2005/2006
Mayor’s Neighborhood Matching Grants

Project Summaries 

Resident Educational Activity Program (REAP) is a multi-cultural educational program for families and residents of all ages to address leadership development skills and structured social activities.  This promotes a sense of community pride and community building in a safe environment.  REAP promotes a concept of a family learning environment where participants have a sense of belonging, accomplishment and responsibility and teaches residents to give back to the community.

Sunday in the Park is an annual event in the spring that has rides, play areas, performances, vendors, the City’s Fun Bus, a fire truck, and community information. 2006 will be the 15th year CPNA has held this event funded by sponsors, booth donations, and nominal charge for an all day admission armband for children over 5 years of age (free for children 5 and under). It gives College Park residents a chance to interact as well as to host “neighbors” from outside of our community. In shirt, it is an affordable family fun day!!

This was the second phase in a massive landscaping project. We replaced over half the greenery in our complex that was destroyed by the 2004 hurricanes.

Our project consisted of tearing down our worn our brick entrances; replacing and repairing cracked stucco from over 88 panels, and purchasing new entrance signs. We got it all done in about 8 months and all looks amazing. We are all so proud to call Dover Manor our residence and to drive into such a beautiful new entrance.

This program will provide social and educational empowerment to the youth and seniors in Griffin Park and, help the community enhance capacity building and create a positive environment for residents. The social component includes bingo, which promote therapeutic and a harmonious environment for seniors. The educational component will upgrade the existing reference library to assist the resident’s educational goals in learning.

This grant provides relief and supplies to the Homeowner’s Association as a whole.  In 2004, we recognized that we needed a ‘safe house’ for the elderly and the young that could provide air conditioning, ice and basic supplies.  We intend to transform our community house into just that.

The senior citizens Police Academy and safety classes have been instrumental in fostering a sense of safety within the Hampton Park Community. The arts & crafts sewing class addressed social needs for the residents by allowing them to interact with others as they learn sewing skills and how to create a work of art.

Lake Arnold Terrace Association will enhance the lakefront property that is a common area for social, recreational and LATA functions. The lakefront area will receive a new dock, decorative fencing, pavilion, picnic tables, grill, and a sandy beach.

This project will allow the Mariners Village Master Association to add the association’s name and logo to an existing wall at the eastern entranceway of the association area.  Lighting and Landscaping will be added to the front of the new sign.

HIP & HOP is a multicultural educational health program that will teach residents about healthy choices and nutrition, with emphasis on physical activity. It is also designed to educate and raise awareness of healthy lifestyles and encourage the development of ones’ fitness goals.

The association’s project will install lights in front of our Neighborhood Identification signs.  Floodlight fixtures will be placed at signs in two locations and will beautify and show the signs at night.

 

The Mayors Matching Grant allowed our neighborhood association to publish 12 monthly newsletters for 900 residents and 300 businesses. It has also allowed us to save the funds to publish the 2007 newsletter as well. Each month valuable information and articles from neighbors are passed on to keep our citizens abreast of key issues or concerns that may affect them. This newsletter has been a tool used to bond our neighborhood together and build a stronger relationship with each other.

The project provided our seniors with an abundance of cultural knowledge that they were not aware of right here in our state, especially Jacksonville. We wish that more could have participated, and hopefully at another time we can do the trip again.