Revitalizing Neighborhoods
Everyone wants to live in a “good neighborhood.” The trouble is, we often haven’t taken the time to define what makes a good neighborhood, what has to be done, and who is responsible for making and keeping it that way.
We can help you go through a process that starts with both facts and resident involvement, provides solid starting points of understanding and is practical and doable to address neighborhood concerns and issues. And, there are ways that you can measure how a neighborhood is doing that are data-based and attainable with tools you probably already have.
We’ve conducted workshops with residents throughout Virginia Beach and always find that everyone wants the same things for their neighborhoods - most of which are things that the city or county is responsible for — and needs to start doing or expanding them — in order to achieve improvements.
Neighborhoods exist not just within their city, but in a regional context as well. People commute to work and leave their neighborhoods and their cities for many different reasons — everything can’t and doesn’t have to be in one neighborhood. Residents just need to have a reasonable ability to access them.
But, some things must be true right where you live: everyone wants to be and feel safe, live in a well-maintained area where people take pride in the place where they live and send their children to a good school.
