Partner with community leaders to develop neighborhood improvement projects
There is a scarcity of thriving public spaces in communities with high numbers of individuals and families living below the NPPS.
Connect your members with resident groups to identify projects to undertake or communal spaces in need of greater maintenance, as improving community spaces is one way to increase pride.
To get started:
Identify communities in your region that have high levels of violence.
Build partnerships with individuals or groups in those communities with a focus on the public spaces.
Implement projects that are inclusive of residents.
Best Practices / Innovative Programs
Adopt-A-Neighborhood Project, in Kansas City, Missouri, is a collaborative project between Legal Aid of Western Missouri, private law firms, and urban core neighborhoods in Kansas City, MO. Their goal is to address quality of life concerns in participating neighborhoods by providing high-quality pro bono legal services to qualifying individuals, neighborhood associations, and other groups that serve the neighborhoods between Legal Aid of Missouri, area law firms, and Kansas City neighborhoods.
Baltimore City Adopt-A-Lot allows organizations to adopt a vacant lot and transform it into a healing garden or community garden.
