The Neighborhood Enhancement Program empowers residents to propose and select modest, city-funded capital projects to enhance their neighborhoods. The program rotates through the city's 16 NEP neighborhood areas over the course of seven years, serving two areas each year. The $5 million program allocation is distributed among each of the neighborhood areas, according to the number of households in each area.
Downtown/BelRed NEP now in project scoping phase
Downtown/BelRed residents - The project submission stage for NEP in the Downtown/BelRed area closed on March 12th. City staff will now evaluate the ideas that residents submitted against NEP criteria and will present the eligible projects to be included on a ballot at an Open House on Tuesday, June 5th at City Hall.
Lake Hills NEP kicks off April 16!
Lake Hills residents - mark your calendars to join your neighbors and City staff to learn about NEP coming to your area.
Tuesday, April 16
6:30-8 p.m.
Sammamish High School Library
100 140th Ave SE
Bring your ideas and brainstorm about projects you'd like to see funded with the $508,000 in funds available to your neighborhood.
The Sequence
When the NEP comes to your neighborhood area, it follows a sequence that includes the following steps.
- Solicitation: Residents submit project ideas (mail, website or kick-off meeting).
- Scoping: Staff review project ideas using screening criteria and generate ballot projects.
- Preview: Residents review and comment on ballot projects (open house or website).
- Voting: Households in the neighborhood area receive ballots to vote for three projects of their choice.
- Implementation: The city implements projects that receive the most votes within five years.
