Workshops on forming a Livable Neighborhood Group

The Town of Manchester’s Neighborhood Academy is offering a two night workshop to teach residents how to form a Livable Neighborhood Group.

The purpose of the workshop is to provide an overview of what the Livable Neighborhood program is, how it works, and how to organize a program in your neighborhood. More importantly, its purpose is to excite and mobilize residents, community leaders, faith-based groups, business leaders etc. to create a Livable Neighborhood group to make life better on the streets where they live.

Although the focus will be to pilot a Livable Neighborhood program in the Southwest Quadrant of Manchester, all youth and adults who want to make their neighborhood better are welcome to attend. Participant will also hear from members of the East Livable Neighborhood Group and learn about their first year experiences and initiatives.

This two night workshop will be held on Monday and Wednesday, October 10th and 12th from 6-8 p.m. at the East Side Public Safety Youth Center (old Spruce Street Firehouse), 153 Spruce St. (parking is available in the Nathan Hale School lot. Registration is required and you can register by calling the Office of Neighborhoods and Families at 860-647-3089 or by email at csilver@manchesterct.gov and provide your name, address and primary phone.

The Manchester Neighborhood Academy is an initiative of the Town of Manchester Office of Neighborhoods and Families and its Academy Partners. All programs are free to youth and adults living, working, or attending school in Manchester.