On Safety...

In formulating strategies with our clients to improve their communities, a lack
of feeling safe on the street is a reoccurring problem statement. One of the
major impediments to successful neighborhood development has been crime
or the perception of crime. For this reason since 1995 MXD has provided urban
safety analysis and crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED)
as part of our comprehensive services.

Lending institutions have used issues such as crime as a factor in divestment in
certain neighborhoods. Developers have also cited crime or the perception of
crime as a reason for not developing in certain communities.

It has been the goal of MXD to help reduce the perception and the opportunity for
crime by alteration of the physical environment. All of our programming and design
services incorporate CPTED strategies. Our commitment to the successful
implementation of neighborhood revitalization projects has prompted us make
CPTED a proactive process in our work.

MXD and one of its clients, METRO ATLANTA PROJECT PACT, has also developed a
 multimedia presentation of crime prevention through environmental design on CD ROM.
The CD and its companion brochure provide a comprehensive introduction to the strategies,
steps and benefits to incorporating CPTED into an overall planning and design strategy.

This multimedia CPTED presentation is currently available to the general public via
MXD+MANIS or METRO ATLANTA PROJECT PACT.