Neighborhood Renaissance Program

The Neighborhood Renaissance Program (NRP) is a community-based approach to neighborhood rejuvenation stemming from former Mayor Chavez’ directive to rethink traditional means of City service delivery at his 2007 State of the City address.  The program is patterned after the highly successful Strong Neighborhood Initiative in San Jose and Neighborhood Renaissance Program in Minneapolis.  Click here for a list of other municipalities that have similar programs.

If you're really interested in NRP, some other documents that you might want to look at are the “Neighborhood Improvement Strategic Plan” by MIG and the “Neighborhood Renaissance Program Staffing Assessment Report” by Kirchoff & Associates that assesses the understanding and ability of each City department to participate in the NRP. You can also receive information about the Neighborhood Renaissance Program, by clicking here: e-mail updates.

Purpose of the Neighborhood Renaissance Program

The purpose of the Neighborhood Renaissance Program (NRP) is to build strong neighborhoods by developing community leadership and working collaboratively with residents to deliver city services and neighborhood priorities.

The goal of NRP is for all residents to enjoy a high quality of life, safe from crime, with clean streets, access to parks, libraries and services, and active participation in City government.

For more information on the Neighborhood Renaissance Program, click on the links below:

• Neighborhood Renaissance Structure

• Neighborhood Renaissance Fact Sheet

• The Neighborhoods

• University Neighborhood

• Neighborhood Plans

• Next Steps