Community activist and former parliamentarian Hamilton Lashley has unveiled a comprehensive plan to combat the escalating violence in The Pine community by looking to its past glories.

Lashley is spearheading the establishment of a community sports museum and Hall of Fame, an initiative he believes will restore identity and offer a sustainable path away from the gun violence that has plagued the area.

“The Pine has a very terrible reputation as being the murder capital of our area. We’ve got to change that,” he told the Sunday Sun in a recent interview.