Historic Atkins Porter Neighborhood Association

-Community involvement!
-Improving the quality of life in our neighborhood.
-Safety in our neighborhood.
-Preservation of property and common areas (city sidewalks, parks, street lights, etc.) as this is an old neighborhood bordering the downtown public square in Paris, TN.

The key strategy focuses on community involvement.
-HAPNA is building a community park within the neighborhood for all to use. Prior to the park, this was a derelict property. HAPNA partnered with Preserve Paris and the USDA (rural communities) to provide grant funds to assist with the cost (50%). The park will be completed in 2019.
-HAPNA holds monthly association meetings where all members of the community are invited. In these meetings there are speakers on topics such as local government, police, landlord/tenant rules, general safety.
-HAPNA built and installed a Free Little Library near the city dog park, which is within our neighborhood. It has received a tremendous amount of use by adults and children.
-HAPNA holds an annual neighborhood yard sale where about 20 families participate.
-HAPNA participates in the annual Ice Cream Social in conjunction with the Downtown Paris Association.

HAPNA has a core group who is very dedicated to seeing the organization succeed and bring a better sense of community to our neighborhood.

The board and officers are all skilled business people with deep ties in the Paris TN community.

We maintain a great relationship with the Preserve Paris efforts and the local USDA office focused on rural communities. Through this connection, we participate in force when there are sponsored activities in near-by communities.

We hold a fundraiser when we need to!

HAPNA is a young organization. We conduct monthly meetings and cover topics the community has requested. We have established a website, a Nextdoor community with about 200 members, and a Facebook following.

Becoming a 501(c)3 has been very valuable in our work with raising funds for the community park project and being awarded a USDA rural communities grant.

What's next? HAPNA wants to finish the community park build in late 2018 or early 2019 (stated deadline is 12/31/19). We also want to improve attendance at our monthly meeting so as to encourage more neighbors to be actively involved.