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I'm Bill Callahan in Cleveland, Ohio.
Job: Director of the Stockyard Area Development Association
, a private nonprofit resident/business membership group in the "old Stockyard Area" of the West Side. We have built or rehabbed and now manage 56 units of lease/purchase and
rental housing; have succeeded in bringing Head Start, day care and GED services into the neighborhood; work through a multi-neighborhood industrial group to retain manufacturing jobs, develop a new industrial park,
and find local jobs for local residents; do some work on commercial renovation; run an annual Summer Paint Program; and do ongoing code enforcement ande other neighborhood issue organizing as needs arise. Also for
the past year we have run a project called Computer Ownership for Neighbors which is just what it sounds like; so far we've gotten free or affordable used PCs and training for about 120 families.
name = Holli Mallak
Hollatina@aol.com
I am currently attending Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland
Ohio. In May I will have my Masters in Nonprofit Organizations. I am conducting a job search at this time, with a focus on community organizing.
name = Leigh Ann Portler
email = dreamescape13@aol.com
My name is
Leigh Ann Portler. I am a graduate student in social work, with a concentration of community development. I am currently interning at Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity. We are looking at innovative ways of integrating whole community involvement each time we build houses.
name = Bettyanne Green
email = mixedbag@en.com
descrip1 = Shaker Heights,
Ohio - we are an economically, culturally and ethnicly diverse city of 35,000. A group of us is starting up a civic organization, with the purpose of coordinating neighborhood associations,
helping bridge the gap between richer and poorer neighbors, and organizing citywide social activities.
name = Dr. Linda Crowel
email = drlindafaye@hotmail.com
descrip1 = Dr. Linda Crowell, Assistant Professor, School of SocialWork, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio. I teach courses in community organizing and conduct research relative to community
development and community empowerment.
My name is Ray Griffin, Dayton, OH 45402. I am the president of the Oregon Historic District Society, Inc. We were formed 25 years ago with the simple desire to preserve our neighborhoods distinctive style. As one of the oldest residential areas of the City of Dayton and its first historic district, we work hard to preserve the architechtural style of the buildings and the surrounding area. We also are active in the Southeast Priority Board which is one of the seven Priority Boards in Dayton. Priority Boards are the direct link of citizen participation from the neighborhood level to the City Commission and Administration. Currently, I am the Chairperson for the Southeast Priority Board. Look forward to your future information.
I am Linda Ridihalgh representing the University District Organization, 2231 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43201. Vox 614/294-5113; Fax 614/294-5114. The
University District Organization (UDO) is a community-based planning and neighborhood improvement organization that has served the area around The Ohio State University since 1971. UDO coordinates projects and acts
as liaison between the City of Columbus, OSU, community residents, area businesses and institutions. UDO, an organization of organizations, is governed by a Board of Trustees. Membership on the Board is open to any
organization which represents or employs 75 or more people and is located within the boundaries of the University District. Current board members represent religious institutions, social service agencies,
businesses, neighborhood associations, Columbus Apartment Association, The Ohio State University, Battelle Memorial Institute, the school board, area Realtors, OSU student government. The Board employs a fulltime
staff. Operating funds come from public and private contributions and grants, and local government service contracts.
Name: Janis Decker-Frisk
>Organization: Toledo Olde Towne Community Organization
>City, State: Toledo, OHio
>Group Goals/Activities: CDC, Improve and revitalize the neighborhood
Candace Baldwin
NorthRiver Development Corporation is located in Toledo, Ohio
. We are a non-profit neighborhood based community development corporation
serving a neighborhood with 11,000 homes and over 250 businesses. Our organization is committed to improving the quality of life for our residents through housing, economic and community development.
Name___Laura Scott___
City, State 3724 N. Mitthoeffer Road Indianapolis, IN 46236
Organization CAFE (Community Alliance of the Far Eastside, Inc.)
Main
Activities of Group____this is a multi-service community based non-profit -- we do it all (counseling, retail commercial development, neighborhood coord., job placement and training, etc.) My primary focus is what's
going on at the neighborhood level, ie. n'hood associations, volunteer retention and recruitment, strategies for fighting crime at a neighborhood level, apartment resident involvement, etc.
Name: Peggy Emard
City, State: Indianapolis, Indiana
Organization: CAFE ( Community Alliance of the Far Eastside, Inc.)
