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2011 Who’s Who in America’s Neighborhoods Award

2011 Who’s Who in America’s Neighborhoods Award

by | Jun 1, 2011 | ,

Annually Neighborhoods, USA (NUSA), a national non-profit organization committed to building and strengthening neighborhood organizations, recognizes a neighborhood advocate and volunteer whose work mirrors the mission of NUSA with the “Who’s Who in America’s Neighborhoods” award. This award, first presented in 2010, was created to recognize those individuals whose work mirrors the mission of Neighborhoods, USA: to build and strengthen neighborhood associations; to encourage neighborhood involvement in the decision-making process in local governments; and to promote productive communications and collaborations between neighborhood associations, local governments and the public/private sectors.

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2011 Neighborhood of the Year

by | Jun 1, 2011 | ,

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.

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