A process description and preliminary evaluation are provided for the Weed and Seed initiative in Springfield (Illinois). This initiative involved local, state, and federal resources in projects that included (1) facility improvement, (2) drug prevention, (3) youth education and child care, (4) jobs and vocational training, (5) resident initiatives, and (6) sports activities for youth. The initiative's short-term goal was to reduce cocaine distribution and related crime (pull the weeds) and to promote neighborhood revitalization through coordination of various resources in the target area (plant the seeds). Statistics regarding indictments and convictions show the efficacy of weeding efforts. Offenders can be removed from a target area, but it requires quality investigation, effective case management, and committed prosecution. Seeding initiatives included 36 proposed projects, of which 26 were fully, and 3 partially, implemented. The 26 projects had an implementation success rate of 72 percent. These results were the more remarkable in that no "Weed and Seed" implementation funds were used in these projects. Nine tables present evaluation findings. Twenty appendixes provide supplemental and background information. (SLD)