You are responsible for the future of your own neighborhood. The "Workbook for Successful Redevelopment," is meant to encourage individual citizen responsibility and participation within the community. The following groups can benefit from using the Workbook because it can help them to:

• Educate residents to the challenges of building in an established neighborhood
• Create dialog and discussion about local concerns while focusing efforts on positive involvement
• Create and promote ideas/concepts with input from a broad scope of neighbors

• Formulate and communicate thoughts on the design of their project as it relates to their neighbors
• Create a greater awareness of ideas, opportunities and design possibilities
• Communicate and educate their builder/architect by conveying concepts and ideas early in design stage

• Educate themselves and their staff about the site sensitive issues of building in an established neighborhood
• Research the challenges of the area where they want to build
• Create their own "punch list" of "best practices" and design concepts
• Educate their clients to help with design concepts
• Improve their company’s image through better communication with the neighborhood

• Familiarize themselves with local neighborhoods and redevelopment issues
• Inform and educate clients (prospective buyers)
• Work with builders/architects who are aware of the neighborhoods’ characteristics

• Educate staff on local redevelopment issues
• Enable staff to communicate with and to serve citizens and the building community
• Facilitate more positive citizen input/participation