NEIGHBORHOOD ECONOMIC CONSERVATION
A initiative designed to return power to Kansas City neighborhoods in high-poverty zip codes—without displacement.
Mission: To strengthen the economic health of neighborhoods in high-poverty zip codes by activating vacant land, incentivizing neighborhood-leaders, and supporting households’ wealth & stability.
Vision: We envision thriving neighborhoods with stable households, empowered neighborhood-leaders, and neighborhood revenue-generating assets, ensuring lasting value flows directly back to the people and places they live. To help us best serve neighborhoods in hi-poverty zip codes PLEASE TAKE SURVEY

Transform selected vacant lots into neighborhood revenue-generators. (Modeled after community-based economic reinvestment examples such as the Q Casino + Resort in Dubuque, Iowa.)

Incentivize neighborhood leadership roles through recognition, discounts, and rewards that elevate civic engagement. NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATION

Help residents remain in and thrive within their homes through consistent household touch-points and access to resources.
AREA of WORK is outlined in red.
MAPPING TOOLS
Created by MIDWEST GEOINFO
Zip Codes with the Highest Poverty Level in Kansas City, MO.
Source: ZIPatlas
(Must be in our area of work )
This is a Center for Neighborhoods Community Impact Fellowship funded by the Hall Family Foundation
in partnership with MY REGION WINS!