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Community Landscape Asset Mapping (CLAM)

Community Landscape Asset Mapping (CLAM). Health Systems committee helped design three surveys: Looking Around, Eating Out, and Grocery Shopping 12 Chicago Lawn residents (recruited through community organizations and schools) were hired and trained to conduct the surveys

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Community Landscape Asset Mapping (CLAM)

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  1. Community Landscape Asset Mapping (CLAM) • Health Systems committee helped design three surveys: Looking Around, Eating Out, and Grocery Shopping • 12 Chicago Lawn residents (recruited through community organizations and schools) were hired and trained to conduct the surveys • 385 blocks, 44 grocery stores, 56 restaurants

  2. CLAM:Looking Around Block Watch: • 42% of blocks have houses with block watch signs • 15% of blocks have block club watch signs • 11% of blocks have both houses and block club watch signs • 45% of blocks have either a block club sign or houses that have block watch signs.

  3. CLAM:Looking Around • Vacant Lots: • 27% of all blocks have at least one vacant lot • 220 total vacant lots and/or buildings • 5 vacant lots and/or buildings were identified as “being developed” • 82% of blocks with at least one vacant lot and/or building have some or lots of street garbage • 29% of blocks with at least one vacant lot and/or building also have dilapidated windows

  4. CLAM:Looking Around • Street Garbage: • 72% of blocks have some or lots of street garbage • Of those: • 33% have liquor bottles • 7% have drug paraphernalia

  5. CLAM:Looking Around • Graffiti: • 7% of blocks have at least one graffiti marking • Of those: • 37% are identified as gang tags • 52% (14 blocks) are located on blocks with houses that have block watch signs • 22% (6 blocks) identified as gang tags are located on blocks with houses that have block watch signs

  6. CLAM:Looking Around • Dilapidated Windows: • 28% of blocks have dilapidated windows • Of those: • 79% of blocks with dilapidated windows also have some or lots of street garbage • 28% of blocks with dilapidated windows have vacant lots and/or buildings

  7. CLAM:Looking Around • Housing Stock: • 89% of blocks have SFH • Of those: • 30% have vacancies • 74% of blocks have MUH • Of those: • 22% have vacancies

  8. CLAM:Looking Around • Health Care: • 1 Primary Care Physician • 2 Alternative health providers • 0 Specialty Care • 9 Dentists • Of whom: • 3 spoke a language other than English • 2 spoke English and Spanish • 1 spoke English, Spanish, and Eastern European

  9. CLAM:Looking Around • Schools: • 5% of blocks (21) have schools • Of these: • 14% are located on blocks with vacant lots • 43% are located on blocks with houses that have block watch signs • 71% have some or lots of street garbage • Of those that have garbage, 26% (4 blocks) have liquor bottles

  10. CLAM:Looking Around • 9% of blocks (31) have churches • 10% of blocks (37) have beauty salons or barber shop • 14% of blocks (55) had at least one Police car present • The “YMCA” and the “race track” were identified as the only 2 places to exercise.

  11. CLAM: Grocery Shopping • 44 stores total • 4 supermarkets • 23 corner stores • 2 Walgreens • 9 convenience stores • 2 other • 25% (11) are ethnic • 81% of those are Latino

  12. CLAM: Grocery Shopping • Services: • 3 had pharmacies within • 2 Walgreens, 1 Jewel • 2 had working blood pressure machines • Jewel and A & M food mart • 3 had signs with nutritional information • 3 had aisles for low salt/low fat/low sugar foods

  13. CLAM: Grocery Shopping • 30% sold liquor, beer or wine • 70% sold tobacco • 27% sold both • 59% had “We Card” signs • 85% of those that sold liquor, beer or wine had “We Card” signs

  14. CLAM: Grocery Shopping • 25% carried both fruits and vegetables • 34% carried fresh fruits • 67% of which were of high quality • 27% carried fresh vegetables • 50% of which were of high quality

  15. CLAM: Grocery Shopping • 27% sold several choices of fresh beef • 20% sold several choices of fresh chicken • 16% sold several choices of fresh fish • 20% sold several choices of fresh pork

  16. CLAM: Eating Out • 56 total • 34% sit down • 16% fast food • 46% take out • 2% (1) coffee shop

  17. CLAM: Eating out • 26 smoke free • 50% of those not smoke free have non-smoking sections

  18. CLAM: Eating out • 43% offer vegetarian entrees • 16 offer any type of salad • 6 offer salad with dark green veggies • 7 offer salads with romaine or leaf lettuce • 8 offer salad with iceberg lettuce • 10 offer a vegetable dish

  19. Chicken 11% offer baked 54% offer grilled 54% offer fried Fish 11% offer baked 27% offer grilled 48% offer fried Beef 7% offer baked 68% offer grilled 20% offer fried CLAM: Eating out

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