HOSTED

HOSTED stands for Healthy Othello Safer Through Environmental Design. Since 2016, we have followed the Crime Prevention through Environmental Design concepts and methods to increase the safety for all people in our Othello Neighborhood’s safety hotspots with non-arrest solutions. We do this by engaging neighbors, agencies, property owners, and community partners to understand how we can make the recommended changes happen. We have worked with Seattle Neighborhood Group to hold 5 workshops to teach the method and get community members to analyze 4 hotspots and produce a document of the community and expert information to help drive the changes needed.

With these CPTED reports, we have been able to make physical changes on Safeway, Seattle Parks and SHA property to be safer by fixing lighting, removing visual and accessibility obstructions, and introducing art and adding other helpful paintings like crosswalks and brighter fire hydrants in the pedestrian right of way. To build community and involve neighbors in the work and show their power to improve their environment, we have hosted healthy activities, information, and opportunities to help with input and actions in these hotspots. We have helped change people’s perceptions of and behaviors in these areas and hope to continue to do so as there is plenty more, we can do together in Othello.