Neighborhood Association - Neighborhood associations provide a forum through which neighbors can build relationships with one another, identify community problems, and collectively act to protect and improve their communities. (Knickmeyer et al, 2003). They are often managed by volunteers. (NTEE Code S22). Participation is typically open to residents, businesses, and property owners in the area. Neighborhood associations often serve as an important liaison between residents and city officials, developers, and other organizations. This category also includes other kinds of resident associations (e.g., tenant associations, homeowner associations) that perform the functions described here.
Community Development Corporation - A community development corporation (CDC) is a nonprofit organization that provides programs, offers services, and engages in other activities that promote and support community development in a specified geographic area. (NTEE Code S20) Historically, CDCs have typically focused on property development (e.g., affordable housing, commercial development) and other services that meet local needs (e.g., education, job training, healthcare). A CDC’s service area can span a geography of multiple neighborhoods. A CDC is almost always run by paid staff that report to a board of directors. (NACDA, 2014)
Community Building Organization - A community building organization (CBO) is an organization or group of organizations (e.g., social service nonprofit, place-based collaborative, or congregation) that does not fit within the definition of a neighborhood association or CDC but still plays an active role in organizing, supporting, and developing a specific place-based geography (often, a neighborhood or group of neighborhoods). CBOs focus on more than one neighborhood issue and are accountable to a variety of stakeholders. While a CBO may focus on a geography spanning multiple neighborhoods, it does not span an entire county.
This map does not include:
Community Building Effort - A time-limited, project-centered, or question-based process of engaging people that often culminates in a tangible product or report designed to inform a project’s development, answer a research question, and/or help allocate resources based on community priorities.
Community Improvement District - A defined area of non-residential properties, whose owners choose to pay an additional tax or fee (pursuant to the process and procedures described in the Community Improvement District Act, Missouri Revised Statutes 67.1401 and following). The additional revenue is dedicated to services and improvements within the district's boundaries.
Other special taxing districts (SBDs, etc.)