Neighborhood Association Tool Kit

Table of Contents

Section 1 – First Steps

• Organizing a core group
• Setting neighborhood boundaries
• Sample Neighborhood Association map
• Contacting your neighbors
• Holding the first neighborhood-wide meeting

Section 2 – Getting Organized

• Robert’s Rules of Order
• Agendas
• Additional hints on meeting management
• Creating by-laws
• Registering with the City of Evansville
• United Neighborhoods of Evansville Membership

Section 3 – Leadership

• Leadership skills
• Leader functions
• Neighborhood association structure

Section 4 – Communication

• Member/volunteer recruitment
• Establishing a neighborhood identity
• Presenting your Neighborhood Association to the media
• Newsletter Preparation

Section 5 – Incorporation

Section 6 - Proposed Actions

• Ideas for programming
• Block captains
• Sample Neighborhood Association event calendar

Section 7 - Asset-based Community Development

• Gathering individual’s assets
• Association mapping
• GIS Mapping
• Neighborhood Association check-up
• Cooperation and strategic partnership

Section 8 - Conflict Management

• Dealing with conflict
• Steps of problem-solving

Section 9 – United Neighborhoods of Evansville

Section 10 – Resources

• Useful websites
• Concerns of neighbors who rent