Strengthening Neighborhoods
Beyond identifying and connecting with neighborhood leaders, JAN also works to strengthen neighborhoods by sharing helpful information, strategies and tactics related to neighborhood planning, events, fundraising, and problem solving.
We’ve created a few surveys and an interest form to help us know better what every neighborhood in Jackson is doing, and what they need. They can be found below.
Finally, we all need to be prepared for the next emergency. JAN partners with local emergency preparedness and response organizations (such as the American Red Cross, the United Way, the Community Foundation for Mississippi, Hinds County Emergency Management, the Mississippi Rapid Response Coalition, the Hinds County Long Range Recovery Committee, the City of Jackson, MEMA and FEMA) to help neighborhoods use best practices to be ready for the next emergency, and then work together after the next crisis happens to make it less harmful to the residents of our Capital City and neighboring communities.
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Neighborhood Survey
JAN is updating its neighborhood database. Please fill out the information below with information about your neighborhood. Also, please share this form with other neighborhood leaders (or anyone you know) in the City.
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Safe Roads Survey
JAN is asking neighborhood leaders to do a brief asset mapping exercise in their neighborhood and surrounding community, to identify important locations and ask if those locations are easily accessible for pedestrians, cyclists and people with disabilities. Use this survey to report back with anything you identify as a need for safer streets.
Projects that are eligible for State Dept. of Transportation grant funding include projects that plan or construct on- or off-road trails for pedestrians, bicyclists, and other non-motorized forms of transportation, and anything that would make roads safer for community members, such as traffic calming techniques, lighting, and other safety-related infrastructure.
Think about what would make your neighborhood safer for everyone!