanent basis from the northwest communities through the Neighbo~hood Youth Corps in•school and out-of-school programs. �-2- 3. Recommendation for the placement of necreational Leaders. (a) Pitts Elementary School Perry Boulevard, H. H. (b) Finch Elementary School Ajax Drive, N. TT. (c) Chattahoochee Elementary School Peyton Rond, N. H. 4. The hiring of recreation personnel on a perraanent bnsis by the Housinc authority to supcr,1ise recreation in the Perry Homes projects. 5. The completion of the Gun Club Park. 6. Additional Play Lots for the area. (a) Possible Location of Play Lots. (1) Intersection of Hollywood P.ond nnd Hain Street, N. H. (2) Intersection of Marco and Areyle Drive (3) 2000 HcCnllic Boulevard (4) Hestmorelnnd Circle (near 1333) (5) Clarissa Drive (Ilctucen Buildings 1602-2215) (6) Perry Iloule•,1ard (near 1395 Drew) 7. The Extension of the "Champ" Prograr.1 to include other communities. n. Swimming Pool for the area. The committee, along uith other members of the Council, will be willing t o meet you and/or ot her r esponsible repr esentatives of the City Parks Department , i n t ryi ng to ma ke our com.,n.mi ty a better place in which to live. CC: Mayor Ivan Allen Virginia Carmichael John Cox Bud Stone J. Ii. Robinson Dan Sweat �