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  University : Neighborhood Services - City of Norfolk, VA
The Neighborhood University is a community enrichment program established in 1999 by the City of Norfolk.
It is dedicated to providing the highest quality training to citizens of Norfolk, to improve the condition of neighborhood housing, the vitality of neighborhood organizations, and overall quality of community life.
All Neighborhood University Courses are FREE and open to the public.
www.norfolk.gov /Neighborhoods/Services/University.asp   (211 words)

  
 University Park Neighborhood - from Oregonian
That feeling of comfort and heritage is common in University Park, a narrow arc of a neighborhood wrapped around the University of Portland on the North Portland peninsula.
By 1901 a Catholic university had settled on the bluff, and today the University of Portland continues to be a mainstay of the neighborhood.
A university representative holds a spot on the University Park Neighborhood Association, and the university has made grants totaling $491,000 over the last six years to help 49 of the its employees purchase homes in the area.
www.universityparkneighbors.org /article.html   (1012 words)

  
 Palo Alto Online: University South
University South residents are also looking forward to further development of their new 2-acre park, Palo Alto Heritage Park.
Elaine Meyer, president of the University South Neighborhood Association who moved to the area in 1980, loves to work in her garden out front and enjoys talking with neighbors who are out walking their dogs.
In a way, the neighborhood is one where progress is a constant refrain, yet preservation-minded citizens have also been able to keep alive the history that made the city and the valley what they are.
www.paloaltoonline.com /neighborhoods/universitysouth.php   (1113 words)

  
 UNPA - History of the Neighborhood
In May of that year, the University Homestead Tract Association was formed to purchase approximately 40 acres in the Westminster Tract; that is the westernmost section, which extended from Clarke (Clarendon) south to Broad, and from Ackerman east to Lancaster Avenue.
In 1908, just prior to University Heights reaching its peak of development, Congdon purchased forty-one acres south of Poplar (Stratford) from his partners, land that was being held by their company for further expansion of The Heights.
From the mid-1960s to the mid-80s, the southeast neighborhood saw a huge increase in their population, mostly from the great influx of baby-boomers attending the local universities and colleges.
www.unpa.net /neighborhood/history.htm   (1970 words)

  
 University Neighborhood, Syracuse, New York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The University Neighborhood is one of Syracuse, New York's 26 officially recognized neighborhoods.
It borders the neighborhoods of Westcott to the north, University Hill to the west, Outer Comstock to the southwest, Skytop (Syracuse University's South Campus) to the south, and Meadowbrook to the east.
When the university went through a short period of enrollment decline in the early 1990s, it enacted a sophomore residency requirement, which required second-year students to live in university housing.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/University_Neighborhood   (586 words)

  
 City of Syracuse
The University Hill neighborhood is characterized by the buildings and plazas of Syracuse University, as well as the State University of New York's College of Environment Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF), three hospitals and the Hutchings State Psychiatric Center.
Westcott neighborhood is a desired neighborhood because of its proximity to the University, and area hospitals.
This is one of the smallest geographic neighborhoods in the City, with predominantly single-family residential housing.
www.syracuse.ny.us /nhood2.asp   (4412 words)

  
 University Grove
The University Grove neighborhood, tucked in a quiet, wooded corner next to the University of Minnesota St. Paul campus, is a showcase of midwestern residential architecture.
Nestled between the University golf course and one of St. Paul’s premier neighborhoods, St. Anthony Park, residents are within walking distance to the St. Paul campus and many of the basic services of urban living.
The neighborhood’s cultural life is enriched by the distinguished “Music in the Park” series, Art in the Park fair, an old-fashioned Fourth of July celebration, community theater groups, and exhibits and programs at nearby churches and on the St. Paul campus.
www1.umn.edu /ugrove/welcome.html   (510 words)

  
 Cleaning Up the neighborhood: Oregon Daily Emerald
The West University neighborhood, home to thousands of students, has always had its share of problems, which some say has led to a rocky relationship with the University.
Rixmann, a 1975 graduate of the University and a nine-year neighborhood resident, said he hopes the mapping project will help the neighborhood become the vibrant community he knows it can be.
Because the project is intended to benefit the West University neighborhood, the decision of what to include on the map will not be made until neighborhood meeting in October, so that all students are available to participate, Rixmann said, noting that neighborhood leaders and residents will continue to discuss the project until then.
darkwing.uoregon.edu /~wunmap/documents/emerald_071504.htm   (817 words)

  
 University Hill Corporation
The University Hill area has been a site of neighborhood revitalization and major urban renewal activities, making it a desirable and affordable place for families to live.
The University Neighborhood Preservation Association (UNPA), formed in 1991, promotes the University area as an attractive, great place to live and offers grants to home buyers.
University Hill has been the site of much neighborhood revitalization and major urban renewal activities and offers housing developments to serve low to moderate income and elderly families.
www.university-hill.com /Perspective/housing.html   (647 words)

