Hampton Neighborhood Initiative
The Hampton Neighborhood Initiative is a partnership of neighborhood-serving organizations, the Neighborhood Commission, the City of Hampton, area businesses and non-profits that is dedicated to improving the quality of life in Hampton’s neighborhoods. An eligible organization can participate in the Hampton Neighborhood Initiative; the basic criterion for participation is that the organization be inclusive, is working at a neighborhood level and follows the guiding principles of the Hampton Neighborhood Initiative.
A participating neighborhood organization must demonstrate that they have given everyone in the organization the opportunity to participate. A neighborhood-serving organization is an inclusive group of neighborhood stakeholders who come together in order to work together to make their and other neighborhoods better (Examples: churches, garden clubs, PTA's, and neighborhood associations).
The Guiding Principles of the Neighborhood Initiative are listed below:
- Hampton neighborhoods are valuable community assets.
- City government should be flexible enough to serve the unique needs of individual neighborhoods.
- Partnerships are critical. Everyone has a stake in neighborhoods and everyone has a contribution to make.
- Neighborhoods should be places where families are strengthened and youth are supported.
- Neighborhoods should be safe, offer economic opportunity, support social interaction and civic involvement, and provide recreation and education opportunities to all residents.
- Neighborhoods should be places where people want to live.
Registration Process