Leadership Vallejo

   This Friday, (November 16, 2007) I will be attending a monthly meeting with Leadership Vallejo members.  Some of you are aware of my participation with this program, but for those who are still uninformed, please checkout the website: www.leadershipvallejo.org If you click on the website, check out the photos uploaded on the page.  Currently, I serve on the program's community team.  As of this moment, we are developing a project along Tennessee Street (the street has a historical connection with Mare Island Shipyard).  When Mare Island was a active military base, Tennessee Street was one of Vallejo's staple locations.  One of the reasons is because it's the only street to access Mare Island from the I-80 freeway.  Today, since the military base's closure the street has become festered with litter, over grown city trees, graffiti, old newspaper receptacles and smoking shops.  Studies have show when areas are left unmaintained, crime rates are likely to increase.  The city of Vallejo has the potential to become a staple within the Bay Area region,  but it takes one person (me or you) connecting with others to compel change.  

Anyhow, its day one of the start of my vacation week from school. I'm feeling like getting out tonight.  Maybe I'll checkout a movie. 

Chris