  
 University of Memphis :: University News :: New Policing Initiative Unites City Police, U of M, and University ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
A formal collaboration was announced today among the University of Memphis, the Memphis Police Department, and the University District Neighborhood Association that is designed to increase the safety of the University and the neighborhoods that surround it.
The University Station Community Police Problem Solving Initiative represents an unprecedented level of cooperation between the University of Memphis, the University neighborhood, and the two police departments.
The University's Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice and the School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy will work with these officers in partnership with the city, the University, and the neighborhood to help make this program successful.
www.memphis.edu /releases/jan06/police.htm   (425 words)

  
 University of North Texas: Golf course plans neighborhood meeting presentation
The University has met and continues to meet with the neighborhood residents to discuss their concerns.  Their concerns generally fall into the following categories: drainage, civil engineering, environmental, traffic, noise and light pollution, property values and quality of life.
The University intends to share the results of all of these studies with the neighbors and the University intends to use these studies to address the concerns of the neighbors.
The University needs space for more residence halls.  The University does not want to use up the existing building sites located on the main campus for residence halls and athletic venues that require large tracks of land.  These scarce parcels should be reserved for the construction of academic buildings.
www.unt.edu /golfcourseplans/backgroundquestions.htm   (526 words)

  
 Austin Neighborhood Profiles
With the outright refusal of the Austin authorities to help, a huge impetus to transform this neighborhood from an urban slum was made by the fathers of the Dolores Catholic Church.
The University Hills Neighborhood is located in the Northeast corner of Austin and is bounded by Springdale and US 183, on the south side of US 290.
The University Hills Neighborhood was a planned community developed in the early 1960's by Walter Carrington Builder.
www.utexas.edu /lbj/rhodesprp/01_02/access/neigh.htm   (737 words)

  
 University of Washington Regional Affairs Office
Because the area outside of the University of Washington is the Seattle Police Department's (SPD) jurisdiction, the IPTs operate under a mutual aid agreement between SPD and UWPD whereby SPD "invites" UWPD to work in their area of jurisdiction.
The University joined with four other U-District area businesses to pay for off-duty Seattle police officers to patrol University Way, “the Ave.” The University believes that improved public safety is a key to the revitalization of the U-District and its surrounding residential areas.
The University believes that improved public safety is a key to the revitalization of the U-District and its surrounding residential areas.
www.washington.edu /community/uw_neighborhood.html   (2093 words)

  
 UHNA is University Hills Neighborhood Association, Denver, Colorado
The University Hills Neighborhood is bounded by I-25, Hampden, Colorado and Evans.
The University Hills Neighborhood Association is in the early stages of establishment, and as it grows, we hope it will foster a sense of community, help meet the needs of all its residents, and help preserve its unique character.
We are a small neighborhood in comparison to the other neighborhood associations, so it is very important that we have a number of people involved in all stages of the planning process.
www.uhna.com   (631 words)

  
 Neighborhood group looks to its future - Minnesota Daily
University alumnus and University District Improvement Association member Ron Lischeid explains a map of the new University neighborhood to students Wednesday evening at the Grace Lutheran Church in Stadium Village.
The University District Improvement Association, the unofficial neighborhood association for the University area, held the meeting to discuss the neighborhood's future and answer questions interested parties might have for the group's organizers, association board member Ron Lischeid said.
University urban studies sophomore Jeff Rosenberg attended the meeting to see how local politics work, but said he is hesitant to support the group.
www.mndaily.com /articles/2004/03/25/8873   (577 words)

  
 University District Neighborhood Seattle - Corey Robinson John L. Scott Seattle Real Estate
Seattle's University District, home of the University of Washington since 1895, is located in the northeast section of the city, north of the Portage Bay part of Lake Union.
The neighborhood actually encompasses several related communities: the small city that is the University of Washington, the youth-oriented culture of "the Ave," or University Way, its official name, and the stately single-family homes and modest bungalows north of campus.
The University District has something for everyone, although for the most, it is an exciting place to go to school, and then move on.
heartofseattlehomes.com /neighborhoods/university-district-seattle.aspx   (406 words)

  
 The University Neighborhood, page 6
Called to address the issue of increasing neighborhood crime, a meeting of 2,000 Hyde Park residents at Mandel Hall led to the formation of the South East Chicago Commission.
By the late 1940s, economic and demographic changes had worn the social fabric of Hyde Park-Kenwood, raising fears that the neighborhood would be undermined by the deteriorating property and flight of residents that were already widespread in the surrounding areas.
At the University, administrators faced a sixty percent drop in student applications in the early 1950s and increasing difficulties in recruiting faculty.
www.lib.uchicago.edu /projects/centcat/centcats/city/citych2_06.html   (531 words)

  
 About the University Neighborhood Enhancement Team   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The University Neighborhood Enhancement Team (UNET) is a cooperative effort between the University of California Police Department at Riverside and the Riverside Police Department.
UNA is a community action group which is comprised of residents, university students and university staff who live in the immediate area.
UNA has been instrumental in identifying problems in the university neighborhood, and UNET continues to work closely with this organization, as their goal is to better their neighborhood.
police2.ucr.edu /unet-1.htm   (797 words)

