Quality of Life Agreements
 

QLAs & Other GO Neighborhoods Publications

Near Northside

The Near Northside was selected as one of two Pilot GO Neighborhoods communities in 2009, with Avenue CDC as convening agency. With a focus on engaging the community broadly, encouraging and supporting resident leadership, dreaming big, and including all, GO Neighborhoods is bringing Near Northsiders together to create and implement their own organic vision for a thriving neighborhood. The community has completed two comprehensive plans including the Near Northside Quality of Life Agreement (QLA) and the Near Northside QLA 2.0. After 10 years in the program, Near Northside, is now a best practice, both on the capacity built at the Convening Agency and the array of community initiatives and projects that have been implemented through the Quality of Life Agreement work. Near Northside is a collaborative and inclusive effort to use the strengths of a community in creating effective partnerships and creative problem solving.

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Near Northside
2015 QLA Refresh
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Near Northside
2010 QLA

Northline

Since 2015, the Northline community with support from Avenue CDC has worked together to create and implement a Health Equity Plan where neighbors gathered to work on projects related to health, safety and education. As a result of this organizing effort, LISC Houston adopted the Northline community as a Great Opportunities neighborhood to engage in deeper, longer-term organizing and planning effort to make the Northline neighborhood an even better place to live, work, learn, do business, and raise a family.

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Northline
Health Equity Plan

OST/South Union

OST/South Union became a GO Neighborhood in 2013 with the help of more than 400 people and dozens of organizations that work collaboratively to make OST/South Union a wonderful place to call home. The goal of the OST/South Union GO Neighborhood is to achieve positive transformation of Southeast Houston through community-based creative placemaking- empowering residents to bring values and community history to effect change through well-designed improvements to the physical environment enhanced by artistic and cultural expression projects. Neighborhood Recovery CDC acts as the convening agency, and is coordinating a Steering Committee and GO Teams focused on implementing the strategies laid out in the Quality of Life Agreement that identifies the community’s vision for a sustainable community. The Southeast Houston Transformation Alliance (SEHTA) is a key partner in this work. OHIP is a multi-sector collaborative that supports GO Teams in addressing social determinants of health in OST/South Union. It is funded by Episcopal Health Foundation. Our mission is to use our physical and spiritual resources to care for one another so that we can impact the hearts and health of our community.

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OST/South Union
2023 QLA Refresh
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OST/South Union
2014 QLA

Fifth Ward

In 2018, 5th Ward neighborhood leaders, residents and community development experts collaborated to establish this vision, that 5th Ward will be a unified community that honors its historical heritage and embraces redevelopment for all. Since then, many more community members have joined to contribute to GO and the group has done dozens of early action projects that have served hundreds and offered lots of volunteer opportunities. 5th Ward GO Neighborhoods, with support from the Convening Agency Fifth Ward CRC designed a Quality of Life Agreement with the community to help guide their work for the next five-plus years. This is a collaborative effort between residents and local organizations collectively working together to create goals and initiatives to improve the quality of life of members in the community.

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Fifth Ward
2021 QLA

Independence Heights

Independence Heights is a historic neighborhood located in northwest Houston. Known as the first city incorporated by African Americans. The neighborhood has been on the path of comprehensive community development since 2007. With support from Independence Heights Redevelopment Council, the community mobilized towards shared goals and shared efforts. More than eighty people representing all ages, ethnicities and occupations supported and participated in the development of this QLA.

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Independence Heights
2010 QLA

In addition, check out some of the other past publications from our GO Neighborhoods in partnership with the University of Houston Community Design Resource Center: