We also offer some great educational and networking opportunities and provide some supportive informational services:

• Community Connections Workshop Series - The Community Connections Workshops provide opportunities for citizens and neighborhood organizations to interact and learn from one another. More...
• Community Conference - The Orange County Community Conference is an annual event held each July. The Community Conference provides Orange County residents with the opportunity to get involved in the community and learn how to make their neighborhood a great place to live! More...
• Community Organization Awards - Neighborhood Services Division Community Awards Program recognizes the talents and accomplishments of individual citizens and community organizations within Orange County. More...
• Connecting Neighbors and Neighborhoods - A unique television show produced in partnership with Orange County Neighborhood Services and Orange TV.  To watch the shows click More...
• Grant Writing Technical Assistance - Need assistance writing winning grants?  Or, need assistance researching available grant funds?  Orange County Neighborhood Services can help.  If you have a question regarding grant writing for a neighborhood/community project, call us at (407) 836-5606 or click here to submit your question via email.
• Neighborhood Emergency Response Plan - Presented by the Orange County Office of Emergency Management's Citizen Corps Council.  The Neighborhood Emergency Response Plan (NERP) is a planning template designed to ensure that neighborhoods, including condos and mobile home parks, are prepared for an emergency so that residents have the necessary supplies to sustain their basic needs for at least 72 hours in the aftermath of a disaster.  To find out more and put together a NERP for your neighborhood click here!
• Neighborhood Event Tool Kit - Neighborhood Services Division strongly encourages neighborhood organizations to hold neighborhood events and social gatherings, opportunities for neighbors to come together to get to know each other. The Neighborhood Event Tool Kit is a helpful tool created to assist neighborhood organizations to hold neighborhood gatherings. More...
• N-Pace Magazine - N-PACE magazine, in existence since March 2003, is the premiere publication of the Community and Environmental Services Department (CES). More...
• Neighborhood Organization Directory - The Orange County Neighborhood Organization Directory is prepared and updated every year by the Neighborhood Services Division and is distributed at the Annual Orange County Community Conference. More...
• Neighborhood Resource Guide - This manual is a how-to guide for starting neighborhood/community organizations. More...
• Neighborhood Update - This is the Neighborhood Services Division's electronic newsletter. It is generally emailed every other week to the neighborhood organizations registered in our database, who have provided valid email addresses.  The Neighborhood Update e-newsletter includes information about current events and available services of interest to Orange County neighborhoods.  If you're not affiliated with a neighborhood organization and would like to receive the e-newsletter, simply click here to email us; please provide your first and last name, telephone number, and email address.  If you would like to view the current issue of the e-newsletter, click here. (MS Word - 155 KB)
  
  Supplemental: 100 Years of 4-H  (MS Word - 31 KB) OCSO Newsletter (PDF - 186 KB)
• Orange County Citizen Planner Academy - The Citizen Planner Academy provides citizens with quality training about Orange County Government's growth management and land development processes. The Citizen Planner Academy is designed to increase citizen understanding of local government structure, processes, and funding. More...
• Resources for HOA's and Condo Associations - Orange County Neighborhood Services is limited to the questions that we may answer regarding property associations due to legal constraints.  However, we will try to answer your questions or at least, direct you to resources when possible.  Please call our office at (407) 836-5606 or click here to submit your question via email.