Live in 85282, 85283 or 85284 and want to help strengthen your neighborhood and the Tempe community? The City is seeking residents from these ZIP codes to fill current and upcoming openings on the Neighborhood Advisory Commission.

Commissioners help address neighborhood-specific needs and opportunities by recommending programs that build on neighborhood strengths, reviewing projects and concepts, and advising on ways to gather and share information with Tempe neighborhoods.

Applicants must reside in the ZIP code of the seat they are seeking and have lived in the City of Tempe for at least one year prior to appointment.

Interested in representing your neighborhood? Apply today.

The Neighborhood Advisory Commission:

• organizes and appoints members of the Commission to serve on standing committees as the need arises;

• reviews projects and concepts developed or proposed by the Neighborhood Program Office staff, the Neighborhood Advisory Commission and citizens;

• advises the Mayor and the City Council and assists City departments on ways in which information on neighborhood topics can be gathered and disseminated, such as conducting surveys and studies, convening forums, seminars and workshops, and sponsoring special event and award recognition; and,

• receives, accepts and acquires by gift, bequest or devise real and personal property of every kind, nature and description in the name of the City for neighborhood purposes, subject to approval and final action by the City Council.

The Neighborhood Advisory Commission is composed of 15 members.  Members are appointed proportionately to the geographic distribution of population by zip codes, subject to change as population shifts occur.  Each member of the Commission must have been a resident of Tempe for at least one year prior to the appointment.  Terms are for three years.  

The Neighborhood Advisory Commission typically meets on the first Wednesday of the month at 5:30 p.m., except in July, at the Tempe Transportation Center, Don Cassano Community Room, 200 E. Fifth St., 2nd Floor, Tempe, AZ 85281 or virtually on Microsoft Teams.

Shauna Warner, 480-350-8883
Elizabeth Thomas, 480-350-8223

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