Travel through Time

06.14.17

Thank you to everyone who participated in our tours and open house at our June 8th, Travel through Time NeighborWorks event!  If you were not able to make it, please feel free to travel the neighborhood area and site see (don’t forget the Hawley Hamlet community gardens!).  Make sure to stop by our office and Read More

Annual NeighborWorks Event

05.12.17

Take a look at the past, present, and future during this year’s annual NeighborWorks event. Walking tours of the neighborhood from 4:00pm-5:00pm, beginning at the NeighborWorks Lincoln office, will explore the surrounding neighborhoods, including Antelope Square and Hawley Hamlet. Learn about the history of the neighborhood and Lincoln from experienced community members, and see how Read More

Residents Together Resource Fair

04.27.17

NeighborWorks Night with the Lincoln Stars

12.07.16

NeighborWorks Lincoln is hanging with the Lincoln Stars on Saturday, March 4th, 2017! They are playing Chicago Steel, AND it’s Zombie Night at the ice box!! Our friends can purchase special priced tickets for only $15, out of which $5 from each comes back as proceeds to NeighborWorks Lincoln. TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW! RESERVE Read More

Mural Project to “Notice” One Lincoln Girl

08.17.16

The City of Lincoln is bringing the national mural project “Girl Noticed” to the Capital City, and nominations are now being accepted for the subject of the mural. The City is partnering with NeighborWorks Lincoln and Lutheran Family Services to bring artist Lori Pratico and photographer Elizabeth Sanjuan to Lincoln for the project, which shows Read More

2016 Community Build: One Home to Commemorate 30 Years

08.12.16

NeighborWorks Lincoln (NWL) is excited to announce a new initiative – the 2016 Community Build Project, which will commemorate the organization’s 30th Anniversary of making an impact in the City of Lincoln. Through the Community Build Project, a new single-family home located at 2336 Q Street will be built and sold to one of NWL’s Read More

30th Anniversary House Warming Event Photos

06.23.16

We had a wonderful time at our big celebration, and we were so happy to see all of our friends from throughout the years! To all of you who contributed to and joined us at our event, we are beyond words, grateful.This event would not have been possible without our realtor sponsors, the talented participating Read More

Friday Highlight: Vacant House Pop-Up Art Show

05.31.16

Last Friday on May 27th, 2016, one of NeighborWorks Lincoln’s vacant houses was taken over by local artists and brought back to life for one last time before demolition. Read more about ‘Cell and World: A Renegade Exhibition’ here! This is certainly a type of event we want to continue to do in the future. Read More

2016 NeighborWorks Week Events!

04.28.16

Dedicated volunteers, civic leaders, and residents will come together the second week of June to celebrate local neighborhood projects during National NeighborWorks Week—a week-long celebration of revitalization and transformation in more than 4,400 distressed neighborhoods across the country. During NeighborWorks Week, local NeighborWorks organizations mobilize tens of thousands of volunteers, business people, neighbors, friends, and local Read More

NWL mini-grant blooms in Clinton neighborhood

04.11.16

  Clinton resident, Bob Reeves reports on the results of a mini-grant for landscape beautification: “Our tulips are up and most are looking very good. The people on our block are very appreciative of the grant we received from NeighborWorks (Lincoln) to purchase the bulbs. In summer 2015, I requested and received $147.66 from NeighborWorks Read More