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2013 Neighborhood of the Year
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.
2013 Best Neighborhood Newsletter Competition
The Board of Directors of Neighborhoods, USA (NUSA) annually recognizes neighborhood newsletters.
Entries are evaluated and scored on criteria like layout, consistency, content, relevance and overall
appearance. There are two divisions – printed and electronic newsletters – and in both of those
categories, gold and silver levels were recognized. The 2013 Neighborhood Newsletter Award winners are:
2012 Who’s Who in America’s Neighborhoods Award
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.
2012 Neighborhood of the Year
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.
2012 Best Neighborhood Newsletter Competition
The Board of Directors of Neighborhoods, USA (NUSA) annually recognizes neighborhood newsletters.
Entries are evaluated and scored on criteria like layout, consistency, content, relevance and overall
appearance. There are two divisions – printed and electronic newsletters – and in both of those
categories, gold and silver levels were recognized. The 2012 Neighborhood Newsletter Award winners are:
2012 Best Neighborhood Program Award
Annually Neighborhoods, USA (NUSA), a national non-profit organization committed to building and strengthening neighborhood organizations, recognizes outstanding programs implemented to improve neighborhoods by a governmental entity, business or corporation. The 2012 award recipients are:
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