Neighborhood Association Start-Up Kit
Iowa Neighborhood Resource Center

• Organization - IDED Neighborhood Association Start-Up Kit [PDF: 1.2MB]
• How to Organize and Maintain a Neighborhood Association – City of Tallahassee, Fl [PDF: 43k]
• How to Start a Neighborhood Association – Nebraska Extension [offsite web page]
• Organizational Structure [PDF: 13.4MB]
• By-Laws [PDF: offsite]
• Finances [PDF: offsite]
• City Relationships [PDF:73 k] or [PDF: offsite]
  • City of Des Moines Neighborhood Development
• Leadership Development
  • Meetings [PDF: 363k]
  • Relationship Management
• Communication
  • Newsletters Models
    • Creating A Neighborhood Newsletter- IowaCity [PDF: offsite]
    • Waterloo Neighborhood Services Newsletter [PDF: 153kb]
    • Drake Neighborhood, Des Moines IA [PDF: offsite]
    • Union Park Neighborhood, DesMoines IA [PDF: offsite]
    • Des Moines Downtown Neighborhood [PDF: offsite]
    • Des Moines Neighbors [PDF: offsite]
    • http://www.i-neighbors.org/
    • Web Sites/Listserve/Blogs
      • Sherman Hill, Des Moines
    • Recognition
• Enhancement/Preservation
  • Historic Preservation
    • Design Guidelines [PDF: offsite]
    • Restoration Directory
    • Models [PDF: offsite]
  • Curb Appeal & Clean-up
    • Incentives [MS Word: 30k]
    • Clean-up Issues [PDF:44 k]
    • Walkable Neighborhoods
    • Iowa Department of Public Health – Walkability Audit Checklist [PDF: offsite]
    • Community Gardens - City of Des Moines - City Gardens [offsite web page]
• Environment
  • Recycling
    • Salvage Centers
    • Models
      • http://www.themonumentcafe.com
      • http://www.rebuildingcenter.org/links/
      • http://www.iowavalleyhabitat.org/restore.main.cfm
      • http://builder2builder.com/
      • http://www.buildingvalue-cincy.org/
      • http://bignyc.org/frontpage
      • http://www.rebuildit.org/
      • http://www.smith.edu/forthill/traces.php
  • Green Space
    • Rain Gardens
      • http://www.iowastormwater.org/.../Rain Garden Page.htm
      • http://www.raingardennetwork.com/
      • http://www.dof.virginia.gov/rfb/rain-gardens.shtml
    • Models
      • http://www.urbanwaterquality.org/RainGardens/projects1.htm
      • http://www.delafleur.com/168_Elm/03_Green_Roof_01.html
      • http://www.iowaeconomicdevelopment.com/.../emerson_drive.pdf
    • Neighborhood Environmental Project
      • http://www.michigan.gov/
      • http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=148
      • http://tools.ysa.org/.../Ten_Environmental_Service_Project.pdf
    • Models
      • http://www.iowaeconomicdevelopment.com/.../emerson_drive.pdf
• Revitalization/Development
  • Planning
    • SMART Growth
    • http://www.portlandonline.com/planning/index.cfm?c=49254&
    • http://www.smartcommunities.ncat.org/municipal/intro.shtml
    • http://www.smartcommunities.ncat.org/greendev/codes.shtml
    • http://www.mdp.state.md.us/sgresources.htm
    • http://www.sustainablenorthwest.org/
    • http://communitybasedplanning.wordpress.com/about/
    • http://www.nlc.org/.../futrpt01.pdf
    • http://www.lincolninst.edu/
    • http://www.the-mrea.org/
    • http://www.nemw.org/ia.htm
    • Models
      • US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION - FEDERAL HIGHWAY COMMISSION
        • Livability in Transportation Guidebook Planning Approaches that Promote Livability http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/livability/case_studies/guidebook/livabilitygb10.pdf
        • Corning, Iowa model home - Iowa State University Design students work collaboratively with the City of Corning, Iowa to develop a design for an affordable and sustainable single family home. http://bridgestudiocorning.blogspot.com/
      • http://www.livablecities.org/
      • http://www.nrp.org/R2/AboutNRP/Basics/NRPPrimer.pdf
      • Iowa City Splash Pad [PDF: 1.1MB]
  • Inspections & Zoning
    • City Services
    • Models
    • Inspections & Zoning
  • Safety
    • National Night Out www.nationaltownwatch.org
    • Des Moines Police Neighborhood Based Service Delivery http://www.dmgov.org/departments/pol/patrol/NBSD.htm
    • Safe Routes to School Iowa Program: SRTS is a rising international effort to increase safety and promote walking and bicycling to school through the “5Es: engineering, education, enforcement, encouragement, and evaluation." http://www.iowadot.gov/saferoutes/index.htm
    • Seniordrivers.org is a website portal for senior drivers, their families, researchers, and alternative transportation providers. http://www.seniordrivers.org/home/