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Champion Great Neighborhoods

Goal 2: Expand and Enhance the City’s Image
Objective 2: Develop a Sense of Place
Project Performance Measure(s) City Service Team (Department)
CGN Neighborhood Matching Grant Citizen perception that Arlington Economic Development and
2.2.1 Program provides an exceptional quality of Capital Investment (CDP)
life
Summary:
Milestone Estimated Actual
The goal of the Neighborhood Matching Grant (NMG) Completion Completion
Program is to provide financial support for resident and Issue Call for Projects Nov. 2017 Nov. 2017
community‐based programs and activities that foster civic Council Approval of Grants May 2018 May 2018
pride, enhance and beautify neighborhoods, and improve Execution of Contract May 2018 May 2018
neighborhood vitality and participation. The program All Funds Granted May 2018 June 2018
benefits the City of Arlington by making neighborhoods
more attractive, raising the level of community pride,
increasing civic participation by residents, and encouraging
collaboration and formal organization of and among
neighbors, neighborhoods, and city government.

Update:
From July to September, Neighborhoods continued to
work on their projects. By the end of the fiscal year, five
neighborhood projects were complete and four were still
underway. The next Neighborhood Matching Grant cycle
will begin November 1, 2018.

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