157.50 NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES CLEARING-HOUSE
157.50 NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES CLEARING-HOUSE
Common Council will fund the operation of a Neighborhood Services Clearing-house which will be run by a Board composed of representatives from all neighborhood associations. The Clearing-house will provide a number of services including, but not limited to, the following:
(a) Maintain a resource center which would actively gather information relating to local neighborhoods, the experiences of other communities and neighborhood issues in general and provide information to the general public upon request,
(b) Sponsor conferences, public meetings or other events relating to neighborhood issues or designed to assist neighborhoods in addressing problems or taking advantage of opportunities,
(c) Act as an advocacy group on behalf of neighborhood associations providing spokespersons to address public meetings, social and service clubs, governmental, corporate or not-for-profit organizations on the subject of neighborhoods and their concerns,
(d) Provide direct assistance to individual associations in start-up and sustaining activities, identifying resources for problem-solving and conflict resolution, working to establish or to improve linkages with service providers, and generally working to strengthen local associations, and
(e) Provide regular training programs for new and continuing association leaders to ensure the continued vitality of the associations.
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