Greater Englewood Neighborhood Association (GENA)

The Greater Englewood Neighborhood Association is one of the city’s many civic organizations that brings citizens together in a common cause to advocate issues and an agenda to improve the quality of life in our neighborhoods;

Founded in 1995, the Greater Englewood Neighborhood Association was organized as a community sounding board and conduit for community action for a neighborhood deeply concerned about road-widening, zoning, parks, drainage, flooding and other issues;

Through the years of its existence, the Greater Englewood Neighborhood Association has had a considerable impact in curbing neighborhood crime through the association’s active participation in SHADCO meetings; its members conduct litter patrols to keep the neighborhood clean;  plants flowers and maintains signs at the neighborhood’s primary entrances;  they participate in the Mayor’s Matching Grants program to garner funding for neighborhood beautification projects; they created a small children’s park by reclaiming former JEA property;  in 2004 at the Mayor’s Neighborhood Summit, was cited as Neighborhood of the Year;  and, in 2005 received from the City Council, a Resolution honoring and commending the Greater Englewood Neighborhood Association on the occasion of its Tenth Anniversary and for having reached the significant milestone in its history;

Past Presidents:
Suzanne Jenkins  -   Lowell Griffith  -  Vickie Kutscher
Past Vice Presidents:
Bill Hagan - Lowell Griffith -Mel Snead -Betty Scherer -Jadon McCauley - Billie Griffith