Exciting News — Our NBW Grant Was Approved!

We’re excited to share that our 2025 Neighborhood Block Watch (NBW) Grant application has been officially approved by the City of Phoenix! 🎉

The C28 Business Alliance originally applied for $12,000 to support safety, unity, and community engagement efforts along 28th Drive. Although our application was initially declined due to a misunderstanding in the personnel budget line, we successfully appealed the decision—leading to an approved award of $8,550 for the coming year.

Here’s how these funds will be used:

• Crime prevention tools & signage to enhance visibility and safety along the corridor
• Community-facing materials like flyers, posters, and branded items to strengthen messaging and identity
• Website development to centralize communication, promote involvement, and share updates
• Leadership gatherings to coordinate efforts among businesses, residents, and community partners

This grant is a huge step forward for our shared mission of revitalizing the 28th Drive corridor. We’re incredibly grateful to the City and the NBW committee for believing in our work—and to each of you who continues to show up and contribute to this vision.

We also learned a great deal through this process (including that we could’ve requested up to $15,000!)—and we’ll carry those lessons forward into next year’s cycle.

You can view our full grant application here: View Application

Let’s keep building something special—together.