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Champion Great Neighborhoods

Goal 2: Expand and Enhance the City’s Image
Objective 1: Promote Community Engagement
Project Performance Measure(s) Department(s)
CGN Annual Homeownership Fair Connect Arlington households to Office of Strategic Initiatives
2.1.1 homeownership resources and
opportunities
Summary:
Milestone Estimated Status
th
The goal of the 6 Annual Homeownership Fair is to Completion
provide a community event for current and potential Convene Planning July/Aug. 2021 Complete
homeowners. The event provides resources to assist Committee
current homeowners with improvements to their Secure Sponsorships Feb. – May 2022
property and prospective homeowners with information Market Virtual Events Mar. – June 2022
to help them navigate the buying process. Information Virtual Event Jan. – June 2022
about fair housing will also be a focus of this event. Preparation
Homeownership stabilizes neighborhoods and helps
Host Virtual Events Apr. and June
families access an important investment in which they
2022
can take pride.

Champion Great Neighborhoods

Goal 2: Expand and Enhance the City’s Image
Objective 1: Promote Community Engagement
Project Performance Measure(s) Department(s)
CGN Neighborhood Engagement  Communication with neighborhoods Office of Strategic Initiatives
2.1.2 Program  Impressions via social media
Summary:

The Neighborhood Engagement Program seeks to
engage Arlington citizens with their neighborhoods and
with the City. The goals of the program are to help
residents Know Your City through communication and
education initiatives; Know Your Neighbors through
growing social capital; and Build‐Up Neighborhoods
Together through investing in neighborhood
infrastructure.

Initiatives include the Champion Great Neighborhoods
newsletter, expanding the use of Nextdoor and other
social media to reach residents, creating a Neighborhood
Leadership Network, hosting semi‐annual Neighborhood
Leadership summits, the Block Party Trailer program, the
Arlington Home Improvement Incentive program, the
Neighborhood Matching Grant program, among other
efforts. OSI anticipates at least 35,000 impressions on
Nextdoor each quarter.

FY 2022 Adopted Budget and Business Plan 51 City of Arlington, Texas