Lake Village Community Profile Research Paper

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Lake Village Community Profile ETH/316 April 20, 2013 Instructor: Lake Village Community Profile This is a community profile on Lake Village Arkansas. In this profile I will address the type of people who live in the community , the type of work the residence do, how and where members of the community interact such as festivals, grocery stores, community events, etc. I will also describe the responsibilities of the individuals to the community, the community’s responsibility to the individuals and as a member of the community what I think it means to be socially responsible. Lake Village Arkansas is a farming community. Its population is around 2500 to 3000. It is located in the Delta. Everything revolves around the farming. The…show more content…
The town only got a McDonald within the last 10 years. Everything revolves around the farming. Not much has changed in the last 30 years. There is Lakeside High School and the Beavers are the Mascot. The high school football games on Friday night are a big event for the community. Everybody knows everybody. There are several festivals in other area the one in Lake Village is the Water Festival in Lake Chicot which is the lake that boarders the town. It is the biggest natural lake in Arkansas and is made from the Mississippi River (Arkansas the Natural State Places to Go, 2013). Many people come to fish out of the lake it also has plenty of other wildlife such as alligator, gar and duck and geese during the right times of the year. There are several people who live on the lake and have docks and boats in which they skin and to other water sports. The lake was at a point where pollution was about to take over the lake about 20 years ago but the community stepped in and put in a pumping station that the base of the lake to help with the pollution and brought the lake back to its wonderful…show more content…
There is very little litter. There is a volunteer fire department. The National Guard Unit in the area stays busy and most of the Soldiers in the unit live in Lake Village. Since everyone knows everyone and there is a big family concept in the town the adults all raise the young ones together so there is a lot of respect for elders in the community. There are plenty of blood drives and everyone supports the local high school. The community works as hard as possible for the individuals also. They have a good welfare system for people in need. Community services such as blood drives and neighborhood watches around town are always enforced. The law enforcement system is a good one. It is normally comprised of local people so the officers are familiar which is nice. The community fire department is voluntary but the firefighters always have what they need to support the

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