Suisun City Intro

[News Reporter]
What if you live in a place with real economic, social and environmental problems?
What if you live in a small town, very much on the brink of disaster?
Suisun City, California
A small town of about 25,000 people with a recovering downtown business district, new mixed-income housing, and a waterway full of fish
Midway between San Francisco and Sacramento, Suisun City today, looks like a perfect place to live
But, six years ago, it was quite different
The channel that cut into the heart of town was severely polluted, and clogged with silt
The waterfront was inaccessible, crowded with dilapidated warehouses
A residential apartment complex called "The Crescent", was overrun by drug dealers
And city hall, was in a trailer
It's no surprise that in 1986, Suisun City was voted "The Worst Place to Live", in the San Francisco Bay Area

[Interviewee]
Crime ridden rate neighborhood was a four block area that was taken up about 52 percent of our police budget and effort

[News Reporter]
Suisun City, was a mess
They decided things had to change, they had to bring themselves back
But where should they start?