Safe streets, low crime rates, and productive citizens are equally important to both a company and the residents of a communicty. This report, the third in the Conference Board's Innovative Public-Private Partnerships series, describes the experience and illustrates the learnings of companies that have chosen to act as catalysts for change in neighborhoods in which they have a vested interest.

Includes Partnership Profiles of:

• Minnesota HEALS (Companies involved include Honeywell, Allina Health Systems, and General Mills)
• The Hawthorne Huddle (General Mills)
• The Brooklyn Redevelopment Initiative (Pfizer Inc.)
• Neighborhood Partnership Initiatives (Fannie Mae)

Special features:

• two-page executive summary
• concluding section on "the law enforcement view"