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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 Grants awarded (number and Shared Services (Office of Strategic
2.2.1 Program funding amount) Initiatives)
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 Sept. 2019 Sept. 2019
community‐based programs and activities that foster Council Approval of Grants Jan. 2019 Feb. 2020
civic pride, enhance and beautify neighborhoods, and Execution of Contract Mar. 2019 Mar./Apr.
improve neighborhood vitality and participation. The 2020
program benefits the City of Arlington by making All Funds Granted May 2019 June 2020*
neighborhoods more attractive, raising the level of
community pride, increasing civic participation by *one contract in the amount of $600 has not been executed
residents, and encouraging collaboration and formal by the neighborhood.
organization of and among neighbors, neighborhoods,
and city government.

Update:
City Council approved seven new Neighborhood
Matching Grant projects on February 11, 2020. Grantee
training was conducted with neighborhood
representatives on February 29, 2020. Five of seven
projects are complete and closed out. The remaining
projects are on track to be completed by next spring.
The next Call for Projects was issued on August 3, the
City held two information sessions that were both in‐
person and virtual meetings, with 15 neighborhoods
attending.

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