'Neighborhoods that Work' Recipients Recognized at Civic Plaza
May 15, 2002
Partnering with the city of Phoenix Street Transportation Department, the Sky Harbor Neighborhood Association secured more than $700,000 in neighborhood improvements, including additional asphalt paving, concrete curb and gutters, sidewalks and street lighting.
The Village Meadows Concerned Citizens Neighborhood Association worked with several city departments and other agencies that resulted in a 52 percent crime reduction, home values increasing as much as $40,000 and zoning violations reduced by 60 percent.
For their efforts, the two received the Mayor's Special Achievement Awards at the city's 13th annual Neighborhoods That Work awards celebration May 14 at the Phoenix Civic Plaza.
The two were among 32 neighborhood associations that were recognized for their diligent, ongoing neighborhood improvement efforts. (See list.) Four neighborhoods from each of the city's eight city council districts comprised the groups and received $100 each at the event, which drew nearly 1,000 neighborhood leaders and residents.
Sky Harbor and Village Meadows received an additional $250 for the Mayor's Special Achievement Award.
The associations were selected in part for solving unusual challenges, mentoring the
development of another neighborhood group, demonstrating creativity to secure neighborhood resources and/or supporting diversity among its members.
The event was coordinated by the Neighborhood Services Department and sponsored by APS, QuickTrip, Bank One, Cox Communications, Arizona Heart Hospital, and other corporate and community organizations.
2002 Neighborhoods That Work Recipients
District 1
Jade Park Neighborhood Association
Thunderway Pride Neighborhood Association
United Neighborhood Association
Westown Watch Neighborhood Association
District 2
Bell Park 6 Block Watch
Paradise Park East Block Watch
Village Meadows Concerned Citizens Neighborhood Association
Village Peoples Block Watch
District 3
Cactus Sweetwater Fight Back
Moon Valley Gardens West
Shaw Butte Neighborhood Association
Save Our Sunnyslope Fight Back
District 4
BelAir Neighborhood Association
Heard Community Partnership
Sunnyslope Village Alliance
Westwood Village and Estates
District 5
Epworth Holiday Park Fight Back
Granada Neighborhood Association
Maryvale UNITE Neighborhood Association
Sevilla Neighborhood Association
District 6
Canal North Neighborhood Association
South Mountain Village Clean and Beautiful
Lindon Park Neighborhood Association
Loma Linda Neighborhood Association Village
District 7
South Mountain Block Watch/Southwest Elementary School
United Neighbors Fight Back Association
United Padres Estudiantes Maestros
Villas West Six and Seven Neighborhood Association
District 8
Capitol Weed and Seed Coalition
Garfield Neighborhood Association
Hermosa Community Association
Sky Harbor Neighborhood Association
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