To have a thriving city, we need thriving neighborhoods
This is done one neighborhood at a time. To obtain a BONDS grant, a neighborhood must:

• Meet organizational and economic criteria
• Attend an applications workshop
• Apply for the grant in writing
• Meet with BONDS advisory board
• Attend awards ceremony
• Submit progress reports, budgets and validate actual expenditures
• Attend four to six leadership training workshops
• Seek advice and options from advisory committee members
• Share information quarterly with other neighborhood groups
• Involve neighborhood members in completing project work
• Submit written project completion report
• Help train and encourage other neighborhood associations
• Participate in subsequent training to continue development

Typical of recent seed money grants awarded by BONDS are projects to:

• Create a unified association to serve the Five Points Area by participating in the CATCH (Communities Act to Create Hope) community development process.
• Offer neighborhood watch program in Deer Creek and Greater Bell Road.
• Hire a consultant to survey the Garden District and assist in creating a master plan.
• Partner with local health agencies in sponsoring a community health and wellness forum and Youth Fun Day for the Hunter Station community.
• Provide after-school tutoring, life skills training, and summer enrichment for youth in Madison Park, and to offer a community health fair for all residents.
• Conduct a tennis camp for youth in Monterey Park and Hunters Point.
• Provide neighborhood identification markers, landscaping, and/or sprinkler systems at the entryways of Carriage Hills, Normandale Community, Freeport, Rolling Hills, Spring Valley, Cross Creek, Valley Village.
• Install solar lighting of entryways/medians in Normandale Community and Highland Park.
• Offer youth development, recreation, and job skills programs in Westwood Community, WINGS (Working in Neighborhoods Through Group Support), and Houston Hill.