Every neighborhood plays an integral part in the vitality of the City of Concord. The City implemented the neighborhood program, Partnerships For Stronger Neighborhoods, in 2000 to build relationships with the City’s neighborhoods in an effort to enhance the quality of life in the City and stimulate community involvement within neighborhoods and in City-sponsored events.
Through the program, neighborhoods are partnered with a City 
staff member, who serves as their liaison, and attends the neighborhood meetings to assist residents in identifying solutions to problems. Based upon these relationships, the City is better able to deliver services tailored to the needs of individual neighborhoods and obtain feedback on proposed public improvement projects within neighborhoods.
Formally Recognized Neighborhood Organizations
Currently, there are 52 neighborhood organizations throughout the City of Concord formally recognized by the City Council to participate in the City's Neighborhood Program. Click here to discover more about the neighborhoods currently participating in the program.
To view a map of these neighborhoods, select below:
Creating a Neighborhood Organization
A neighborhood association can be started by developing a core group of three or four neighbors interested in organizing. The City's Neighborhood Program Manager is available to help your core group. 
Once you're group is ready to start organizing follow these steps to have your neighborhood association recognized as a formal organization with the City's Neighborhood Program. There are a few easy steps:
- Conduct organizational meetings with your neighbors
- Create by-laws and elect officers
- Establish a meeting schedule
- Define neighborhood boundaries
- Develop a list of neighborhood goals
- Complete an application form
- Attend a City Council meeting for formal recognition and acceptance into the program
If you already have an established neighborhood organization, you simply need to compile a list of neighborhood goals and complete an application and file it with the Neighborhood Program Manager.
Neighborhood Programs Services
Neighborhood Liaison
The City Manager will assign a City staff member who will attend all of your neighborhood meetings to listen to comments and concerns from the neighborhood and share information about City services and upcoming City events.
Community Policing
The City is divided into four police districts, each supervised by a captain. Police officers within each district attend neighborhood meetings so that residents can get to know who works in their neighborhood. Please click here to view a map of the police districts.
Matching Grant Program
The grant is available to recognized neighborhoods to complete projects that will improve the neighborhood physically, market the neighborhood, or enhance the neighborhood organization. Each neighborhood will compete for the grant with other recognized neighborhoods. Neighborhood organizations must match the funds awarded by the City of Concord with contributions of volunteer time, cash or in-kind donations of goods and services. Click here for more information and the application form.
Neighborhood Leadership Academy
The City of Concord's Neighborhood Leadership Academy is designed to provide recognized neighborhood leaders with the skills and information to effectively lead and improve their neighborhood. Two-hour training sessions are offered to the City's Recognized Neighborhood Organizations (one session per month) for ten months.
Automated Phone Messaging Services
Neighborhoods are welcome to use the City's Easy Caller, which is an automatic phone messaging service, to notify residents of upcoming meetings and events. Contact the City's Neighborhood Program Manager if your neighborhood is interested in this service.
Networking
There are opportunities throughout the year for neighborhoods to get together and share ideas. In 2003, the first statewide neighborhood conference was held in Raleigh and plans are to hold this conference annually and rotate location around the state. Neighborhoods also exchange ideas at various social events such as meet and greets and training sessions.
Biannual Litter Sweep
Every spring and fall, the City employees together with the neighborhood organizations, collect litter along the City’s roadsides. The City provides bags and trash pick up, as well as an opportunity for neighborhoods to receive awards.
Neighborhood Plans
The residents within the older, established neighborhoods surrounding downtown have established neighborhood plans through a master planning process for the Center City area. Please click here to view the Center City Plan.
Citizen Corps Council
The City recently established this Committee to promote Citizen Corps programs engage neighborhoods in development and enhancement of programs and expand opportunities for residents to engage in volunteer service. Each neighborhood is encouraged to have representation.
Code Enforcement
Each of the City’s Code/Zoning Enforcement Officers are assigned to areas within the City and work directly with neighborhoods to solve problems related to minimum housing code and zoning regulations. Please click here to view a map of Code Enforcement Areas. For general zoning information, please call the Plan Review Service Center at 704-920-5152.
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Training
CERT training is an 8-week educational program that teaches residents how to be prepared in the event of a disaster. For additional information, please contact the Emergency Management Coordinator at 704-920-5528.
Concord 101
Through this eleven-week course, residents learn about each of the City’s departments and services. Please click here to link to additional information and an application form.
National Night Out
National Night Out is celebrated internationally every year on the first Tuesday of August. The City sponsors a National Night Out Kick-Off Event the first Monday of August each year and all neighborhoods are encouraged to participate in the parade and events held that evening. Neighborhoods are also encouraged to plan their own neighborhood events on National Night Out. If you are interested in additional information, please
Police Capt. Betty Crump at 704-920-5010. To learn more about the National Night Out program, visit the website for the National Association of Town Watch.
Neighborhood Watch
Through this program, neighborhoods learn how to make their homes more secure, watch out for each other and report suspicious activities to the police department. If you are interested in additional information, please
Capt. Betty Crump at 704-920-5010.
Traffic Calming
The City has a Neighborhood Traffic Calming Committee with representatives from the Fire, Police, Transportation, and Planning departments, that meets monthly to address concerns from neighborhoods about speeding, sidewalks and crosswalks, traffic circulation, pedestrian safety, on-street parking, street connections, etc.
Annual Christmas Parade Float
The City provides a professionally decorated float for neighborhood representatives to ride every year during the Concord Christmas Parade.
Neighborhood Street Sign Toppers
The City’s Neighborhood Street Sign Toppers Program is designed to help build stronger neighborhoods by enhancing their visibility through the placement of identification sign toppers at prominent intersections within the neighborhoods boundaries. The toppers are available to recognized neighborhoods at a cost of $37 per topper. Click here for the application form and data sheet.
