SWOT Analysis - Safe & Clean
 
Group 5 11 17 23 29 35 Rank
STRENGTHS              
Recently Cleaner Streets 3           0.5
Public Square 5       4 4 2.2
Riverfront 4 4     1   1.5
Activities 2           0.3
Appearance of City Vehicles 1           0.2
Small Town Attitude   5         0.8
Accessibility       1     0.2
Well Maintained Historic Structures         3   0.5
Daytime Safety   3         0.5
Proximity of Police Dept.     5 5 2   2
Walkability     4       0.7
Compact Area to Maintain       4     0.7
Pride of Ownership           5 0.8
Clean College Campus       2 5   1.2
Minimal Pollutants       3     0.5
WEAKNESSES              
Poor Sidewalks 5           0.8
Lack of Police / Foot Patrol 4     3 3   1.7
Empty Buildings 3     4 1 4 2
Empty Stores 2           0.3
No Cleaning Strategy   5     5 3 2.2
Deserted After 5 PM   4       5 1.5
Poor Lighting   3   5 4   2
Understaffed Police Dept.   2         0.3
The Canopy   1         0.2
Lack of People Attractions     5       0.8
One Way Traffic Patterns     4       0.7
Perception of Crime       2     0.3
Loitering       1     0.2
Lack of Cooperation         2   0.3
OPPORTUNITIES              
Increased Police Presence 5           0.8
Improve N.I.T. Activity 4           0.7
Riverfront Improvement 3 4 5 1   5 3
Residential Enrichment   5         0.8
Pedestrian Only Downtown   3         0.5
College Integration   2     5 2 1.5
Pride - Promotion     4       0.7
Low Cost Real Estate       5     0.8
Re-Use of Vacant Space           3 0.5
Entrepreneurial Opportunity       4     0.7
KOZ       3     0.5
Potential for Modernization       2     0.3
Crime Watch Groups         4   0.7
Historic District Restoration         3   0.5
Pedestrian Generating Activity         2   0.3
Safe Public Transit         1   0.2
Volunteer Maintenenace           4 0.7
THREATS              
Vagrants 5           0.8
Panhandlers 4           0.7
Negative Attitude / Apathy 3   4 2 4   2.2
Looks Dirty 2           0.3
Drugs & Prostitution 1           0.2
Deteriorating Buildings   5     3   1.3
Unsafe After Dark   4         0.7
Future “Ghost Town”   3         0.5
Day vs Night Attitude     5       0.8
Deteriorating Neighborhoods       5     0.8
Emmigration vs. Immigration       4     0.7
Lack of Safe/Clean Resources       3     0.5
River Issues       1     0.2
Funding Availability         5   0.8
Lack of Coordination         2   0.3
Regulations         1   0.2
Increasing Vacancies           5 0.8
Outside Crime Entering City           4 0.7
 
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