Neighbors Create Quality of Life Plans
Successful neighborhood revitalization takes more than a bricks and mortar approach.

NeighborhoodsNOW employs community organizing strategies to assist residents and neighborhood stakeholders in their efforts to stabilize, and over time, sustain their neighborhoods.

Residents and stakeholders were guided through a structured planning process to create a vision for their neighborhood – a “Quality of Life Plan” – that defines the critical needs and offers solutions. Plans outline strategies, budgets and a timeline to implement improvements. 

The Phase I Quality of Life Planning process began in April 2006 and was completed in early 2007. An executive summary of each neighborhood's original plan is available here in PDF format. 

Blue Hills - Wabash Village Expansion Area

Douglass-Sumner

Downtown, Kansas City, Kansas

Ivanhoe Northwest

St. Peter/Waterway

Scarritt Renaissance

As these plans are living documents, they are subject to change as needs and opportunities arise. Greater Kansas City LISC held a Community Engagement Summit in April 2009 to revisit the Quality of Life Plans.  Each neighborhood is now fine tuning their goals and updated plans will be available in August. 

The full Quality of Life Plan is owned by the neighborhood and Greater Kansas City LISC, and will be used as a guide for implementation. Additional partners may need to be engaged to complete certain aspects of the plans.