Main Activities of Group:
1) Strong social component: we are responsible for serving the social needs of all Indianapolis residents within about a 15 square mile area
2) Youth component: we have a very active youth council and plan
to expand youth leadership opportunities and activities throughout this year. In fact, two youth under the age of 18 serve as members of our Board.
3) Community center: Our number one goal for 1998 is to
finalize the site for a community center and continue to work on funding.
4) Community park: Last year we raised over $360,000 (in less than 6 months!) for an 88-acre community park. This year we hope to plant
prairie grasses, initiate an urban forestry program, create a walking trail around the perimeter (which will eventually connect with trails throughout Indy) and build two viewing decks over the wetlands. We also
have to resolve our beaver problem. Any suggestions?
5) Housing and zoning: Our beautification committee has divided the neighborhood into four quadrants. Each quadrant is inspected by residents each month for
zoning violations and residents work directly with Indy government officials to correct problems. In addition, because we have a great deal of farmland in our community, we are concerned about land use and zoning
for the future. Our housing stock is pretty good, but we want existing residents to continue to be able to afford to live in our community. Thanks for this opportunity,
Name: Yvonne Margedant, Neighborhood Coordinator
City/State: Indianapolis IN
Organization: Southeast Umbrella Organization
Main Activities of Group: umbrella organization for 7 neighborhoood
associations, main activities are making resources accessable to neighborhoods (research, funding, advocacy, etc.).
name = Lyn Morris
email = lynmorris@ameritech.net
descrip1
= I am now based in Indianapolis, IN, previously from Omaha, NE. My agency name is Making-A-Difference which is a special-services organization for child/youth community activities on the Internet and primarily the
referral networking organization with volunteer private detectives and law enforcements all over the United States in the recovery of missing children and runaway youth. See http//www.making-a-difference.org I am,and have been for 18 years a licensed private detective and owner of Making A Difference agency (organization) encouraging community volunteers to assist in the locating and recovery of missing children/youth. It has been overwhelming successful these past 4 years as citizens right in their communities help families with missing children.
Elonda Hamilton
Organization__Lasalle Area Neighborhood Association City__South Bend State_Indiana___
Basic Goals/Activities__We are involved in safety, education,
_beautification and youth activities that foster community pride.
_We are housed in a partnership center that is finanicially
supported by the city administation. We also publish a monthly newsletter and we have a tool lending library for our residents.
name = Beth McCoy
email = bmccoy_@hotmail.com
descrip1 = City of Anderson Indiana, Community Development Department, we are pursuing a Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy in 4 areas of our city and I would appreciate any feedback and/or suggestions you offer. Thanks!
> Larissa Stouffer
>The Lafayette Urban Enterprise Association, Lafayette, Indiana.
Our mission best describes what we do...Bringing together residents, business and
community organizations, and government to champion community economic development in the Urban Enterprise Zone and the community at large.
> > Name__Ken Hussong_______________________________ Organization_Marion Police Department
> City, State___Marion, IN
Group Goals/Activities_One of our goals is to improve on our community oriented policing.
In 1992, we started one neighborhood association. Now in 1998, we have 22 active neighborhood associations and 3 that are currently forming. Our goal for our city of 32,000 is to have neighborhood associations covering the entire city.
name = Karl King
email = KarlGKing2@aol.com
descrip1 = City of
South Bend, Indiana. I am the South Bend Common Council Member for the 4th District. I have 9 neighborhood associations in my District.
One neighborhood organization has a formal strategic revitalization plan in progress
name = Chuck Leone
descrip1 = I am a Board member, Near Northwest Neighborhood, Inc., South Bend, Indiana. NNN is engaged in housing revitalization, social outreach and operates a neighborhood partnership center which is used by several community groups and governmental departments.
name = Jon Simpson
email = jsimpson@purdue.edu
descrip1 = Purdue University entreprenuership class project on inner-city revitalization, Spring 2000
Elizabeth Lee Gregory, Chicago, Illinois, I
am currently serving as the Assistant Director for Community Mobilization at the Illinois Attorney General's Gang Crime Prevention Center.
