Highlights from our First Year

  We’re pretty excited with our accomplishments in our first year of initiating this new organization in Erie County. Here’s a quick snapshot of what we have been up to. The NRO hosts its first workshop in a planned series of informational events in October; a Capacity Building Workshop presented by...

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Spotlight on our Community Allies– Crime Victim Center of Erie County (CVC)

With almost 40 years of experience providing much needed services to Erie communities, the Crime Victim Center’s mission is to “reduce the impact of crime through counseling, prevention, education and advocacy”. With a strong focus on education and prevention, the CVC offers a wide variety of programing and seminars centered around such topics...

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Our view: Collaborate to improve Erie’s neighborhoods

Discarded tires, rusted shopping carts and mounds of trash can be signs that a neighborhood is in decline. But the opposite conclusion can also be drawn, when Erie neighborhood associations are working together to gather all of that junk and get rid of it, to create healthier surroundings. The Neighborhood...

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Grants help clean up Erie neighborhoods

ED PALATTELLA | ERIE, Pa. Over the weekend, a $1,000 grant spurred creation of a temporary marker at East 14th and Reed streets. The 40 tires piled curbside signaled the neighborhood’s attempt to combat crime with cleanliness. Nearly 20 volunteers helped the Snoops Neighborhood Watch Association collect the tires and...

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Academy Neighborhood Association gets $1,000 grant

Erie Times News | Published: April 10, 2015 | By Ed Palattella NRO Grant Recipient: Academy Neighborhood Association Since he helped found the Academy Neighborhood Association in 2012, Bob Hand has been looking for ways to fund its initiatives. Hand is getting a boost from the Neighborhood Resource Organization. The Academy Neighborhood Association is...

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Neighborhood Resource Organization Logo a Go

April 9th, 2015 – Community partners, elected officials and members of the organization’s steering committee gathered this morning for the unveiling at the organization’s new location at St. John School on East 27th Street in Erie. The new N.R.O. logo was designed by the students at Perseus House Charter School for...

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Law Officials Address Tough Questions in Public Forum

By Justin Carter They are images plastered in the headlines: tension between law enforcement and the citizen. “Any city can be one incident away from all the attention,” Erie Police Chief Randy Bowers says. That is why Chief Bowers, Millcreek Chief Mike Tesore, District Attorney Jack Daneri and several other...

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Neighborhood Resource Organization Announces Distribution of Free Gun Locks

Press Release | Published: November 13, 2014 The Neighborhood Resource Organization, in conjunction with Country Fair and Kraus Department Store, is pleased to announce that free gun locks will be made available to Erie County residents. The Neighborhood Resource Organization (NRO), a strategy of the Unified Erie Violence Reduction Initiative, is committed to...

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