Neighborhood Assets Map

The Neighborhood Assets Map categorizes the resources that are available for community development into different groups of building blocks.

Primary Building Blocks are assets and capacities located inside the neighborhood, largely under neighborhood control.
These include:

• personal income
• cultural organizations
• associations of business
• individual businesses
• individual capacities
• religious organizations
• citizens associations
• gifts of labeled people
• and home-based enterprise

Secondary Building Blocks are assets located within the community, but largely controlled by outsiders.
These include:

• public schools
• libraries
• fire departments
• hospitals
• parks
• higher education institutions
• police
• vacant buildings and land
• social service agencies
• and energy/waste resources

Potential Building Blocks are resources originating outside the neighborhood, controlled by outsiders.
These include:

• public information
• capital improvement expenditures
• and welfare expenditures

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