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Creating a
neighborhood association
Are you truly concerned about your neighborhood?
Could your neighborhood benefit from stronger relationships, stronger
resources, greater neighborhood sufficiency and most of all wholesome
community development?
If so, then the San Antonio Planning Department wants to help your
community organize a neighborhood association. Once you become an
official registered neighborhood, you will be able to: Identify goals
and get work done, speak with a single, united voice and achieve
recognition by elected officials and commissions, maximize membership
potential and directly impact community development.
Once you've created your neighborhood, here are some suggestions for
conducting your first meeting:
- Inform as many people as possible and keep track
of your efforts to reach all types of individuals (not just
residents) including phone calls, mailings, flyers, etc.
- Make sure everyone signs-in by providing an
"attendance sign-in sheet."
- Discuss (a) why your neighbors want to form or
register your neighborhood association and (b) the area of your
neighborhood association. Begin identifying (c) the area’s issues,
(d) the strengths of your community, and (e) which items are most
important to you. (A "goal setting" session by the Planning
Department may be helpful to your group. Call 207-7873 for more
information.)
- In the neighborhood meeting, approve or designate
a subcommittee to develop your by-laws, help with the election of
officers, identify neighborhood boundaries, identify neighborhood
goals and priorities, and collect attendance sheets.
For more
information on establishing a neighborhood association, contact
Loretta Olison at 207-7919 or visit
www.sanantonio.gov/planning/neighborhoods/register_na.asp.
Remember: A healthy city is dependent on having health neighborhoods.
Si necessita informacion en espanol, favor de llamar a Nina
Nixon-Mendez, 207-2893.
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