Collective action by residents, institutions, and businesses will ensure a neighborhood will compete well with other neighborhoods for resources. Residents will have the capacity to manage the day to day activities on their blocks. Neighbors will feel comfortable being “neighborly” – looking out for each other, getting together to work on problems, taking action to reinforce positive standards and actions, etc. Neighbors will feel safe in the neighborhood.
Healthy neighborhoods address concerns and problems as they arise.
Unhealthy neighborhoods feel powerless, overwhelmed, and apathetic.
Neighborhood Management Test[pdf]
Strategies to Get Neighbors Working Together
Organize a Neighborhood Association, Crime Watch or Hobby Club.
Research and apply for small grants to implement projects that you have developed as a neighborhood.
Organize annual social events.
Create a community garden.
Recognize the beautification efforts of neighbors.
Form a committee to meet and greet new neighbors with welcome packets.
Strategies to Increase Sense of Safety
Organize a neighborhood Crime Watch
Cultivate relationships among neighbors
Set up a nightly neighbor-walk schedule to keep an "eye on the street" and to check on neighbors who would like it.
Turn on the porch light in the evening
Strategies to Cultivate Neighborhood Leadership
Attend Garland Neighborhood Management Academy Classes
Enroll your Crime Watch in Citizens on Patrol
Model the behavior you would like to see among neighbors
Volunteer to serve on a city board
Volunteer at the neighborhood school