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A collaboration of Innovations in Community-Based Crime Reduction, Choice Neighborhoods, and Workforce & Economic Development in the 85705 zip code.

Friday, December 13, 2019

December Newsletter

What's coming up...

You're invited! THRIVE in the 05 Public Meeting

Come join other neighbors and partners to celebrate our recent successes, hear about the outcomes from this fall's Transformation Team meetings, and provide feedback on our plan moving forward.

Wednesday, December 18
6:00 - 7:00 PM
Pima Community College Downtown Campus
1255 N Stone Ave, Amethyst Room (CC 180)
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Transformation Team Meetings & Design Charrettes

SAVE THE DATE(S)! You're invited for a series of important planning meetings this January! Choose a focus or come to them all:

People & Education Transformation Team Meeting: Thursday, January 9, 2020, time and location TBD
Housing Design Charrette: Friday, January 17, 2020, time and location TBD
Neighborhoods Design Charrette: Saturday, January 25, 2020, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, PCC Downtown Campus, 1255 N Stone Ave, Amethyst Room (CC 180)
Business Design Charrette: Monday, January 27, 2020, 6:00 PM, PCC Downtown Campus, 1255 N Stone Ave, Amethyst Room (CC 180)

We encourage you to invite residents and additional partner organizations to join us in this effort. Refreshments will be provided, and we will have activities for children.

Calling All Volunteers!

Looking for an opportunity to volunteer for THRIVE in the 05? Want to gain or practice your research skills? Join us in an effort to survey households in the THRIVE in the 05 community! Must be 18 or older to survey. Bilingual volunteers are especially needed.

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In the community...

Resources You Can Use

Check out the new Cheat Sheet to City Services
Ready to work but still want to keep your SSI/SSDI benefits? Ticket to Work is a voluntary, free program for social security beneficiaries age 18 through 64 who want to work. Participants can enter employment and may continue to receive their Supplementary Security Income benefits and/or Social Security Disability Insurance while they explore work options. Contact Beacon Group at (520) 917-1787 for more information.

Community Events

Wreaths Across America: Saturday, December 14, 10:00 am, Evergreen Cemetery (3015 N Oracle Rd). A national event to place holiday wreaths on the graves of all veterans.
Primavera Annual Homeless Memorial: Thursday, December 19th, 4:00 pm, Evergreen Cemetery (3015 N Oracle Rd). Every year, we join the national movement to remember our neighbors, friends, and family who have passed away while facing homelessness in the past year.
Cookies with Santa: Thursday, December 19th, 5:30-7:30 pm, Marty Birdman Center (2536 N Castro). Sign your child up before December 13th to receive a toy from Santa by calling (520) 791-5950.
11th & Flores Public Meeting: Friday, December 20, 5:30 pm, Tucson Elks Lodge (1800 N Oracle Rd). The Tucson Police Department is seeking community input and/or suggestions regarding an intersection traffic flow study at N 11th Ave and W Flores St.
Warm Clothing Giveaway: Saturday, December 21, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, Good News Community Church (701 W Glenn). Lots of warm clothing and lunch! Underwear, socks, jackets, coats, blankets...
Salvation Army Community Christmas Meal with delicious food and live entertainment, December 25, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm, Tucson Convention Center (260 S Church Ave, West Parking Lot B)

Click here to submit upcoming events & resources to be included in future newsletters.

Wait. What is THRIVE in the 05?

Building on over a decade of work on projects like the Oracle Area Revitalization Plan (OARP), The Oracle Project (TOP), and the Oracle Area Task Force, three current initiatives are teaming up to build community and invest resources in this area. Together, these projects are called THRIVE in the 05!

Community-Based Crime Reduction is a comprehensive public safety initiative which seeks to work with the community to identify and address drivers of crime to help build sustainable communities of opportunity. Grant funded from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) through the Tucson based ASU School of Social Work.
Choice Neighborhoods leverages significant public and private dollars to support locally driven strategies that address struggling neighborhoods with distressed public or HUD-assisted housing through a comprehensive approach to neighborhood transformation. Grant funded from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) through the City of Tucson's Housing and Community Development Department (HCD).
Pima Community College in partnership with City of Tucson's Economic Initiatives Office is working to connect local residents and businesses to job training, business incentives, and resources. This collaboration on economic and workforce development inclusion arose through the 2018 Daniel Rose Fellowship and Oracle Area Task Force.

This monthly newsletter will provide you with important updates on the projects, invitations to meetings, and opportunities to provide feedback and drive the change you want to see in your neighborhoods. Read more about the effort in the Arizona Daily Star.