Neighborhood Partners Program Awardees Announced

12/14/2006

Mayor Littlefield and the Chattanooga City Council appropriated funding to the Department of Neighborhood Services and Community Development for the Neighborhood Partners Program (NPP).  The purpose of the Neighborhood Partners Program is to provide assistance to neighborhood projects that substantially, positively, and measurably impact the community.

This year 27 neighborhood associations and community organizations applied for NPP funding.  23 were approved for approximately $71,000 for the following three types of projects:

Neighborhood Development - Projects that strengthen and develop strong, independent, and capable neighborhoods and further encourage educational achievement in our communities.

Neighborhood Safety - Projects that focus on the health, welfare, and safety of Chattanooga’s neighborhoods.

Keeping Our City Clean - Projects that focus on beautification, landscaping and other activities to improve the appearance of blighted, open, and common spaces.

2006-07 NPP Awardees by City Council District

City Council District 1
NorthShore Merchants Collective
Spring Valley Community Club

City Council District 2
Northside Learning Center

City Council District 3
Arbor Landing Neighborhood Association
Murray Hills Neighborhood Association

City Council District 4
Molly's Meadow Homeowners Association

City Council District 5
North Brainerd Sunshine Neighborhood Association

City Council District 6
Hilltop Neighborhood Association
Meadowbrook Heights Neighborhood Association
MEMAKON, Inc.

City Council District 7
Cedar Hill Improvement League
East Lake Senior Citizens
Ridgedale Community Association

City Council District 8
M. L. King Neighborhood Association
South Broad Redevelopment Group
Westside Weed and Seed

City Council District 9
Bushtown Neighborhood Association
Chattanooga Racqueteers Tennis Association
Churchville Neighborhood Association
Chattanooga Eastside Task Force
Foxwood Heights Neighborhood Association
La Paz de DiosMissionary Ridge Neighborhood Association

For more info about this release contact Darius L. Swoope at 423-425-3718.