Name of Community

General Appearance of

Community (in one

sentence)

Community Physical

Environment

Characteristics including:

• Boundaries

•

Area in square feet

• Zoning

Infrastructure Condition

including:

Roads

Bridges

Sidewalks

•

• Street lights

Types of Housing in

Community

• Condition of

housing

Signs and Billboards

Types of signs and

billboards

• Condition of signs

and billboards

Schools and Educational

Facilities

• K-12 schools

Vocational schools

Colleges and

universities

PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT of a COMMUNITY

DESCRIPTION OF THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

LIST CHARACTERISTIC OBSERVED

IF AN ITEM IS NOT PRESENT IN THE COMMUNITY PLEASE STATE

"NOT OBSERVED"

City of Brockton, MA

The city appears fairly new, the downtown area is very busy and crowded which

homeless individuals make up for good amount of it, some old abandoned

schools/buildings with ongoing modern architectural constructions.

The city is bordered by the followings towns: Avon, Holbrook, Abington,

Stoughton, Whitman, East Bridgewater, West Bridgewater and Easton.

Area is 21.52 Sq mi/ 55.72 Km2

3 type of zoning: Residential, commercial and industrial business.

Most of residential areas roads are in good condition, main roads not so much,

though they are under reconstruction/maintenance.

Bridges: Not observed.

There are sidewalks throughout the city, some are closed for repair.

The street lights are in good condition.

Different type of housing:

Single, duplex, apartment, condo, Co-op, multi family, townhouse. General

condition from fair to good condition. There are a lot of newly constructed

housings.

Commercial and political signs/billboards were observed. Most are located on

the west side on the old fair playground which now under construction.

There are 24 public and private K-12 schools located in the city. 12 elementary, 8

middle schools and 5 high schools.

No Vocational schools observed.

1 Community College (Massasoit Community College)

No

university./nPlaces of Worship

Faith-based

community

outreach programs

Parks and Recreation

• Parks

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There is diverse faith based community outreach programs in the city (Churches

and temples)

The D.W Park has a walking trail. Also served as a green space./nSports fields

. Walking trails

• Playgrounds

• Green spaces

Condition of

facilities

•

Stores

• Types of stores

Indoor Malls

•

•

Strip shopping

centers

Physical condition

of stores

•

Food Environment

•Number, location, density,

& proximity of food venues

in a defined geographical

area, such as full-service

grocery stores, convenience

stores and corner stores,

fast food restaurants, and

sit-down restaurants.

• Availability of foods in

stores, fast food

restaurants, other

restaurants, and other food

take-out venues.

• Shelf space allocated to

foods within stores in the

community.

• Pricing and placement of

foods within a store or

restaurant.

• Nutrition information or

marketing material with in

stores and restaurants.

Describe how your

observations of the

community impact the

health of a specific group

of community members:

children, adolescents,

working adults, retired

people, frail elders

Please choose one group

Your answer should not

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The D.W Golf Course.

There are multiple playgrounds throughout the city. The facilities are in good

condition.

There is a vast variety of stores in Brockton. Lots of Corners and convenience

stores, single-location retailers, supermarkets, community and warehouse.

There are approximately 9 strip shopping centers.

1 indoor mall (Westgate Mall) there is few available rental spaces inside the mall.

Physical conditions are good.

The vast majority of the stores are fast food stores/restaurant which are located

on each geographical sides of the city. There is a growing Cannabis stores thru

the city as well. Foods are readily available to customers.

Some of the stores have nutritional information, others do not.

After my initial physical assessment of the community the specific group that

can be impacted by the community is the adolescents:/nexceed 100 words. You will

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is longer!