Project Hope is an innovative neighborhood engagement and empowerment program that aims to improve the quality of life in the City of San José by promoting creation of neighborhood associations in underserved areas stressed by crime, blight and violence.

Project Hope’s objectives are:

• Creating sustainable, organized group of community leaders
• Promoting a safer and cleaner environment
• Developing informed residents who can access City services
• Creating community partnerships that support ongoing efforts

To achieve these objectives, Project Hope uses a five-phase approach in each neighborhood:

1. Planning how to approach the new area.
2. Community Mobilization to create interest in forming a neighborhood association.
3. Community Capacity Building to help identify and train neighborhood association leaders and teach residents how an associate works.
4. Project Implementation to create the new association, hold meetings and other events, and bring neighborhood concerns to the City.
5. Sustainability for the association to continue operating through succeeding generations of leadership, with limited assistance from Project Hope staff.

UPCOMING EVENTS

NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS

Project Hope operates in nine San José neighborhoods.

• Cadillac Winchester
• Foxdale
• Guadalupe Washington
• Hoffman Via Monte
• McKinley Bonita
• Mclaughlin Area Tenants (MAT)
• Poco Way
• Roundtable
• Welch Park