How to proceed with community development activities

Last Updated March 23, 2023

What is Community Development?

Local town development is a familiar town development activity in which citizens take the initiative and take advantage of local characteristics and resources to work on solving local issues and improving attractiveness.
For local town development by the initiative of citizens, we have prepared various support menus. Please take advantage of it.
In this page, we explain main flow of local town development based on the Yokohama-shi area town development promotion regulations and available support, the furtherance.

Flow of Community Development

1.Making friends (Regional Community Development Group)

Make friends and think about the issues and attractions of the town.

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2.Thinking about community development initiatives

Set goals for activities and consider specific initiatives

Put goals and initiatives into plans and rules

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3.Activities based on the plan and operation of rules

Activities based on plans and rules

１．Making friends (registering with local community development groups)

Local community development is not something that we work on alone. Let's create a group that works together.
We have established a registration system for the “Local Community Development Group” with the aim of disseminating the activities of the group to local residents and promoting mutual exchange between various groups.
If you register with the "Local Community Development Group", you can receive dispatch of community development experts for activities and subsidies for activity costs.

Support System for Community Development Groups

2.　Thinking about community development initiatives

Let's think about the town and expand the circle of activities!

If you do not understand, study sessions and walk around the town will deepen your understanding of your town. We gather friends, deepen interest in town development, and expand the circle of activities.

Let's think about the future image of the city.

What's the problem? What kind of town do you want to make in the future?
What do you do to achieve this? I would like to summarize my opinions.

Let's make plans and rules for town development

We will make plans and rules while discussing with local residents and stakeholders in order to materialize initiatives based on opinions.

Regional town development plan
Local town development rules
Create rules for the town
Building agreement
Review of businessNon-combustible business in town、Land readjustment、RedevelopmentTown development around stations, etc.
Other improvements in the environment, etc.Regional transportation supportImprovement of local environment and creation of attractiveness

■Certification system for plans and rules

Cooperation with many people and organizations involved in the community is a great force for community development.
We work on local town development, and the mayor authorizes group which gained many support such as local residents as "local town development organization".
"Local town development organization" which received authorization can devise "local town development plan" and "local town development rule" while planning consensus building in area and can promote local town development.

３．Activities based on the plan and operation of rules

It's not the end of making plans and rules.
Plans and rules show the idea of local town development that has gained the support of many local residents.
Based on plans and rules, we will work on facility maintenance activities, operate building construction and greening rules in the area, and promote better local town development.

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