I am headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, although I spend much time traveling to our mobilization sites throughout the state. I frequently have messages forwarded to me from build-com because the topics are generally quite relevant to the work I'm doing.
name = Diane Gormely-Barnes
descrip1 = Currently a planning consultant with Camiros, Ltd. in Chicago, Illinois. Working on several neighborhood planning
projects, both with the City planning department and with LISC through their NCI initiative. Actively searching for a position in community development with a non-profit in Chicago.
name = JOSEPH LAKE
email = chicnnna@hotmail.com
descrip1 = BUCKTOWN
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION, 2200 N OAKLEY AV, CHICAGO,IL 60622 TEL 781-781-5991
THREE HUNDRED MEMBER NOT-FOR-PROFIT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION THAT REVIEWS LOCAL PLANNING AND ZONING,
PARKS, COMMUNITY POLICING,ETC IN THE NEAR WEST SIDE OF CHICAGO, IL.
name = Charles Parker
email = cparke4@uic.edu
descrip1
= I live on Chicago's South side and belong to a couple of Community organizations that seek to address problems related to urban living, including stopping violence, hate crimes, mentoring, and community outreach.
name = Charles Betterton
email = Betterton@aol.com
descrip1
= The Center for Spiritual, Personal And Community Empowerment is a non-profit membership organization based in the intentional community of Stelle, IL about 70 miles south of Chicago. CENTER SPACE and our sister
organization, the University for Successful Living, help people, organizations and communites actualize more of their potential by providing resources and consulting services in community economic development and
through the establishment of award-winning prototypes for an international network of local Centers for Succesful Living that provide expanded access to state-of-the-art development training materails from some of
the world's top Success Coaches such as Brian Tracy, Les Brown, Jim Rohn and Paul J. Meyer.
name = Karen Leinwand
email = kjl@uic.edu
descrip1 = I work on various
educational and other neighborhood outreach programs through the University of Illinois at Chicago, particularly through UIC's Great Cities Institute.
Bob Pauls
Woodlawn High School, Woodlawn, Illinois.
An online, school-centered, rural community network under development.
Name_Carol A. Reitan________________________________
Organization Institute for Collaborative Solutions_
City, State__Bloomington, IL 61701_
Group
Goals/Activities___To promote and implement projects that use mediation, anti-violence primary and secondary programs, and community collaborative efforts for systems as small as families and as large as a city with
the end goal a society of civility.____The Institute, at this time, has ongoing counseling programs for men, women and juveniles accused of domestic violence abuse, facilitates use of the Second Step program (a
primary violence prevention program from Seattle) in schools and social service organizations with children and their parents, has a Community Solutions Group facilitating the development of an McLean County Area
Cultural and Arts Council to promote collaboration among 25 community arts organizations and museums, and has trained mediators who will start a Central Illinois Dispute Resolution Service to handle non-marital
disputes (neighborhood disputes, small claims under $3000, landlord/tenant conflict, etc) on August 1st. Our next Community Solutions Group project is to bring people together around the issue of urban growth
as our home office is in Bloominton/Normal, the fastest growing metro in Illinois outside of the Chicago suburban area
name = Sue Anne Williams
email = dialit@home.com
Alton, IL; I
currently participate in Leadership Training Program through Coro Midwestern Center.
Several of the class are to the point of making that "quantum leap" to form nfp
organizations.
Our focus will be to strengthen neighborhood relationships, improve the quality of education of our youth to prepare them to enter the work force rather than look for a job; and to improve housing stock in our community. We will expand on these foci as the organizations expand.
Francine Farmer
Wayne County Department of Community Justice in Detroit.
>We are currently exploring the
Communities that Care model and will begin the initial steps such as a needs assessment soon. >
name = Tonya Allen
descrip1 = Detroit, MI
Warren/Conner Development Coalition
Manage the Rebuilding Communities Initiative in Detroit's Eastside.
We operate the Neighborhood Toolbox, a project designed to build the capacity of local neighborhood groups to wield influence and power in their local community.
name = Valerie Graham
email = amenav@yahoo.com
descrip1 = I'm located in
Detroit, MI. I am a business manager for a public school academy and the president of my block club which is a part of a community development corp. My interest is in grassroot empowerment.
name = frances yokley
email = fdyokley@webtv.net
I am from the Pontiac area Urban League in Pontiac, Michigan. as program manager of services to children, youth and families i am involved in neighborhood revitalization by
providing support and assistance to individuals and groups in the community.
>Name____Reynard Blake, Jr.
