Neat Neighborhoods is back in 2025! Patterned after the Tidy Towns tradition rooted in Ireland since 1958, this community challenge has now found its way to Springfield as an exciting competition aimed towards a cleaner, greener, and happier city.
The Hatch Foundation has generously agreed to fund the Neat Neighborhoods competition again in 2025. Neat Neighborhoods provides the opportunity for neighborhoods to earn points and prizes for clean up and green up projects. Projects completed between January 1 through November 1, 2025 will be considered.
New this year:
The City is streamlining the application process and tweaking the judging criteria, keeping the same categories:
- Community Planning – Planning
- Public Places, Parks, Roads, Streets and Alleys
- Green Spaces
- Tidiness and Litter Control
Prize money will be awarded based on the number of points any given neighborhood earns throughout the competition period.
A winner in each Council Zone will be recognized, as well as a “Neat Neighborhood of the Year” that is the top vote getter of the entire City. These designations would not be tied to prize money.
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