Neighborhood Development

A Department Of Every Neighborhood Partnership

We develop community leaders and organizations who work inside neighborhoods to equip community members with the tools they need to promote city-wide flourishing.

We’re in it for the long run.

Fresno is worth the investment. We dedicate our time to empowering and equipping community members to change their spaces and places.

ENP works to identify and address social disparities while building on existing social capital in neighborhoods. We accomplish this by staying committed to our theory of change, racial equity, and inclusive community engagement practices that includes residents as decision makers to see healthy and thriving neighborhoods flourish.

ENP begins by listening to community voices and partnering with residents for change. ENP’s work has resulted in street safety improvements, residents engaging with their city council members on important local quality-of-life issues (such as slum housing), and residents becoming leaders in their community, even moving into staff roles within community-based and civic organizations.

The Work In Action

Capacity Building

Neighborhood Development provides the technical assistance necessary to help the Community partners to increase their specific capabilities to deliver stronger programs, take risks, build connections, innovate and obtain the knowledge, tools and other resources to develop, implement and assess targeted improvements in their neighborhood work.

Community Land Use Academy (CLUA)

Fresno CLUA aims to expand access and facilitate more inclusive engagement in Fresno’s land use and urban planning processes so that land development decisions benefit all Fresnans, especially those local residents who live in neighborhoods where land use decisions have caused environmental injustices. Housing, health and economic disparities are often based on location, race and income. Learn more here.

DRIVE – Civic Infrastructure

The Fresno DRIVE Initiative is a 10-year investment plan to develop an inclusive, vibrant, and sustainable economy for residents in the greater Fresno region. It is sponsored by the Central Valley Community Foundation with support from the James Irvine Foundation. ENP has proudly supported organizational Hubs in 6 of the 32 most disinvested neighborhoods in Fresno.

The video highlights each neighborhood hub and how the Civic Infrastructure initiative aims to shift the culture of Fresno’s existing power dynamic to amplify the voices of those most impacted by policy decisions.

CEDP

The Fresno CEDP was formed in 2017 by 7 individual 501c3 community-based organizations with a desire to build each other’s capacity to serve Fresno, CA. ENP has been a part of the leadership team since the inception. We are committed to helping each other grow both organizationally and programmatically.

The Partnership has since grown to 16 members as we have discovered other groups who are focused on both community and economic development in various geographic areas of Fresno, CA. Learn more at fresnocedp.org.

Community Engagement

Neighborhood Development places decision-making power in the hands of others,offering them resources for more effective and sustainable change in their communities .

Parent Engagement

Coffee Hour is a space for parents and community members to gather and build relationships with the school principal, staff, and other parents. This semester we were at two school sites. Christian Gonzalez, Community Engagement Specialist is leading “Coffee Hour” at Olmos Elementary in Southeast Fresno and at Columbia Elementary in Southwest Fresno.

Community Outreach Projects

Partnering with other community based organizations, ENP will often “table” in the neighborhood, supporting projects, surveys, and events that benefit community members and residents. Neighborhood Development continues to be the front lines of communication between larger entities and the neighborhood.