- Sponsoring organization must pay the overtime charge for City staff and equipment.
- The Saturday overtime rate for a CleanSweep is $96.00 per hour for one truck and driver.
- Solid Waste & Recycling will absorb the costs to dispose of the materials.
- Neighborhood groups and block clubs organize volunteers to walk through their area and load accepted items into a City truck.
- Volunteers also can sweep sidewalks, rake alleys, pull weeds, pick up litter, remove graffiti and perform whatever tasks are necessary to keep their neighborhood clean.
- Contact your neighborhood organization or block club leader to find out if you will have a CleanSweep this year.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Organize A Neighborhood CleanSweep!
Neighborhood CleanSweeps can be arranged by neighborhood organizations or registered block clubs. This is a great way to clean up your neighborhood. Organizers can best identify the needs of their neighborhood and tailor cleanup efforts to address those needs.
February 2008 NRP Link is now available online
You can download the February, 2008 NRP Link at:
http://www.nrp.org/R2/Resources/Media/Link/2007/NRPLink200802.pdf
Articles in the February Link include:
- “Framework” Proposes Future of NRP
- March 17, 2008 comment deadline
- Home Tour is April 26-27
- NRP Initiates Newsletter Offers Electronic LINK
- What’s Happening in Real Estate,and What Can Neighborhoods Do About It?
Monday, February 25, 2008
Minneapolis is looking for police officer applicants
MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER ( RECRUIT )
Applications accepted February 25th through April 4th, 2008.
Applicants must be MN P.O.S.T. eligible by September 5th, 2008.
Starting Annual Salary: $45,539 to $50,207
The City of Minneapolis is in the process of hiring for the position of Police Officer
( Recruit ). Applicants can apply on-line beginning February 25th at www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/jobs, or call (612) 673-2282 for application materials.
Please pass on this great opportunity to interested candidates!
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. The Human Resources contact is Kathleen McDonald at (612) 673-3425.
Sergeant Holly Keegel
Minneapolis Police Department - Recruitment
4119 Dupont Avenue North, Room 105
Minneapolis, MN 55412
(612) 673-3369
Minneapolis Police Honor Block Clubs and Volunteers
The Minneapolis Police Department has chosen 14 block clubs from across the city as winners of 2007 Building Blocks Awards, which are awarded each year to the city’s most active and effective block clubs. One neighborhood volunteer has also been awarded the Teresa S. Ruhland Youth Award.
The 2007 Teresa S. Ruhland Youth Award recipient is Abia Isse Ali, a mother of three and a volunteer at the Abubakar As-Saddique Islamic Center since it opened in 2003. The Minneapolis Police Department awards this recognition to a volunteer or volunteers who do an outstanding job of involving young people in community activities. Ali works as a Human Service Representative in the Family Services Division of the Hennepin County Economic Assistance program.
The Building Blocks Awards are awarded annually to blocks clubs that demonstrate a commitment to keeping their neighborhoods safe by working to connect neighbors and providing information that help homeowners prevent crimes.
2007 Building Blocks Awards:
- 600 Block of Buchanan and Pierce Streets Northeast Block Club, Beltrami neighborhood
- 5th Street Northeast/Nancy Apartments Block Club, St. Anthony West neighborhood
- 2400 and 2500 Blocks of 10th and 11th Avenues South Block Club, Midtown Phillips neighborhood
- Parkside West Block Club, Powderhorn Park
- 3700 Block of Elliot Avenue Block Club, Powderhorn Park neighborhood
- 3400 Block of Chicago, Columbus, and Park Avenues Block Club, Central neighborhood
- West Page Block Clubs, Page neighborhood
- 4200 Block of 10th Avenue South Block Club, Northrop neighborhood
- 4600 Block of 15th Avenue South Block Club, Northrop neighborhood
- Shenandoah Terrace Block Clubs, Northrop neighborhood
- 3100 Blocks of 31st and 32nd Avenues South Block Club, Longfellow neighborhood
- Rainbow Terrace Project Lookout, Willard-Hay neighborhood
- Ilion and 22nd Avenue North Block Club, Jordan neighborhood
- 4900 Block of Aldrich Avenue South Block Club, Tangletown neighborhood
Kingfield Farmer's Market Coordinator
The Kingfield Farmers' Market, located on Nicollet Avenue at 43rd Street, is looking for someone enthusiastic and talented to run the Market. In its eighth season, the market provides local food, music, community events, and gathering space to the residents and friends of Kingfield Neighborhood every Sunday morning from June through mid-October.
