Monday, July 2, 2007

I Feel Like Such A... City Planner!!! lol

  • Today was a veryyy interesting day. First, Patience, Selena, and I went to St. Luke's United Methodist Church on Highland to assist with "appreciation cookies" for the mostly hispanic construction workers who are building the new apartment complex on Highland, across the street from the church. It was an unforgettable experience! I had so much fun attempting to converse and watching Patience translate. Oh and the cookies were GREAT!!




  • While we were enjoying our "galletas", Mr. Andrew, Marshanique, Shay, Patrick, Jeremy & Marquez were going to Davis Park to do some behavior mapping. However, when they got to Davis, there was no behavior to map.
  • Then we all met up for lunch at Wendy's.
  • After lunch, we drove to the University's City Planning Lab and learned how to use ArcGis Mapping Software. It was surprisingly FUN! lol We learned new and interesting facts about different countries and differences and similarities between them.
  • This program will DEFINITELY be of good use with making our neighborhood better. Not only will we be able to map crime; but we'll be able to map the locations of abandoned houses, streetlights, trees, parks, corner stores, etc., and see if the presence or lack of those have any affect on the neighborhood





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