Graffitti

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I think this article is exactly what we are talking about. This is  
the bigger picture of what ASU is looking for in terms of new  
housing, new learning centers (such as an Urban Workshop) and why  
this is important for attracting students and increasing graduation  
rates.

Excerpt from
"Housing boom, push for diplomas bring amenities," by Anne Ryman, The  
Arizona Republic
September 13, 2006

"Today's college students are benefiting from the biggest campus  
housing expansion since the late 1960s. Universities, including  
Arizona's three major ones, are building more dormitories to keep up  
with record enrollments. And in the process they're moving the dorm  
experience upscale.

"University officials have a larger strategy than simply keeping up  
with growth. They want to encourage more students to live on campus  
in hopes of raising graduation rates, which are required by the  
Arizona Board of Regents to hit 61 percent by 2009. The current rate  
for the state's public universities is 58 percent.

"Research shows that students who live on campus even one year are 12  
percent more likely to complete their degrees because they feel more  
connected to school.

"To achieve that goal, universities are setting up "living and  
learning communities" where students with similar majors are grouped  
together with an adviser's office in the dorm."
To read the full article, go to:
http://www.asufoundation.org/news/stories/091306-amenities.asp
Or http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0913dorms0913.html

- Aaron

On Sep 23, 2006, at 4:18 PM, Jo Clute wrote:

Ruth,

I am going to use your message as a segway if that's ok.  I own the  
vacant
property smack dab in the middle of those barracks type apts.  The crime
there is rampant and the owners of these properties are durressed  
about the
situation as well.  I am working on a project to turn this section of  
Oak
into student/artist housing.

But doing so is where the trouble lies.  I have been working on and off
this project for over a year and it has been a lot more difficult  
than I had
anticipated.

HOWEVER,  I met with ASU college of Architecture just  last week and  
they
are in the process of accepting that section (my property) as one of  
their
Urban Workshops.  ASU comes with a LOT of PR which would generate  
interest
in this section and hopefully pull the artists/students into this  
section.

I have talked with most of the owners and they are willing to do  
whatever it
takes to convert this section from where it is.  They can't attract
different tenants and it seems to be an endless cycle.  Most of the  
crime in
Coronado streams from this section to the rest of the neighborhood  
via Oak,
especially when they head towards the Sunshine Market.

Anyway I think the grafitti in this area is indicative of a much greater
problem that needs to be handled at its core level.

Until then, I keep a can of Kilz and spare exterior paint for when  
the alley
side of my house gets tagged as it seems to happen seasonably.

Welcome back to the list, we've been wondering where you've been :-)

Jody


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ruth & Rusty Rapp" <paris4545 at cox.net>
To: <central-city-discuss at gcna.info>
Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: Graffitti


> There has also been a lot of graffitti lately near those ghetto  
> apartments
> at 15th St. and Oak (SE corner). There are even a couple of "blank"  
> signs
> on
> the property itself that are covered in it. I have reported this to
> Graffitti Busters a couple of times...they've painted over the  
> crap, but
> it
> soon reappears, of course. How easy for the tenants, they just have to
> step
> right outside their doors, spray paint can in hand!
>
> I personally would have liked to see those apartments TORN DOWN.
>
> Ruth
>
>
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