  
 Neighborhood-University Relations Committee
The Neighborhood-University Relations Committee is charged with opening communication lines between the community and Santa Clara University in order to identify issues and foster a positive relationship between the campus and nearby residents and property owners.
Neighborhood "Walk-about." At the beginning of each school year, student body officials, neighborhood residents, and Police officers go door-to-door in the University area to discuss with students neighborhood interests and concerns.
The University has organized a significant number of public forums that include all the above listed groups, as well as representatives of the City and its Police Department, to foster a greater understanding of unique issues in the University area.
www.ci.santa-clara.ca.us /plan_inspection/nur_committe.html   (579 words)

  
 USC NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH
Created in 1993, USC Neighborhood Outreach is a non-profit corporation with the sole purpose of enhancing the quality of life in the neighborhoods surrounding the University Park and Health Sciences campuses.
USC Neighborhood Outreach efforts are partnerships between USC programs (initiated by faculty, staff and students) and community-based organizations.
In keeping with the university's strategic plan, USC Neighborhood Outreach gives greater coherence, visibility and coordination to some of the university's new and existing community efforts.
www.usc.edu /dept/CCR/nbrhd0.htm   (1209 words)

  
 Mayor, university, neighborhood officials tour Marcy-Holmes
Buchta outlined neighborhood success stories, including her house, which she said is an example of the use of Neighborhood Redevelopment Program funds.
The neighborhood could work with the university to market to graduate students, faculty, and staff members, she said.
Rybak said the university has been a “phenomenal partner” with the city, but he acknowledged that when the university built more student housing, it left a vacuum in rentals.
www.readthebridge.info /node/941   (917 words)

  
 University, Denver - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is home to the University of Denver, many university students, and other residents and businesses, including the first Chipotle Mexican Grill.
University, highlighted in this map of Denver neighborhoods
University is a neighborhood as defined by the city of Denver.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/University_Neighborhood_(Denver,_Colorado)   (73 words)

  
 Missoulian - University neighborhood comes together for fourth annual ice cream social
Sun slanted across University Avenue where the carnival-like party gathered in the street, where untold dozens of small children mobbed Monte and giggled at the antics of the University of Montana mascot, where university students talked with neighborhood homeowners, where families and university officials mingled, and strangers became friends.
Derek Duncan, a UM junior, said the party goes a long way to create camaraderie among the university neighborhood, and helps create a sense of connection for the itinerant student residents.
Neighborhood relations aren't something that should be done "over the back fence or in the front yard when problems arise," he said.
www.missoulian.com /articles/2005/09/12/news/top/news01.txt   (478 words)

  
 University Heights
The University Heights neighborhood is bounded on the north by Kenmore Ave, Main Street and Winspear Ave, on the east by Eggert Road, on the south by E. Amherst Street, Bailey, Berkshire, Westminster, and Hewitt, and on the west by Main Street and the former Conrail line.
The University Heights neighborhood encompasses the South Campus of the University at Buffalo, as well as St.
Recreational facilities may be found at the newly renovated McCarthy Park that borders University Heights and the Kensington-Bailey neighborhood, as well as Grover Cleveland Golf Course, located on Main Street at Bailey Ave.
uci.buffalo.edu /UCI/University_Community_Neighborhoods/UnivHeights/UNIV_HEIGHTS_main.htm   (271 words)

  
 Tulane University Neighborhood Relations
At a series of eight focus groups held by Tulane in April, neighbors were invited to share their thoughts about community problems and propose ways that the university and the neighborhood can work together to resolve them.
The most commonly raised issue at the meetings was the perception that students living off campus sometimes display a lack of responsibility and respect for the neighborhood and for their own safety.
Nevertheless, the university will continue to be increasingly proactive in the neighborhood and has put together an internal committee to work on addressing neighborhood issues.
www2.tulane.edu /neighbors/news_fall_2001_a.cfm   (312 words)

  
 Duke Alumnus Donates $200,000 to Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership
The Partnership was started in 1996 to connect the university with local nonprofits and residents in 12 neighborhoods close to campus to improve the quality of life and boost student achievement.
The Neighborhood Partnership concentrates its efforts and investment in four thematic areas: education enrichment and youth development; neighborhood stabilization; strengthening community organizations; and engaging Duke students and staff in community service.
In addition, Duke provides neighborhood schools with curriculum support, tutors and improvements to their campuses, and supports quality after-school programs for low-income children at four neighborhood centers.
www.dukenews.duke.edu /2006/10/Neighborhood_gift.html   (591 words)

  
 University District Neighborhood Bus Routes
University District, UW Campus, University Village, Ravenna, Wedgwood, Lake City
University District, UW Campus, University Village, Ravenna, Wedgwood, Northgate Mall, Northgate Transit Center
University District, Montlake, First Hill Seattle, North Mercer Island, South Mercer Island.
transit.metrokc.gov /tops/bus/neighborhoods/university_district.html   (647 words)

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