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 now in project submission phase through May 31
Lake Hills residents - please let us know how you'd like to spend your $508,000 in allocated NEP funds.
Two easy ways to submit:
1. Return the pre-paid NEP Project Idea Request Form that each Lake Hills household received in the mail in April
2. Online - using the Project Idea Requests link found on the left column of this webpage.
There is no limit on the number of project ideas that you can submit, but all ideas must be postmarked or submitted by May 31, 2019.
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.
