neighborhoodbetterment
nounUK /ˈneɪbəhʊdˈbɛtəmənt/
US /ˈneɪbərˌhʊdˈbɛtərmənt/
Making the area where you live nicer for everyone.
The kids started a neighborhoodbetterment club to plant flowers and clean up the park.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. Fixing up shared spaces like parks and sidewalks so they are safer and prettier.
Neighborhoodbetterment included new benches and a fresh coat of paint on the fence.
3. When neighbors work together to solve local problems.
Their neighborhoodbetterment efforts brought everyone together to fix the broken streetlight.
4. Small projects that make a block feel friendlier and more welcoming.
Planting trees was a simple act of neighborhoodbetterment that everyone enjoyed.