CHANGING PERCEPTIONS IS NOT EASY POLICE, MAYOR STRUGGLE TO FIND BEST WAY TO LET PEOPLE KNOW CITY IS SAFE. SAFER THAN YOU THINK SECOND Edition

Experts say that approach usually isn't enough. `To overcome a negative perception is a lot of hard work," said Steve Gibson, a California revitalization consultant who recently toured Allentown. Christina Fenstermacher, the new executive director of the Allentown Downtown Improvement Deve...

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Published inThe morning call (Allentown, Pa.)
Main Author KEITH HERBERT and JAMES E. WILKERSON, The Morning Call Morning Call staff writer Daryl Nerl contributed to this report
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Allentown, Pa Tribune Publishing Company, LLC 27.08.2000
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Fenstermacher, Christina
Heydt, William L
Johri, Mahmood
Nichols, McDuffie
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Summary:Experts say that approach usually isn't enough. `To overcome a negative perception is a lot of hard work," said Steve Gibson, a California revitalization consultant who recently toured Allentown. Christina Fenstermacher, the new executive director of the Allentown Downtown Improvement Development Authority, wants to build a team of `ambassadors` that would help keep the downtown area clean, answer questions for visitors and act as eyes and ears for police. Greg Hatfield, president of Landmark Parking in Baltimore and Allentown's Colonial Parking, said he has been impressed by Baltimore's effort and would like to see something like that in Allentown.
ISSN:0884-5557