Supported by event income, community grants, business sponsorship, and NRP funding, the market has continued to grow over the past eight years. The market has set for itself the goal of becoming independent of the Kingfield Neighborhood Association in the next couple of years.
Opportunities to participate in that transition, to reach out to neighboring communities and farmers' markets, to promote local and sustainable products and businesses abound for the most qualified candidate. Please see the job description below more information.
Questions? 612-823-5980 (Kingfield Neighborhood Association Office)
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Reports to: Executive Director, KFNA
Application Requirements: One-page Letter of Interest, One-Page Resume
Due: March 14, 2008
To: KFNA, 3754 Pleasant Ave. S, MPLS, MN 55409 or email to kingfield@q.com
Attention: Kingfield Farmers' Market Committee
Mission: The Kingfield Farmers' Market was established in 2001 by the Kingfield Neighborhood Association. The mission of the Market is to provide access to a variety of high quality locally grown foods in a pedestrian friendly environment that fosters community.
Overview: The Kingfield Farmers' Market Coordinator oversees the year around, day-to-day operations of the Kingfield Farmers' Market in order to serve its vendors, guests, patrons, and volunteers. The regular market season is June - October on Sundays from 9:00am-1:30pm.
Responsibilities:
- Handle vendor application processing, market licensing, and records keeping. Collect vending fees and donations. Post an accurate and up to date vendor list, market schedule, and event schedule throughout the Market season in designated location/s.
- Direct Market set-up and tear down and provide on site support to all vendors, patrons, bands, artists, Master Gardener volunteers, and other community activity providers for each market. Provide on site supervision to volunteers and assistants as needed.
- Organize vendor meetings, including the pre-season informational meeting, and others as determined by the Market Committee.
- Enforce Minneapolis Farmers' Market codes/ regulations and the Department of Health Regulations.
- Participate in all Farmers' Market Committee meetings and sub-groups of the Committee as deemed appropriate to facilitate planning and execution of market events and activities and in order to keep the Committee informed of other market needs and concerns in a timely fashion.
- Schedule volunteers, musicians and special/seasonal vendors as necessary, providing reminder calls, and thank you cards following participation.
- Notify the Kingfield Farmers' Market Committee of any time off needed and assist in scheduling and training an approved Market Coordinator substitute.
- Participate in development by identifying and applying for grants from appropriate funding sources. Help to identify potential market benefactors from amongst community members and market patrons. Work in conjunction with the Market Committee to plan and carry-out fundraising events.
- Recruit vendors for the market consistent with the market's goals and vendor guidelines using a variety of tools and resources. Take steps as necessary, and with the approval of the market committee and KFNA Board, to ensure vendor retention. Participate along with the Committee and KFNA staff in developing tools to evaluate the market's success and solicit vendor feedback.
- Act as the market spokesperson for media events. Coordinate regular and routine press releases, email blasts, and other approved means of disseminating information regarding the market.
- Act as a liaison of the Kingfield Market to other area markets as necessary and appropriate to carry out the goals of the market committee and in order to stay abreast of trends and developments in the Twin Cities' farmers' market environment.
- Perform other reasonable tasks as deemed necessary.
- Background in food, agriculture, and/or community organizing
- Flexible schedule, including availability Sundays during the Market's season
- Ability to write grant proposals
- Supervisory experience
- Experience in positions demanding the ability to successfully resolve conflicting interests and competing goals
- Ability to lift up to 50lbs
Thursday, February 21, 2008
"Adopt a vacant house" to promote safer neighborhoods
Feb. 22, 2008 (MINNEAPOLIS) Vacant properties can pose safety challenges for everyone from neighbors, to property owners, to police officers and firefighters. The City of Minneapolis is taking comprehensive measures to make all our neighborhoods safer, including those affected by foreclosed or vacant properties. And there are lots of things that everyone can do to make neighborhoods with vacant properties the safest they can be. City leaders are encouraging neighbors and block clubs to work together by “adopting” a vacant property on the block. It’s important for neighbors to report any suspicious or illegal activity by calling 911.