>Organizationommunity Development Associates/Doctoral Student in Urban Planning @ Michigan State University
>City, State_East Lansing, Michigan
>Group Goals/Activities____Small Business Assisting Nonprofits & Faith-based organization
name = Frank Lessa
email = coins@intranet.org
East Lansing, MI
Member and former board member, Bailey Community Association neighborhood "stabilization" in mixed homeowner/college student/renter neighborhood
Name___John H. Schweitzer______________________________ >Organization__Michigan State University________________________ > City, State____E. Lansing,
Group
Goals/Activities__We study immediate neighborhood sense of community and test ways of building and strengthening it.
name = Vishant Shah
email = vrs@umich.edu
descrip1 = University of Michigan
School of Information
Who's That? Pilot Study Coordinator
Nine month study in 2000 focusing on information networks in middle class
neighborhoods in SE Michigan.
WISCONSIN
Name___George Hall
City, State___Madison, WI 53705
Organization__Regent Neighborhood Association
Main Activities of Group__Neighborhood newsletter
(quarterly), 3 generalmeetings + 4th of July picnic (with attendance of around 900); active board with bylaws, and 10 committees; working closely with the city on a traffic management plan, and with a city committee
charged with proposing amendments to the city zoning code (most of the neighborhood is traditional - Sullivan, Wright, other prairie school architects) and is non-conforming, we're heavily involved with a high
school, elementary school, the UW-Madison, and a private elementary school. I am the immediate past president of the association, and work as an urban planner/administrator for the state
Donald Merkes______________________________
>Organization_Brin Theatre Alliance, Ltd.____
>City, State__Menasha, Wisconsin Our Goal continues to
be, to renovate and reopen the Brin Theatre in downtown Menasha (closed 1969);
providing a location for the arts to flourish and a place for community enjoyment. The Brin will be a multi-use facility concentrating on smaller local and touring performance groups and specialty motion pictures. The remainder of the building will house a mixture of community and commercial ventures. The web site is www.thebrin.com
Katherine Loving
Community Organizing Coordinator
Campus Community Partnerships Team, University Health Services, University of Wisconsin, Madison
1552 University Ave, Room 107
Madison WI 53705
phone (608)263-5714 fax (608)262-9160
kaloving@facstaff.wisc.edu
Basic Goals/Activities__My main goal as Community Organizing Coordinator is to promote civic engagement among the students at the UW-Madison. One of the ways we're trying to do that
is by encouraging student involvement in neighborhood associations.
Dorothy Dean, County Supervisor, 13th District, Milwaukee, Wis. I tell people my job description is "tax-supported organizer". I work
with the Democratic Party here laregely because it is the only organization with national recognition and with a national network that I am slowly tapping (grassroots). My district is 70% African American (I'm not)
and contains lots of artists, blue collar workers from the days when American Motors had a plant here. I have one of the poorest areas in the county as well as a small gentrified area that is actualy helping the
long-time, lower income residents stay.
Ronnie Stricklin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
I am an instructor in the Community Resource Development department of the University of Wisconsin Extension, Milwaukee County. I'm working with Pastor Don Corder of the New Walnut Hill Community Development Corporation on their neighborhood and community development project
Marcia Klingaman
>Neighborhood Services Coordinator
>Iowa City, Iowa
>319-356-5237
>klingama@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu My position with
the City of Iowa City is a full time, paid position through City General Funds. My primary responsibilities are to work with exisiting neighborhoood associations and encourage the formation of new ones. The primary
goal of my office is to establish a communication link with the residents and encourage interaction within the associations so they can constructively participate in City government. There are currently 21
neighborhood associations in Iowa City. The City funds the printing and mailing of newsletters for the associations. I provide continual information to the key contact people of the associations and work with them
to coordinate input into various issues. An outgrowth of this process is the Neighborhoood Council. This group was initiated by the neighborhood associations in an effort to communicate with eachother, share ideas
and work with each other on common concerns. It has been a very effective group. A grant program has also been developed for the neighborhoods so that they might make improvements in their neighborhood.
Elizabeth Diestler, LAFNOW, Waterloo, Iowa
Yesterday, Lane And Fowlers Neighborhood Of Waterloo (Iowa) completed its fourth annual cleanup. Neighborhood cleanups are done here with cooperation of the Street and Sanitation Department. A recognized neighborhood may call and reserve a Saturday date between April and November to sponsor a cleanup
name = Paul Fessler
email = Fessler99@aol.com
Davenport, Iowa
United Neighbors Inc.
