Great Neighborhoods, A Model for Creating Strong, Successful and Sustainable Places for People to Live

Great Neighborhoods are the essential building blocks for successful communities. They also fulfill the primary purpose of city government…to enhance lives and protect families in their homes and neighborhoods. This article describes a model for building and maintaining great places for people to live and raise their families. Since a neighborhood is more than a subdivision or a collection of houses, great neighborhoods have a variety of housing types, prices and styles connected by sidewalks and bike paths to neighborhood shopping, schools and parks. The sense of community may also be found in apartments and condos that have the social infrastructure found in traditional neighborhoods.  Great neighborhoods have social systems such as neighborhood associations and neighborhood watch program that bring people together; economic systems that protect property values; and physical development tools that provide infrastructure and services; code enforcement and multi-modes of travel necessary for sustainable communities.

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