Bill of Rights

ALGONQUIN HILLS IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 594, Algonquin, IL 60102
AlgonquinHills@netscape.net
NATIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD BILL OF RIGHTS

1. Neighborhoods are significant units of citizen participation and self-government

2. Neighborhoods have the right to determine their own goals and to initiate and execute their own plans and programs.

3. Neighborhoods have a right to review in advance and influence at ALL stages of planning and execution actions of
government and private institutions affecting their neighborhood.

4. Neighborhoods have the right to control public and private resources necessary for the implementation and support of
neighborhood decisions.

5. Neighborhoods have the right to define their own governing structures, operating procedures, and boundaries.

"Adopted by the Alliance of Neighborhood Government in 1975 to further neighborhood Interests and democracy." Blair Government at the Grass-Roots c. 1986 ISBN 0-913350-39-5

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NEIGHBORHOODS ALGONQUIN/LAKE IN THE HILLS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE