Why Connect?

What is a neighborhood?

A neighbor of mine told me just yesterday:

“Our street looks like a Norman Rockwell scene, there are children and parents out everywhere and I am not certain which child belongs to whom, but I love it.  I know more of my neighbors today than I have in years and I have been in my house for 20 years.”

When I moved to my neighborhood, I can tell you, the atmosphere was not what I just described above, in comes Neighborhood Alliance.  I can say as a user of our services and an employee, the cohesive feel and neighborhood connectedness is because of our neighborhood leaders and association board coming back many times a year to utilize the resources offered by Neighborhood Alliance.

At Neighborhood Alliance we believe that living in a safe and beautiful neighborhood is a responsibility…not a right.  None of us can complain our way into a better neighborhood.  You have to make a personal effort if you want to live in a great neighborhood. However, just because you have the desire for change does not mean you know how to create that change. For more than 35 years Neighborhood Alliance has been teaching, mentoring, coaching ordinary citizens to do extraordinary things and have positively affected thousands of citizens’ lives by teaching them how to create their own sustainable change.

Registration with Neighborhood Alliance costs you nothing but affords your neighborhood these benefits:

• Access to workshops, training and consultation to help you organize, reorganize or strengthen your neighborhood organization.
• Neighborhood-wide presentations by our crime Watch Specialists to help your neighborhood get motivated to fight crime.
• Direct mail of our award-winning newsletter, The Corner Post, full of useful information, inspiring stories and updates on events and projects of interest to OKC Metro Area Neighborhoods.
• Monthly training classes for newly elected neighborhood officers to help them excel.
• News of our workshops series for HOAs, “Legal Issues for HOAs” and “Managing your Private Roads.”
• Access to our friendly staff who deal with neighborhood issues every day – we can help you find answers or point you to someone who can.

Services Specific to OKC Neighborhoods:

• Official notices from the City of OKC on planning issues or zoning changes that affect your neighborhood.
• Neighborhood Specific Crime Reports posted weekly on our website and mailed monthly to a neighborhood representative.
• City-specific workshops including “Code Enforcement 101”  “Navigating City Hall”  and “Neighborhood Leaders’ Luncheon with the Mayor”

“In Oklahoma City, Neighborhood Associations are just one step below City Council in the importance of running this City.  Their volunteers assist neighbors in times of need, they beautify our public green spaces, they help curb residential crime and participate in the planning and development of our City.  Neighborhood Alliance is at the heartbeat of this City with programming to support these much needed civic organizations.”  ~ Mayor Mick Cornett, July 2012