2021 Honorable Mention Award Recipient

Adopt-A-Neighborhood Project

Organization

Legal Aid of Western Missouri

Program

Adopt-A-Neighborhood Project

Partner

Seven prominent law firms in Kansas City, MO

Adopt-A-Neighborhood Project

Legal Aid of Western Missouri

4001 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Suite 300
Kansas City, MO 64130

Kayla Hogan
Adopt-A-Neighborhood Project Director

816.474.9868

A roof sags over broken windows. Strips of wood are missing from the rotting front porch. The sign on the door warns: Danger! Keep Out. In cities across the U.S., urban neighborhoods are struggling with an epidemic of vacant and abandoned buildings along with economic disinvestment and the quality-of-life, health and safety concerns that often accompany urban blight.

400+

Cases opened to date on behalf of neighborhood associations and individuals in Kansas City’s urban core

11,000+

Pro bono hours of legal service committed to-date by program partners

130+

Volunteer attorneys from seven of Kansas City’s top law firms

The Adopt-A-Neighborhood Project has empowered various neighborhood associations to take an active role in neighborhood improvement efforts. The end result of the project has been to help restore neighborhoods, attract new residents to the neighborhoods and address various neighborhood legal needs.”

R.B. Miller, III

Senior Counsel, Lathrop GPM LLP

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