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This case-one of the series on community policing techniques and issues- examines two St. Petersburg, Florida neighborhoods grappling with problems associated with drugs, dilapidation and crime. In contrast to other relatedcases, this narrative describes events which play counter to expectations. In it, the poor, predominantly black neighborhood of Palmetto Park builds on the foundations of citizen groups and an organized government responseto forge significant improvements. A better- off (though still lower-income) and predominantly white neighborhood- Round Lake-appears to be following a similar trajectory but then stumbles. The case permits discussion of the preconditions for effective community policing and neighborhood improvement generally, including and especially the relationship between community leaders and government.