The Neighborhood Associations of Michigan (NAM), in cooperation with the Michigan Regional Community Policing Institute (RCPI) at Michigan State University, is updating and reproducing the Directory of Michigan Neighborhood Associations. The NAM definition of a neighborhood association is:

“an organization established for the purpose of improving the quality of life

• in a defined geographical area,
• in which ALL residents are eligible for membership, and
• the leadership of the organization is democratically elected.”

If this definition describes your organization and you would like to have your organization included in the 2004 edition of the directory, please click here and complete the attached survey. Once completed it can be faxed back to 517-432-0727, emailed to martini@msu.edu or mailed to:

Neighborhood Associations of Michigan
c/o Michigan Regional Community Policing Institute. - Suite 343
1407 South Harrison Road
East Lansing, MI 48823

To insure that your organization’s information is included in the 2004 Directory, NAM must have the survey information returned to the RCPI by no later than October 31, 2004.

If your organization has already submitted information, and you would like to verify its accuracy and/or completeness of that information click here.

The directory includes not only the names of neighborhood organizations and contact persons, it also identifies the organization’s program activities. This information makes it possible for neighborhood organizations to identify and contact other neighborhood organizations to get information about what they are doing to avoid “re-inventing the wheel.” For example, if a neighborhood organization in Kalamazoo was faced with a zoning issue, they could check the directory to see what other organizations have zoning issue, they could check the directory to see what other organizations have zoning projects and contact them for information.

Should you have any questions or need additional information regarding the survey, please do not hesitate to contact NAM Secretariat, Maxie Jackson at 517-482-5761, or jacksonm@msu.edu.