Taking Back Our Neighborhoods

A partnership led by business to fight drugs and violent crime in Central PA

OOT TV Show Archive – 2011

Operation Our Town Board Members – An update from the four founding Board members of Operation Our Town, discussing the organization’s past accomplishments and plans for the future.

Guests:
Michael A. Fiore (President) – L.S. Fiore, Inc.
Phil Devorris (Secretary) – Blair Companies
Joe Sheetz (Treasurer) – Sheetz, Inc.
Ron McConnell (Vice President) – Altoona Regional Health System

After-school Programs – A show focusing on some of the after-school programs that serve children in Blair County.

Guests:
Sherri Lynch – Garver Memorial YMCA
Ron Ross – Nehemiah Project
Lauren Jacobson McConnell – YELL Program

Blight – A show focusing on some of the programs that aim to reduce blight in Blair County.

Guests:
Randy Feathers – President, Booker T. Washington Community Revitalization Corporation
Pastor Matt Lake – 2nd Avenue United Methodist Church
Dana Dodson – AmeriCorps volunteer, Family Resource Center/United Way of Blair County

Crime Clean-up Day – A show focusing on Operation Our Town’s Crime Clean-up Day, which is held each year in May and is aimed at cleaning up graffiti in Altoona city parks.

Guests:
Dr. Todd Negola – PA Gang Investigators Association
Bill Kotz – Allied Barton Security Services
Mike Hofer – Central Blair Recreation & Park Commission
Serena Heller – Family Services, Inc.

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