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.
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
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