Each section of the publication highlights effective strategies, important events, strong community leaders, and grassroots efforts to improve neighborhoods. In the area of law enforcement, the projects mentioned include a community-based response to gun crimes in Salisbury, MD, and a program to improve safety in public housing in Kansas City, MO. Descriptions of community policing projects include a partnership among law enforcement, community, and city government in Washington, DC, to fight gang violence and the efforts of a Weed-and-Seed site in Los Angeles to counter hate-motivated crime and graffiti. Examples of crime prevention programs include a safe location for school students while they wait to be picked up by the school bus in Portsmouth, VA, a neighborhood health fair for low- and moderate-income families in Santa Ana, CA, a Junior Police Academy for kids in Springfield, IL, and a Teen Summer Fair that promotes positive educational activities for youth in Niagara Falls, NY. Projects in neighborhood restoration include youth involvement in home restorations in Bristol, TN, a community event to promote violence prevention in a North Omaha (Nebraska) neighborhood, and a plan by the Federal Community Capacity Development Office to bring neighborhood tax services to low- and moderate-income communities. Reentry programs include an AmeriCorps VISTA program that provides services to persons re-entering the community from prison and the creation of a center that provides services to released inmates in Providence, RI. Programs among American Indian/Alaska Native communities involve assistance for ex-offenders returning to their homes and a CIRCLE Project that facilitates interagency cooperation in bringing criminal justice services to Indian country. A listing of annotated resources