1. Annual City Neighborhoods' Awards Program

   This program recognizes and honors the outstanding contributions, excellence and accomplishments achieved by neighborhood organizations and civic individuals.

2. Annual City Neighborhoods' Awards Potluck Dinner

   This annual potluck dinner provides an opportunity for neighbors from across the city to come together to share great home cooked food complemented by great fellowship.

3. Leadership College

   The Leadership College is an interactive, practical, and engaging series of discussions, lectures, role plays, team building, and related field work.

4. National Night Out

   National Night Out, a unique crime and prevention annual event sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch, takes place each year on the first Tuesday in August.

5. Neighborhood Development Grant Program

   This program creates opportunities for volunteer community organizations to make their neighborhoods safer, cleaner, and healthier by providing them with the resources to achieve their goals.

6. Neighborhood Month

   Neighborhood Month is an annual month long celebration of community and neighborhood pride hosted by Roanoke neighborhood organizations to provide opportunities for residents of all neighborhoods to come together to celebrate our neighborhoods…as we do have so much to celebrate!

7. Virginia Statewide Neighborhood Conference

   The annual Virginia Statewide Neighborhood Conference is a conference that provides an opportunity for neighborhoods and communities from across the Commonwealth to share their knowledge, experience and vision on how to make Virginia’s communities and neighborhoods - the neighborhoods of choice.

8. Workshops & Educational Opportunities

   Educational workshops are offered several times during the year on topics ranging from code enforcement, grant writing, and enhancing one's leadership skills.

9. City of Roanoke Planning Academy

   Roanoke's Citizens’ Planning Academy is a dynamic and interactive program providing residents with background into the history of city planning and a discussion of the development patterns that have created the framework for our community.