Washington Park at the heart of Making Connections is distinguished by large homes, especially near the Olmstead-designed park.

Walnut Hill is a smaller neighborhood along a rail line that served small industries that are now mostly gone. This neighborhood has become a key settlement for Hmong-Americans.

Midtown is an older neighborhood, most of which is located outside the Making Connections boundaries to the east. The efforts to replace older homes and vacant lots with new construction began in this neighborhood.

Martin Drive is a somewhat newer neighborhood, more isolated from much of the city. It is the most racially diverse of the neighborhoods.

Cold Spring is a neighborhood distinguished by Victorian homes that are being rehabilitated by residents. But it also contains a concentration of apartment buildings and an elderly public housing project along its southern edge.