Hotspots (click)

Hotspots is a multimedia web presentation made in coordination with the RIT Center for Public Safety Initiatives, a team of social science researchers who for the past five years have been working on the revitalization of the North Clinton Ave area.

Project CLEAN has been underway since 2017 in the mid-North Clinton Ave area, partnering with Trillium Health and the Father Tracy Advocacy Center, as well as others, to create a safe zone for drug users, reduce drug use by providing services for every stage of life (housing, food, healthcare, etc.) and practice harm reduction with needle and NARCAN (Naloxone) exchange. It has also placed immense importance on data collection on several factors of neighborhood safety and understanding the true nature of opioid drug use during 2021, post-pandemic.