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The Washington Street/Talbot Avenue Safe Neighborhood Initiative holds a Community-Wide Meeting on the second Wednesday of each month at the Perkins Community Center, 155 Talbot Ave., Dorchester, MA. This initiative is led by a steering committee composed of residents, businesses, non-profit organizations and government agencies in the area bordered by Washington St. (eastern border), Blue Hill Ave. (western border), Armandine St. (southern border) and Columbia Rd. (northern border). Monthly meetings are held to coordinate efforts and develop strategies for reducing violent crime and improving quality of life in this area. Mini-grants are also awarded every year to organizations that are doing coordinated community policing, intervention, prevention and revitalization work within the designated area. For more information, call Adam Gibbons at (617) 822-8378.