Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy Area (NRSA)
The Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy Area (NRSA) is a program created by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to revitalize an area that is a community's most distressed. NRSAs bring together neighborhood residents, small business owners, and property owners, as well as larger community stakeholders to forge partnerships that commit to neighborhood building, make neighborhoods attractive for investment, ensure that economic activity benefits are reinvested in the neighborhood, and foster growth of resident-based initiatives to identify/address their housing, economic and human service needs.
NRSAs create active, representative neighborhood organizations to develop a collective consensus relative to prioritized community needs in the designated NRSA. Goals, objectives, and action strategies are identified to address these needs. Action strategies address immediate, short-term, and long-range issues for the designated area. The development of demonstrated, sustainable partnerships to implement the action plan is critical to the success of the program. Funding is provided by HUD's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds.
Contact Person
Dennis Hennessy, Director, 508-799-1400, x228, hennessyd@worcesterma.gov.
NRSAs include the following:
