Best Neighborhood Program
Award

2009 Best Neighborhood Program Award
Results

Physical Revitalization/Beautification

First Place

Alhambra Graffiti Busters Club, Phoenix, Arizona

As a City of Phoenix community partner, the Alhambra High School Graffiti Busters Club has encouraged their peers to become more engaged in their communities by volunteering to help the city eliminate graffiti.

Contact: Jerome Miller
Ph: 602/534-6176
E-mail: jerome.miller@phoenix.gov

Second Place

Week of Hope Program, Manassas, Virginia

Weems Neighborhood Watch partnered with Manassas, Virginia’s Week of Hope program to clean up Landgreen Street where Manassas cab driver Khawaja Ahmed was murdered. The project deterred crime abated demoralizing blight and helped build community.

Contact: Kisha Wilson-Sigurno
Ph: 703/257-8240
E-mail: kwilson@ci.manassas.va.us

Social Revitalization/Neighborliness

First Place

Neighborhood Olympics, Hollywood, Florida

The Neighborhood Olympics program was created to enhance residential neighborhoods both physically and socially by providing the opportunity to increase membership and participation in local neighborhood associations and encourage working relationships among residents.

Contact: Donna Biederman
E-mail: dbiederman@hollywoodfl.org

Second Place

Picnic Program, Renton, Washington

Neighborhood picnics were created to encourage neighbors to gather together to create a forum to discuss neighborhood issues and concerns, and allow neighbors to get to know each other better and their city officials better.

Contact: Norma McQuiller
Ph: 425/430-6595
E-mail: nmcquiller@rentonwa.gov

Third Place

Isaac Good Neighbor Program, Phoenix, Arizona

The Good Neighbor Program is a series of educational classes that engages residents, encourages community participation and sustainability within Phoenix’s diverse communities by creating a setting that is inclusive to all.

Contact: Jerome Miller
Ph: 602/534-6176
E-mail: jerome.miller@phoenix.gov

For more information contact
Robert Gibbons
1950 E. Washington Ave., #1
Madison, WI 53704
H: 608-244-0582
Email: robert.gibbons1@charter.net