Transforming Our Region
One Block at a Time
Every neighborhood has attributes that make it a Great Neighborhood. Uncover what makes your neighborhood great, unique and desirable.
Every neighborhood has attributes that make it a Great Neighborhood; things that make it great, unique, and desirable. Every neighborhood also has some challenges. We want to help recognize the good, and help you work with others to make what is good even greater, and work to resolve some of the challenges. It’s part of a mutual benefit that goes beyond an individual neighborhood and makes our community even greater.
What You Should Know about the “Great Neighborhoods Resource Guide”
The resource guide is a sort of toolkit to equip neighborhood organizations with the tools they need to effectively lead their neighborhoods.
What is Asset Mapping, anyway?
What is Asset Mapping and why should we want to do it in the Rockford Region with the Great Neighborhoods team? Our team has come up with our own process for Asset [...]
How to Influence Change in Your Neighborhood
There are three things that have a critical impact on influencing change in your neighborhood. Organization: Change and improvement are the result of influencing your neighbors and local leaders alike. While a [...]
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