Allouez Neighborhood Associations

Get to know your neighbors, improve your community, and connect with your local government. Make a difference!

A neighborhood association is people living within a designated area of the Village who are concerned about issues affecting their area and who have decided to work together to protect and ensure a better social, economic, and business climate in their neighborhood.

By acting as a voice for the neighborhood residents, an official link to local government and the larger community, a neighborhood association can improve your community. Many residents find that by banding together, they are better able to meet the collective needs of the neighborhood.

A neighborhood association is not the same as a homeowners association (HOA).  HOAs include codes and dues that must be followed per a developer agreement.

4-7 neighbors willing to start a neighborhood association meet to do the following:

• Clearly define a boundary with 150-1200 homes
• Agree upon a name
• Develop a mission statement
• Work with Village staff to develop bylaws
• After initial planning, membership is open to all residents who live within the defined boundaries
• Plan the first public “annual meeting,” where a board of directors is elected by the neighborhood at large

• Provide professional assistance and direction for the Planning Committee
• Help with neighborhood outreach when association is first formed
• Make copies for the initial neighborhood outreach letter
• Utilization of the Village Hall or other public spaces for the neighborhood association meetings
• Provide speakers or ideas for neighborhood meetings

• Produce a neighborhood newsletter
• Organize block parties and picnics
• Clean up a neighborhood park
• Request traffic counts or street signs
• Educate residents about zoning issues and new developments that might impact the area
• Organize recreational activities
• Represent neighborhood interests to government and media
• Form a committee to address problem properties in the neighborhood

Becky works part-time and is generally in the office on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.