classes provide
neighborhood
leadership
training
and catalyst for neighborhood revitalization
Welcome to Center For Neighborhoods
We engage, equip and empower volunteer leaders with the tools they need to address the challenges and take advantage of the opportunities in their neighborhoods and community. Center For Neighborhoods utilizes an asset-based community development (ABCD) methodology, which works to build communities from the inside out.
OUR COHORT NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
We’re proud of the graduates of our Neighborhood Leadership Program (cohort classes) which we provide free of cost to the volunteer leaders of neighborhoods and homeowners associations in the Kansas City, Missouri area.
YEARS OF SERVICE
COMPLETED COHORTS
UNIQUE ORGANIZATIONS AND NEIGHBORHOODS ASSOCIATIONS
GRADUATES
The Neighborhood Leadership Program is built around a 12-week course with a selected Cohort of volunteer leaders from Missouri neighborhoods and homeowners associations. Our leadership Cohorts work together to build their organizations and team members.
News You Can Use
Last Week at City Hall City Plan Commission Most of the cases were continued, but here are two highlights from the cases that were heard.
Last Week at City Hall Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee NPD was off this week. City Council City Council was off this week. Other
Center for Neighborhoods was referenced in the Urban Land Institute’s Advisory Series Panel Report, December 1-6, 2019. A 58-page report
July 19-25 City Plan Commission Most of the meeting was spent two companion cases, CD-CPC-2019-00201 and CD-CPC-2020-00202, an amendment to the KCI
Startup Assets for Economic (SAFE) Opportunity Grant Program to Provide Financial Support to New and Aspiring Entrepreneurs: Kansas City, Mo. (July
July 12-21 Board of Zoning Adjustment The BZA denies CD-SUP-2020-00021, the second defeat in a week for this special use permit request, located at
Kansas City had 424 new positive cases of Covid-19 last week (July 13-17). That is a 171.8% increase since Mayor Lucas re-implemented mandatory mask
The UMKC Center for Neighborhoods invites you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Kick off your 2020 PIAC application process with this workshop.
City committees and commissions did not meet for the week of June 29, 2020-July 3, 2020 due to Independence Day. July 6-10 City Plan Commission CASE
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Upcoming Events and Neighborhood Meetings
First District Virtual PIAC Hearing with In-Person Option
https://zoom.us/j/99647992875?pwd=NW1kRFptcjFoWTJpUE9YbHE0a05wZz09 Password: 327522 Zoom call in option – 312.626.6799 Zoom Conference ID – 99647992875
Eastwood Hills Membership Meeting
We have membershipmeetings with potluck dinners on the second Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m.The meetings include the KCPD Community Interaction Officers from East andMetro Patrols. We meet at the Eastwood Hills Community Association CommunityCenter, 7400 Ozark Road, Kansas City, MO 64129. Neighborhood contact Gale Burrus, gugalule@gmail.com
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