The Eastside Pioneers Neighborhood Association distributed flyers this morning (8.17.08) in our neighborhood concentrating on the area surrounding the scene of yesterday's (8.16.08) shooting. We also issued a press release to the Post-Bulletin and the local television stations. Both are copied below and as you will see we will be taking special interest in whoever is prosecuted for the shootings within our neighborhood association.

Something more has to be done to stop these shootings.

This flyer was distributed to homes within our neighborhood association surrounding the area where yesterday’s shooting occurred. Our neighborhood association is bordered by Silver Lake Park on the north, the Federal Medical Center on the east, Fourth Street SE on the south and the Zumbro river on the west.

The Eastside Pioneers Neighborhood Association (ESPNA) has been outspoken about the increase in the level of violence within our community. We have sponsored a couple of community-wide forums regarding the subject of violence in a pro-active effort to find answers to the problem. The ESPNA has been actively seeking to educate our neighborhood as well as the city of Rochester as to the sources of violence and solutions to the problem.

Michael J. LaPlante [1]
President, Eastside Pioneers Neighborhood Association
(507) 282-2667