Apply for a Neighboroots Project

Applications are now open until September 6th!

Any resident of the City of Chattanooga can apply to receive a Neighboroots project in their neighborhood. All applicants should consider what historical aspect of their neighborhood they would like to recognize and how they would like it to be recognized - through public art, a performance, or a marker. In addition to a written application, each applicant also has the opportunity to present their project idea in-person. Applications will be evaluated by a committee of local leaders and historians based on their historical significance, feasibility, and impact. A certain number of projects will be funded during each application period based on availability of funds, and applications will re-open twice a year.

Requirements

All projects must be outside of the downtown central business district
All projects must be on sites owned by the City of Chattanooga or City owned right-of-way
Neighborhoods will only be awarded one project per project type per calendar year

Evaluation Criteria

Scoring

Applications are evaluated based on scores in three equally weighted criteria - historical significance, feasibility, and impact. Each criterion contains sub criterion to address different aspects in each area. For each criterion and sub-criterion, evaluators will assign a score of 0-5, with 5 being the highest, 1 being the lowest, and 0 missing information or not having enough information to score.

Score	Rating	Explanation
0	Does not address	Missing information or not enough information to score
1	Poor	Does not adequately address this aspect
2	Fair	Needs improvement to adequately address this aspect
3	Adequate	Adequately address this aspect, but has room for improvement
4	Very Good	Does an above average job at addressing this aspect
5	Excellent	Exceeds expectations, does an exemplary job at addressing this aspect

Historical Significance

Impact on history
1. Impact on history of this neighborhood - the impact the person, place, or event had on the history of this neighborhood.
2. Impact on history of the broader community (Chattanooga, Tennessee, Country, World) - the impact the person, place, or event has on city, state, national, or world history.
3. Documentation - the extent that the person, place, or event involved in this project is able to be documented/verified with primary or secondary sources.

Feasibility
1. Team and Support
  1. collaborators - a team of people are involved in helping the applicant develop and implement this project.
  2. outside support - the support this project has from people or organizations other than the neighborhood association or applicant.
  3. neighborhood association support - this project has the support of the neighborhood association.
2. Plan for Implementation - the plan for successfully implementing this project.

Impact
1. Impact on Neighborhood - the impact this project would have on this neighborhood.
2. Impact on Chattanooga - the impact this project would have on Chattanooga.