Healthy Air For North Denver (HAND)

Green Team

NCCC Youth Corps and Americorps

FrontRange Earth Force Partnership

Photovoice

Environmental Justice Outreach Partnership

Eliminating Lead Poisoning

Photovoice: Elyria Swansea Neighborhood Plan

We worked with a group of youth at the Cross Community Coalition and a group of monolingual Spanish-speaking women who were participating in the Swansea Elementary Summer Scholars Program. They were asked for input on a new plan for the neighborhood that the City is working on. Participants presented their concerns, including industrial odors, garbage, unpaved alleys, dangerous train crossings, and grafitti and security, to city planners.

All the trains near the parks are an issue because people
can’t hear and also people can’t sleep.

The fence is there but kids still jump over it. There are kids that jump over and play on the train tracks and get hurt. Maybe they can make a higher fence or cement wall.

The smell from the Purina factory is horrible at 42nd Avenue between Vine and Gaylord Streets. The neighborhood is dirty.

The train passes and does not let the bus pass or the people cross the train tracks. The train does not have a fixed hour when it passes and it is very dirty.

The trash in the alley behind the Valdez Perry branch of the library is an issue because it looks bad for the neighborhood. Also, it causes health problems for people. It is necessary to have dumpsters and fine people who continue to put trash in inappropriate places.