Suggested Tips for Applying for a Grant

1.  Spend some time thinking about your concerns and hopes for your neighborhood.  Come up with 
one or more ideas for an improvement project in your neighborhood.
2.  Talk to your neighbors about your idea and encourage other people to become interested and 
involved.
3.  Plan a time and place for a neighborhood association or HOA meeting to discuss the needs of the 
neighborhood.  Putting a flyer in the door of each person on your street and talking directly to your 
neighbors helps to get better attendance at meetings.  Assistance with copying or creating flyers is 
available through the Neighborhood Services Division.
4.  At the meeting, gather ideas for improvement projects in your neighborhood.  As a group, 
prioritize the project ideas based on what the group believes the neighborhood needs most, and 
decide on which project is to be planned now.
5.  Decide what needs to be checked out in order to complete your improvement project 
successfully.  Make a list of who has volunteered to take responsibility for specific tasks.   
6.  Decide who is going to be the contact person and fill out the application for the grant.  There 
must be only one contact and one application per Neighborhood Association or HOA, regardless of 
the number of projects.  
8.  If funded, the project should be completed as outlined in your application. 
9.  A statement of completion will need to be filled out and sent to the Neighborhood Services 
Division.  Project summary, an evaluation of the project, and all receipts from your project should 
be attached to this form.  We encourage you to share (before and after) photographs of your 
project with us at this time.
10.  The City of Peoria Neighborhood Services Division is available to assist neighborhood 
associations and HOAs that are applying for a grant.  
Need help?  Call or email your Neighborhood Services Coordinator at 623.773.5140 
millie.peterson@peoriaaz.gov.