For over 70 years the homes off of Woodlawn Avenue have been known as Hathorn Court. However, the community came together on Saturday to change the name to Woodlawn Court. "Hathorn Court has always had a stigma about it because of the crime rate that was here. We had a problem bringing it back to where it needs to be," said Property Manager, Don Paul. On Saturday, the community held a block party and clean up day. The events were part of the community moving in a new direction with a new name. "I am also up here doing peace keepings between neighbors, hanging out with community members, going to community meetings. This event up here, I played a major role in the planning and implementation of that," said Elmira Police Department Officer, Jacob Allard. A few years ago, the city decided to station an officer at Hathorn Court. Since then crime has decreased, and the community hopes to keep it that way through a new name. …show more content…
It is one thing to put officers up here to clean it up, but then it is another thing to say, listen we 've got it to the point now where we can have 200+ people here for a nice neighborhood event. We had no problems and everyone had a great time," said Officer Allard. Representatives say the next step in evolving the community is adding a laundromat in the main office by the end of