Organizes and supports neighborhood associations and watch groups across Davenport. Provides community organizing staff, materials, training and
small grants for neighborhood-initiated efforts. Also operates housing and youth programs.
name = Tom Moore
descrip1 = MidAmerica Housing Partnership
Iowa, USA
community housing development organization -homeownership
opportunities and education -rental opportunities and education -community support for development and maintenance of affordable housing in rural and urban areas of iowa
Steven Clift, E-Democracy, Minnesota
Steve is a pioneer in developing E-Democracy in Minnesota, an online service that provides information and encourages
dialogue on all aspects of politics, from campaigns to issues to grassroots electoral organizing.
Robert Hawkins, Powderhorn Park Neighborhood Association I'm the Executive Director of the Powderhorn Park Neighborhood Association, we are a 8 by 12 block
neighborhood in south Minneapolis, our population is 7,700 people with 2/3 being white and 1/3 being a mix of African American, Asian, and Hispanic. We are two years into implementing a new city program that gave us
$5.2 million in mostly capital money to be spent on neighborhood priorities. Current focuses are : Using arts to build community (both awareness of each others cultures and and positive feelings about the
neighborhood), economic revitalization (focusing on inner-city commercial corridors), housing revitialization, crime & safety, and neighborhood youth (25% of the neighborhood is under 18 years old).
Kris Nelson, Minneapolis I am with Neighborhood Planning for Community Revitalization, a program that provides applied research assistance to neighborhood
based organization. (Our web address is in my signature below). We have supported the development of the Twin Cities neighborhood list that you posted the Peirce article to earlier today.
name = Dave Dix
email = dadix@uswest.net
descrip1 = The Alley newspaper,
Incorporated-- I'm a Board member. Teh Alley ahs been the voice of the Phillips Community in Minneapolis for 23v years. It has had a reputation for being an agressive newspaper portecting the the interests of the neighborhood residents. Recently, it fell into the hands of a for profit organization which has pulled the teeth of the newspaper, making it a voice for corportae and property interests inthe neighborhood. We are now on the verge of taking the newspaer back. We see the neighborhood newspaper as a means to combat the bland violence peddling commerce oriented slants of the "big" media who use "economic reality" arguments for breaking city newspapers' traditional allegence's to their immediate communities. We encourage teh establishment and growth of community and neighborhood oriented newspapers as a defense against attacks on the middle and lower classes, the environment and progressive values.
name = Jerry Carrier
descrip1 = The City of Burnsville, a Minnesota Twin Cities suburb of 60,000 people is reorganizing city government by neighborhoods.
City services and budgets will be developed for each neighborhood. We have just started organizing our neighborhood groups and may develop a city-wide non-profit corp to serve them.
Elizabeth Bishop, Wichita Independent Neighborhoods These are the elements that inform the vision for our organization: Wichita Independent Neighborhoods, Inc. (WIN) http://www2.southwind.net/~wininc/ WIN has existed for three years. Last year we received funding from a Community Foundation, and I was hired. I'm the only paid staff person. Our goal is to help Wichita's organized neighborhoods and to help those areas not currently organized to get started. We are, in essence, rapidly developing a new "delivery system." Several times a day I contend with persons, agencies, representatives of well-intentioned projects, who are eager to utilize this delivery system. Our goal is to keep the recipients of all this attention (our neighborhoods) engaged without being overwhelmed.
Scott Anglemyer
I administer the Community Services Block Grant for the State of Kansas. This program funds community action agencies, which
were founded on many of the ideals that are central to the beliefs of Build-Com members. Nationally, many of these agencies have strayed from their original ideals, and I am interested in ways of returning community
action to its roots.
name = Ginni Button
email = mcginni@southwind.net
descrip1 = Mid-Kansas Community Action Program (Mid-CAP)in South Central Kansas. Our mission is to assist and support low-income individuals and families as they move from poverty to independence ans self-sufficiency. We offer Emergency Assistance, Head Start, CACFP, and we have (an emerging) Housing Program.
Steve Larrick
I coordinate Nebraska's Urban Community Improvement Program out of the College of Architecture, University of Nebraska - Lincoln.
We
provide technical assistance and annual awards to neighborhood associations in Nebraska. For a description of UCIP and the awards earned by Nebraska neighborhoods over the past eight years, check out our web page
at: www.westmedia.com/ucip
name = Barbara Morley
email = morley@boystown.org
descrip1 = Malone Neighborhood Association, Lincoln Nebraska
We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization that works to improve our neighborhood -- both educational (cultural) and physical (anesthetic). We are seeking sources of funds for our activities,
including private and government grants.
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