HomeMy WebLinkAboutGVPC Agenda 02.20.24 Gun Violence Prevention Commission
Noel C. Taylor Municipal Building
215 Church Avenue, SW, Room 364
Roanoke, Virginia 24011
540.853.2333
CITY OF ROANOKE
Gun Violence Prevention Commission
AGENDA
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
5:30pm
City Manager’s Conference Room
215 Church Avenue S.W. Suite 364
Roanoke, Virginia 24011
The purpose of the Gun Violence Prevention Commission is to study the issue of gun violence in the
community, recommend strategies for prevention, intervention, and response to reduce incidents of
gun violence and address its effects on the community, and to work with citizens and community
partners in developing programs that create meaningful opportunities for positive non-violent
pathways for health and wholeness.
1. Welcome (Chair)
2. Roll Call
3. Approval of Commission Meeting Minutes from January 16, 2024
4. Old Business
a. Gun Violence Community Assessment Update – Necole Holton-
Jacobs, Elite Business Strategies
b. 2023 What’s Good, Roanoke Campaign Update – Mike Bento,
Engage Strategies
c. Reports from Working Groups
1. Education and Research
2. Community and Neighborhood Engagement
3. Grants and Fund Development
d. 2024 Gun Violence Prevention Commission Grants Update
5. New Business
a. 2023 Year-end Data Report - RPD
b. GVI Program Coordinator Update
c. Group Violence Intervention Program Update
6. Reports
a. Roanoke Police Department Community Engagement – Chief Scott
Booth
b. Youth and Gang Violence Prevention Unit Update – Chris Roberts
c. RESET Update – Lloyd Merchant
d. Star City Safe Update – Jeffrey Powell
7. Announcements
a. Next Meeting of GVP Commission, Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 5:30
pm at the Raleigh Court Branch Library
8. Adjournment
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1283.
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