Now Taking Spark Award Nominations!

Nominate Neighbors, Volunteers and Businesses for Annual Spark Awards by May 20

The Glendale Neighborhood Commission encourages residents to nominate a neighbor, volunteer, business, nonprofit or faith-based organization that has made a commitment to the Glendale community or helped to improve our neighborhoods.

If you know of someone like this, nominate the person or group for a 2009 Neighborhood Spark Award. The deadline to submit nominations is May 20. The Spark Award recipients will be honored by the Commission on Neighborhoods at the 2009 Neighborhood Leadership Forum, scheduled for Saturday, June 27 at 8 a.m. at the Glendale Civic Center, 5750 W. Glenn Drive.

Nominees should fall into one the following categories:

• Young Leaders on the Move - This category will honor young people who have exemplified positive leadership and decision-making in their school and/or community.
• Neighborhood Revitalization - This category is designed to recognize an individual or neighborhood group, or another organization, for taking the initiative to revitalize a neighborhood through volunteerism and/or donations.
• Traditional Neighborhood Leadership - This category is for a non-HOA leader who exemplifies positive leadership and decision-making skills while participating in a neighborhood group.
• HOA Leadership - This category is for any individual who lives in an HOA neighborhood and exemplifies positive leadership and decision-making abilities.
• Business Support & Neighborhood Involvement - This category is for Glendale-based businesses that consistently work with a neighborhood or neighborhoods to assist in positive economic development and enhance the area’s quality of life.
• Community Partner - This category is for community partners such as non-profits, government agencies, schools, and faith-based organizations, and others who have worked with neighborhoods and the community in a positive way.

How to Nominate

• CLICK HERE to download a nomination form (PDF).
• CLICK HERE to download a nomination form (doc).

Submit your nomination to the Neighborhood Partnership Office, 6829 N. 58th Drive, Suite 100, Glendale, AZ 85301, or via e-mail at: leadership@glendaleaz.com. For other questions, call the office at 623-930-2868.

Leadership Forum

Join us for the annual forum on June 27 for a program on “Networking within Your Neighborhood,” which will focus on issues affecting the community. To RSVP for the Leadership Forum, call 623-930-2125 by June 15.