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The National
Association of Neighborhoods was
founded in 1975 by the leadership of
America's community councils,
neighborhood coalitions, and block
clubs, and by concerned individuals
united in their determination to
improve the quality of life in the
nation's neighborhoods.
 NAN
is one of the largest and oldest
multi-issue membership associations
of grass-roots neighborhood
organizations. The Association's
growth is due to its unique approach
to neighborhood problem solving. We
listen; listen to the voices of
wisdom and experience that live in
the communities we represent and
serve. We seek to identify emerging
issues and to tackle persistent
problems.
In
a quarter of a century, the
Association has addressed
significant neighborhood social and
economic empowerment issues. Some of
NAN's major projects and
accomplishments include:
• Organized one of the
first conferences on
ways to stop predatory
lending, working in
partnership with The
Leadership Conference on
Civil Rights and The
National Fair Housing
Alliance
• Worked with the
grass-roots leadership
of the nation's
empowerment zones to
stimulate retail and
housing opportunities
• Created national
models for neighborhood
inter-modal
transportation systems
• Worked with the
leadership of
neighborhood churches,
small businesses and
non-profit organizations
to identify benefits and
the means to access them
from electric
deregulation
• Worked with local
neighborhood leadership
and other national
organizations to
establish neighborhood
leadership training
institutes
• Created the first
National Center for
Neighborhood-Based
Service Delivery
• Work with the
leadership of
neighborhood coalitions,
and of the private and
public sectors to reduce
nuclear high-level waste
from proximity to
neighborhoods
• Create neighborhood
crime prevention models
• Help neighborhood
leadership develop
practical and short-term
economic empowerment
projects
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NAN has worked with
Republican and Democratic
Administrations, with members of
Congress, governors, mayors and
other local leaders of both
political parties on critical issues
for the future of America's
neighborhoods. The Association has
held national conventions, unique
because they provide an opportunity
for grass-roots leaders to discuss,
with each other, issues of
importance and strategies that are
successful in attacking economic,
social, environmental, health and
safety problems.
The Association's
history is one of successful issue
dialogue and problem solving. It is
a living history with an ongoing
vision: one in which the leadership
of federal, state, county and city
entities join with the leadership
and membership of vibrant
grass-roots organizations to better
the heart of the nation's community:
America's Neighborhoods. |
