Neighborhood Partner Program

Become a Neighborhood Partner! This program is designed to create a sense of community and pride with your neighbors. It is a way to bring neighbors together with a common goal of beautifying neighborhoods and helping others. Many hands with a mission can make the impossible happen!

Participants can partner with the City to care for their adopted neighborhood in the following ways:

• Picking up litter

• Removing animal waste

• Removing sidewalk obstructions (trees, bushes, gravel, etc)

• Coordinate community cleanups and bulky pickups with the City

• Reporting hazards and public nuisances to the City

The City will help you get your group up and running. We will also provide trash bags and pick up of trash bags at no cost. A minimum commitment of two years is required. 

 How to Participate?

Get a group together of at least five members. Select a group leader and alternate. Learn more and complete the process by downloading our application packet, filling out the forms, and submitting it to the City's volunteer coordinator. For assistance, please call (520) 417-4413. 

Neighborhood Partnership Grants

Through the Partnership Grant Initiative, Sierra Vista residents and civic organizations can work together to enhance the places they live, work, and play. Partner with the City to build a project that benefits your community. Here are a few examples to get you started, but we’re always open to new ideas, and we’d love to hear yours! You do not need to participate in the Neighborhood Partnership Program to apply for a grant.

We can help your neighborhood: 

Get creative with public art installations, like murals or mosaics.
Grow roots with community gardens and landscaping of public spaces.
Celebrate places by installing entryway signs, recognition plaques or neighborhood identity features.
Stay connected with trails, bike lanes, sidewalks, ADA ramps, and other ways to keep you moving safely.
Organize cleanup events involving large and small trash pickup.
Innovate with a project unlike those listed above!

Businesses, organizations, families, and individuals are all welcome to apply. You just need a core group of at least five members. The maximum amount awarded per grant is $2,500. 

Projects must:

• Be on City-owned property or right-of-way

• Demonstrate the support of neighbors and those impacted

• Be accessible to the public and benefit the community

• Be completed within six months of the date of the award

• Guarantee ongoing maintenance of the project. 

Download the grant application to get started. Applicants are encouraged to reach out to our Community Development staff to talk through their project early in the planning process before submitting an application. 

Questions? Contact Matt McLachlan by email or call (520) 439-2177.