New webpage provides residents a ‘toolkit’ to prevent community decline
County residents concerned that property in their neighborhoods is not being maintained properly, or worried that their community may deteriorate in the future, have a new place to turn to for advice and information. The Chesterfield County Sustain Our Communities Committee, or SOCC, has developed a new Web page at www.chesterfieldcommunities.com to assist residents who have […]
County residents concerned that property in their neighborhoods is not being maintained properly, or worried that their community may deteriorate in the future, have a new place to turn to for advice and information.
The Chesterfield County Sustain Our Communities Committee, or SOCC, has developed a new Web page at www.chesterfieldcommunities.com to assist residents who have such concerns.
The Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors created the SOCC in 2006 to help prevent the decline and deterioration of older communities. National research, as well as local experience within the Jefferson Davis Corridor and the village of Ettrick, has provided practical examples of how to prevent blight and sustain communities.
“We hope to assist our county residents in maintaining the health of their neighborhoods and surrounding communities,” said Cliff Bickford, SOCC chairman.
The new Web page offers advice and program information, as well as a toolkit to assist residents with sustaining and improving their neighborhoods. The toolkit provides guidance in organizing a neighborhood association or strengthening an existing one.
“In my work as a professional neighborhood association administrator, I found that there are critical actions that neighborhoods can take to prevent decline,” said SOCC member Bill Swift, who was instrumental in the toolkit’s development. “We have written this advice down and want to make it available to all of our county residents.”
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