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Contents 1 West River Neighborhood: New Haven 1.1 Related Documents 1.2 Related Organizations 1.3 History 1.4 Definition of the Neighborhood 1.5 Neighborhood Data 1.6 Neighborhood Resources 1.6.1 Demographics/Overview 1.6.2 Economy 1.6.3 Housing 1.6.4 Health 1.6.5 Education 1.6.6 Civic Vitality 1.6.7 Public Safety 1.6.8 Environment 1.6.9 Sources

West River Neighborhood: New Haven

Welcome to the Understanding Your Neighborhood page about the West River neighborhood. West River is a neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut.

Please stay tuned for a detailed neighborhood profile and interactive features about the neighborhood. Contact DataHaven to get involved in building this resource.

Related Documents

	Title
File:CARE WESTRIVER NeighborhoodsSummaryFINAL.pdf	CARE Documenting New Haven Health: West River
File:CARE YSPH magazine Fall 2010.pdf	Yale Public Health Magazine: A City's Well-Being
File:NewHaven CARE Community Dialogues Report 2010.pdf	CARE’s Health Surveys and Asset Mapping: CARE Community Dialogues Report
File:NewHaven CARE SchoolDataSummary 2010.pdf	Summary of health data collected by CARE in a randomly selected subset of the New Haven Public Schools.
File:NewHaven DonaghueArticle CARE 2010.pdf	Donaghue press article on CARE Health Survey effort, Spring 2010.

Related Organizations

	Title
CARE	CARE
Dwight Edgewood West River Promise Neighborhood	Dwight-Edgewood-West River Promise Neighborhoods Collaboration
Greater Dwight Development Corporation	Greater Dwight Development Corporation
NewHaven Dwight CMT	Dwight Central Management Team

History

Definition of the Neighborhood

Although there are many possible definitions of the West River neighborhood, the city's official definition is the area bordered by: (list streets and Block Groups)

Neighborhood Data

Please see our Neighborhood Profiles page on DataHaven for demographic profile information about the City of New Haven and each of its neighborhoods: http://www.ctdatahaven.org/neighborhoodprofiles.php

Neighborhood map with streets: http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/Maps/pdfs/StreetIndex_34x42P_neighborhood.pdf

Map of city with location of New Haven Census Tracts: http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/cityplan/pdfs/Maps/CensusTracts_streets_34x42.pdf

A more detailed data profile on the neighborhood, including interactive maps, will be forthcoming on this page.

Neighborhood Resources

Demographics/Overview

1. DataHaven

Economy

1. Dwight Supermarket Concerned Citizens Committee. The Committee is a group of residents, businesses and organizations concerned about the loss of the Shaw's Supermarket in New Haven. The page contains a discussion about the closing of Shaw's is bad for community health.

2. Dwight Edgewood West River Promise Neighborhood Collaboration. Initiative to create a Promise Neighborhood within the district.

Housing

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Health

1. CARE - Community Alliance for Research and Engagement has conducted surveys of neighborhood residents and citizen-driven asset mapping to document conditions related to diet, exercise and tobacco use.

Education

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Civic Vitality

1. New Haven YouthMAP - provides information on youth programs within each neighborhood. http://www.newhavenyouthmap.net/

2. New Haven Neighborhood Quality of Life Survey - Community Management Team-sponsored project to develop neighborhood cohesion evaluate quality of life in each neighborhood.

Public Safety

1. New Haven Safe Streets Coalition - Traffic safety group maintains discussion of local issues on its blog.

Environment

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