In 1997 the La Mesa and Trumbull Village Neighborhoods
(South Los Altos and South San Pedro neighborhoods were
included later) were awarded a $10 million dollar U.S. Dept.
of Justice grant to implement the “Weed and Seed” program,
that extended through 2010 with an additional $2 million
dollars being awarded in 2006.
In 1997 the La Mesa and Trumbull Village Neighborhoods
(South Los Altos and South San Pedro neighborhoods were
included later) were awarded a $10 million dollar U.S. Dept.
of Justice grant to implement the “Weed and Seed” program,
that extended through 2010 with an additional $2 million
dollars being awarded in 2006.
In 1997 the La Mesa and Trumbull Village Neighborhoods
(South Los Altos and South San Pedro neighborhoods were
included later) were awarded a $10 million dollar U.S. Dept.
of Justice grant to implement the “Weed and Seed” program,
that extended through 2010 with an additional $2 million
dollars being awarded in 2006.
In 1997 the La Mesa and Trumbull Village Neighborhoods
(South Los Altos and South San Pedro neighborhoods were
included later) were awarded a $10 million dollar U.S. Dept. of Justice grant to implement the Weed and Seed program, that extended through 2010 with an additional $2 million dollars being awarded in 2006. The U.S. Department of Justice's Weed and Seed program was developed to demonstrate an innovative and comprehensive approach to law enforcement and community revitalization, and to prevent and control violent crime, drug abuse, and gang activity in target areas. The program, initiated in 1991, attempts to weed out violent crime, gang activity, and drug use and trafcking in target areas, and then seed the target area by restoring the neighborhood through social and economic revitalization. Weed and Seed has three objectives: (1) develop a comprehensive, multiagency strategy to control and prevent violent crime, drug trafcking, and drug-related crime in target neighborhoods; (2) coordinate and integrate existing and new initiatives to concentrate resources and maximize their impact on reducing and preventing violent crime, drug trafcking, and gang activity; and (3) mobilize community residents in the target areas to assist law enforcement in identifying and removing violent offenders and drug trafckers from the community and to assist other human service agencies in identifying and responding to service needs of the target area. To achieve these goals, Weed and Seed integrates law enforcement, community policing, prevention, intervention, treatment, and neighborhood restoration efforts. The Weed and Seed program is being implemented in more than 150 communities across the country. The following is the list of those responsible for implementing that program in Albuquerque. Eastside Weed & Seed Steering Committee Membership Roster
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Name Title Organization Name of Representative Contact Address 1. Martin Chavez
Required Member Mayor City of Albuquerque Valorie Vigil COA-DFCS Director
2. David Iglesias
Required Member United States Attorney
United States Attorneys Office Ron Lopez Law Enforcement Coordinator/Public Affairs Officer
3. Alma Stark
Required Member President Trumbull Village Neighborhood Association
4. Nancy Bearce Required Member President La Mesa Neighborhood Association
Dick Vollmer 5. Ana Beal
Required Member President South Los Altos Neighborhood Association
6. Melody Porr
Required Member Resident South Los Altos Neighborhood Association
7. Marissa Nordstrom
Required Member President South San Pedro Neighborhood Association
8. Rod Davis
Required Member Property Owner
South San Pedro 9. Gil Gallegos
Required Member Chief of Police Albuquerque Police Department
Captain Mike Callaway APD
10. Darren White
Required Member Sheriff Bernalillo County Sheriffs Department
11. Kari Brandenburg District Attorney 2 nd Judicial District Bill Hoch Community Prosecution Liaison
12. Wayne Dixie Resident Agent In Charge Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms
13. Andreas Stephens Special Agent in Charge Federal Bureau of Investigations
14. Alex Garcia New Mexico National Guard Drug Demand Reduction Unit Frank Del Margo 15. John Bulten Pastor East Central Ministries (La Mesa)
16. Cecil Lynn Pastor Faith Tabernacle Baptist Church (Trumbull)
17. Pending Pastor South Baptist Church (South San Pedro)
18. Arthur Betonie Pastor Native Life Church (Trumbull)
19. Dwight Diaz Program Manager Sobering Services
20. Bobbie Nobles Asian American Association
21. Don Gould Executive Director East Central Community Development Corporation
22. Mary Garcia Acting Director Albuquerque Indian Center Ritchie Simplicio 23. Barbara Trujillo Principal La Mesa Elementary School
24. Jackie Costales Principal Emerson Elementary School
25. Debbie Montoya Principal Hawthorne Elementary School
26. Tom Rutherford County Commissio ner Bernalillo County Commission
27. Charmaine Gutierrez Director Cesar Chavez Community Center
Tina Otero 28. Charlie Morgan Pastor Nazarene Church (South Los Altos)
29. Erica Landry Coord. Southeast Community Economic Alliance