Hawthorne Center – Indianapolis, Indiana wins the 2014 Neighborhood of the Year Grand Prize
Hawthorne Center – Indianapolis, Indiana has been selected as the Grand Prize Winner for the 2014 Neighborhood of the Year Award. Near West Collaborative is the community-organizing arm of four neighborhoods. One of their largest objectives was a clean-up that hosted 400 volunteers and 200 residents. Their effort, which is a part of the Great Indy Clean-Up, provided four neighborhoods in and around the Hawthorne Center the opportunity to clean up 15 tons of trash, paint fire hydrants and plant 50 trees.
Each year since 1984, the Board of Directors of Neighborhoods, USA (NUSA) recognizes the commitment and work of neighborhoods in awarding the “Neighborhood of the Year” in multiple categories. A Grand Prize winner is then selected from the winner from each category. The 2014 award winners are:
Physical Revitalization – Single Neighborhood
First Place
Annual Historic Elmwood Park Tour of Homes and Gardens
Elmwood Park Neighborhood Association
Columbia, South Carolina
The 31st Annual Historic Elmwood Park Tour of Homes & Gardens is a one-day tour of homes/gardens run completely by residents/volunteers. What began as a way to attract potential homeowners and highlight how homes could be restored has grown into a feature event for Columbia.
Social Revitalization – Single Neighborhood
First Place
Feed Hope
Harlow Neighbors
Eugene, Oregon
Feed Hope is a neighbor-led initiative to meet the nutritional needs of students during school breaks that normally rely on programs for breakfast and lunch. In 2012, neighborhood leaders and community partners completed two sessions, Spring and Winter break, of the Feed Hope Project.
Second Place
Milpas Holiday Lights and Parade
Milpas Community Association
Santa Barbara, California
A neighborhood that has long suffered from urban decay decides to take back its streets, create a positive new neighborhood identity,
and pull everyone together to create new and uplifting celebrations and traditions.
Third Place
Inaugural Earth Day
Birdcage Heights Neighborhood Association
Citrus Heights, California
How to put together a project that can be used as a fund raiser or as a free event designed to bring together the community, while providing education and business opportunities, includes control processes, publicity techniques and organization.
Multi-Neighborhood Partnerships
First Place
Back to School
Fairmount Neighborhood Association
Fort Worth, Texas
Fairmount Neighborhood developed a back to school project creating
an inclusive event for children of all ages and socio-economic group giving them a since of community. The event was also a great way to support our local schools by encouraging enthusiasm about the new semester.
Second Place
SCROL – Santa Clara River Road Outreach & Learning Project
Eugene Neighbors, Inc.
Eugene, Oregon
A tangle of perplexing issues have been bedeviling two Eugene, Oregon neighborhoods for decades. The two joined together in a unique and creative outreach to proactively seek acceptable solutions to these problems.
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