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Rebuilding Our Neighborhoods Manual

A Guide to Neighborhood Revitalization is a valuable "how to" manual available to help neighborhoods across Florida make their communities more vibrant and sustainable.  It focuses on affordable housing and physical development in neighborhoods, economic development and human investment initiatives such as education, welfare services and health care.  To obtain a free copy, please contact Susan Fleming at (850) 922-1893 or susan.fleming@dca.state.fl.us.  You may also view, download, and print the entire manual (approximately 2.8 MB) or individual sections:

• Download Entire Rebuilding Our Neighborhoods Manual P.D.F.
• Download by Section in P.D.F.:
  • Title Page
  • Credits
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Part I - Basic Concepts and Principles of Holistic Neighborhood Revitalization
  • Part II - The Process: How to do Holistic Neighborhood Revitalization
  • Part III - The Holistic Neighborhood Revitalization Tool
  • Part IV - A Case Study for the Revitalization Initiative in the Harbordale Neighborhood - St. Petersburg, Florida
  • Appendix 1: Neighborhood Maps
  • Appendix 2: Roster of St. Petersburg's City Team
  • Appendix 3: Additional Information Resources
  • Appendix 4: Suggestions for Information Gathering
  • Appendix 5: Categories of Information
  • Appendix 6: Sample Surveys - Resident, Non-Resident, Neighborhood Alert
  • Appendix 7: Identifying Players - Residents, Local Government, Other Participants
  • Appendix 8: Building Partnerships - Building an Agenda, Building Revitalization Teams
  • Appendix 9: Agenda Components - Visioning, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation