The modern concept of a “Neighborhood Watch” or “Block Watch” has been in application for nearly 50 years. These programs are sometimes essential to deterring crime and keeping areas safe.
Can a blog be used as a means to keep neighborhood residents updated with each other? Some people seem to think so. Below is an excerpt from a Dispatch article today:
Rt. 161 firms make plans for block watch
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Mark Ferenchik
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Block watches are about neighbors keeping an eye out for one another.
It works for housing subdivisions, say business owners along Rt. 161, so why shouldn’t commercial neighbors band together for safety? They are tired of break-ins, robberies and the perception that their area is declining, so they’re working with Columbus police to create a block watch along E. Dublin-Granville Road.
Business owners are taking other steps.
Greg Gerhard, president of the Northland business association and Bob Daniels Buick/ GMC on Morse Road, suggested that area car dealers create a blog to update one another.
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