Are you still waiting for someone to help you improve your neighborhood? Learn how you can bring about the changes you want at the Erie Citizen’s City Planning Academy.

The Erie Citizen’s City Planning Academy is a FREE, five-week course designed especially for people interested in making their neighborhoods a better place.

The course is a mini City Planning 101 that includes important issues that affect your neighborhood such as zoning, housing, retail, transportation, and neighborhood planning.

Graduates will have a better understanding of how to begin the process of neighborhood revitalization and will be better prepared to positively influence development in their neighborhoods.

The course will be held on Tuesday evenings beginning on Tuesday, March 6th and ending on Tuesday, April 2nd. The classes will be between 6:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on the campus of Mercyhurst University.

Guest lecturers include experienced city planners, small business owners, housing specialists, attorneys, and local government officials.

Seating is limited, so please contact Heidi Miles at the Erie Neighborhood Watch Council Monday — Friday at 454-3808 or send an e-mail to Tom Maggio at citizenplanningacademy@gmail.com to reserve a spot.

The Planning Academy is free of charge as a result of generous funding by the Erie Community Foundation and a donation by Mercyhurst University.