Coronado Neighborhood Association

What is Fight Back?
The Phoenix City Council designates Fight Back areas with the goal of offering specialized support over a limited period of time to assist with resident-driven neighborhood improvement efforts. The designation comes with $54,000 in grant funds to help implement programs and a Neighborhood Specialist from the Neighborhood Services Department to coordinate efforts.

City Councilmen select eight new Fight Back neighborhoods each year in an effort to enhance and improve the community. Three have been selected in the Coronado Neighborhood.

Coronado Fight Back West

Boundaries
Thomas to McDowell;
7th Street to 16th Street.

Timeframe
18 months ending December 31, 2004

Meetings
The last meeting was held December 11, 2004. Read the Executive Summary for program accomplishments.

Committees/Priorities

Traffic
Blight & Beautification
Communications

Rueben Valencia served as Coronado Fight Back West Chairperson.

Coronado Fight Back East

Boundaries
Thomas to I-10 Freeway;
16th Street to 20th Street.

Timeframe
18 months ending December 31, 2005

Meetings
The last meeting was held December 12, 2005. Read the Executive Summary for program accomplishments.

Committees/Priorities

Blight and Beautification
Richard Freshley

Communications
Bill Newcome

Crime
Eugene Leafty

Coronado Fight Back Southwest

Boundaries
Oak to I-10;
7th Street to 16th Street.

Timeframe
12 months ending December 31, 2006

Meetings
The last meeting was held December 20, 2006. Read the Executive Summary for program accomplishments.

Work is continuing on the Coronado Park renovation plan. Read about it here.

Committees/Priorities

Info

Chairperson
Andrea del Galdo
602-252-2763

Chair Traffic
Elizabeth Compton

Chairs Crime
Shant Khalsa
602-254-2377

Bonny Olson
602-252-0406

Chair Blight/Beautification
Samantha Bollinger

Coronado's Neighborhood Specialist for all Fight Back programs is Olga Soto, City of Phoenix Neighborhood Services Department.

General Fight Back program info is available on the City's website at: http://www.phoenix.gov/

A report from the Morrison Institute on previous Fight Back neighborhoods is available at: http://www.asu.edu/copp/morrison/public/public2n.html