Topeka Dreams Neighborhood Improvement Initiatives Program (NIIP)

For more information, please contact Bianca Burnett at 785-368-3663 or lburnett@topeka.org.

The Topeka DREAMS Neighborhood Improvement Initiatives Program (NIIP) is a neighborhood investment partnership program between the City of Topeka and area Neighborhood Improvement Associations (NIAs). The program is designed to assist NIAs with improving their neighborhoods through, community collaboration, neighborhood planning, public infrastructure improvements, and affordable housing and housing rehabilitation in low and moderate income (LMI) neighborhoods of Topeka. This partnership allows for the planning, design and completion of projects that address current conditions, and the identification of goals for future neighborhood infrastructure, housing, and other quality of life improvements. The City works to implement the priority projects, identified by the community, into the City of Topeka’s Capital Improvement Plan, Capital Improvement Budget and annual Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block (CDBG) Funding priorities for neighborhood projects through three initiative levels.

Program Summary Overview & Current Application

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Note: Estimated funding indicated for all program initiatives is subject to change based on final authorization provided by the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and/or authorization of the City of Topeka’s Governing Body.

DREAMS Project Summary Reports

2024 Summary Reports

2023 Summary Reports