The city is accepting applications for an experimental program that joins city dollars with volunteer labor to enhance neighborhoods.
The Neighborhood Partner Program was formed to split costs between the city and neighborhoods by using volunteers on the projects, allowing small-scale improvements to be made to neighborhoods by the people who live in them.
No funding has been set aside for the new program, but city leaders hope to allocate some money in next year’s budget, which will be available in October. The program will build up to 20 projects over one year. The program could be expanded if it is successful.
City officials say they do not intend for the program to replace spending on parks, roads, sidewalk repair and other public works improvements. Neither does the city intend to delay or abandon projects it has already scheduled.
For more details, http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/publicworks/npdocuments.htm
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