The Neighborhood Partnership Program helps Salem neighbors and community partners make a difference where they live and work. Collaborating with the City through a two-year partnership program, your group identifies neighborhood strengths and challenges, sets goals, and coordinates efforts to strengthen your neighborhood and leverage additional resources.
Some examples of past community building activities include neighborhood celebrations, health fairs, concerts in parks, crime prevention efforts, community gardens, free activities for kids, and a children’s lending library.
Partnership projects
Examples of past community building activities include:
- Neighborhood celebrations
- Crime prevention efforts
- Beautification projects
- Community gardens
- Neighborhood walking groups
- Free activities for kids
- Little free libraries
- Health fairs
- Concerts in parks
Partnership areas
All of the neighborhood areas involved in the Partnership Program are still actively building community:
Neighborhood Partnerships typically see huge returns on small investments. In 2015, the Partnership Program leveraged $270,377 in combined donations, volunteer and in-kind contributions with $5,600 in City funds.
Partnership benefits
The program has provided opportunities for residents, businesses, churches, and other community groups to work together to:
- Identify challenges
- Organize activities and projects
- Leverage additional resources
Past Neighborhood Partnership teams have contributed to:
- Reduced crime rates
- Educated and empowered citizens
- Cleaner streets and parks
- Hundreds of thousands of dollars in leveraged contributions
- More neighbors talking and watching out for one another
- Increased awareness of resources
- Better neighborhood livability
