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Build Community in Your Neighborhood!
Here are tools to become a
Neighborhood Liaison
What is a neighborhood Liaison?
A Neighborhood Liaison is just a person like you, who wants to meet and talk
with a few of your neighbors, have them fill out voluntary contact
sheets, and then help get some neighbors together to work on
a neighborhood
project that the neighbors come up with. It’s kind of like the traditional “block captain” concept, but with a self-starting community building angle.
Information
You can also be a conduit for periodic information to and from the City, and the program provides a convenient and effective way for neighbors to organize around diverse neighborhood issues ranging from disaster preparedness to neighborhood beautification to block parties to whatever the neighbors feel is important for their community.
Workshops & Training
One of the tools that you and your neighbors can take advantage of is the City's periodic schedule of workshops around topics such as  neighborhood organizing, leadership development, conflict resolution,
emergency preparedness, and more. Our hope is that with some of
these tools, and an issue or opportunity that is “tapping you on the shoulder,” you can bring your neighbors together and effectively create something that will benefit you, your family and neighbors, and the community.
Resources
For the community building aspect, there are many resources that neighbors
can use when they’re self-organizing, and we’re anxious to help
with that effort. We can:
- provide a gathering place or meeting room
- offer a facilitator or city liaison to the group for specific needs
- help publicize and promote your neighborhood project or activity
- offer a grant program that will help offset costs of neighborhood improvement projects
- be catalysts, conveners and facilitators to help neighborhoods successfully organize and affect positive change
Neighborhood Toolbox
Sound Interesting?
Just identify an area in your
neighborhood – from just a few houses to the whole block,
or more - and you can be a self-starting Neighborhood Liaison! For more information or assistance contact Malcolm Smith at 780-7305 or malcolm.smith@redwoodcity.org.
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