- If you see someone inside or around a vacant property, call 911. Take care not to confront someone who is trespassing or living temporarily in a vacant property.
- Report a property that is open to trespass or if you observe anything on the property that could be a health or safety issue by calling 311.
- To report a building that is open to trespass, but has not yet been boarded, call the Housing Inspections Boarded Building Unit (612) 673-5828. They can check on the status of a building or start the process to board a property.
- Check on a vacant property occasionally to ensure doors and windows are closed and that the building is not open to trespass.
- You may maintain the public space—sidewalks and alleys—around vacant properties. It’s all right to shovel snow, rake leaves, and pick up or remove flyers and litter without notifying the property’s owner.
- Remember if you do maintain a property, it’s not OK to dig, climb on a building, enter a building or make improvements to vacant property before you have written consent from the property owner.
- If your block has a property with an ongoing problem, call your Crime Prevention Specialist at your police precinct. They can work with you to resolve a variety of “problem property” issues.
2008 Minneapolis Climate Change Grants now available!
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/sustainability/ClimateChangeGrants_home.asp
Climate Change Grants focus on motivating Minneapolis businesses and residents to take immediate actions to reduce their climate change impacts.
We are once again offering two different types of grants with an easy application process:
Grassroots Climate Change Micro Grants
Grant amount: Up to $1,500 (no match required)
Application deadline: 4:00 p.m. Thursday March 20, 2008
Climate Change Innovations Grants
Grant amount: Up to $10,000 (no match required)
Application deadline: 4:00 p.m. Monday, March 24, 2008
Eligible organizations: non-profit organizations, neighborhood associations, faith based organizations, business associations, schools, libraries, park/recreational centers, and other public organizations that serve Minneapolis residents and residents.
Informational Meetings:
An Informational Meeting will be held on February 28, 2008 from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.(Micro Grants) and 5:00-6:00 (Climate Change Innovations Grants) at the Northeast Central Library (2200 Central Ave NE Minneapolis).
The Minneapolis Climate Change Grant program will also be highlighted during the 3:00 track at the March 8 free Neighborhood Sustainability Conference at Augsburg College.
In 2007, the City awarded 25 similar grants that leveraged thousands of dollars in volunteer time and resources resulting in over 1,400 Minneapolis residents signing up for the Minnesota Energy Challenge and committed to saving about 8.2 million pounds of carbon dioxide and $682,000 annually on their energy use!
To look at some of the 2007 grant activities please visit:
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/sustainability/ClimateChangeMicroGrant2007.asp
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Northside Mentoring Opportunity
TRANSITION MENTORING
The Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches, Minneapolis Police Department and Hennepin County Adult Correction Facility invite you to join them in Transition Mentoring for ex-offenders who live on the Northside as they rebuild their life after leaving prison.
NEXT TRAINING:
Saturday, March 8, 2008
8:45 a.m. –2:00p.m.
Hennepin Co. Adult Corrections Facility
Men’s Building
1145 Shenandoah Lane, Plymouth
Directions: 494 north to Co. Rd. 6 – turn left on Co. Rd. 6 to Shenandoah Lane (west side of Parker's Lake)
Snacks/Lunch will be served
Please register for this free training by March 4, 2008 by emailing michelle@citypeace.org.
If you have questions about the mentoring experience, we can get you in touch with other PEACE Foundation members who are currently mentoring through this program.
WHY MENTOR?
In a recent study of ex-offenders involved with this program, there was a comparison between those who STAYED connected with their mentor after release from incarceration with those who DID NOT. The results are revealing. As a group, those who stayed connected with their mentors only had 6 arrests during the first year after release (compared to a total of 223 arrests for the two years prior to their arrests). Those who did not stay connected with their mentors had a total of 90 arrests in their first year after incarceration (compared to a toal of 282 arrests for the two years prior to their arrests).
While both groups - those who stayed connected and those who did not - had similar rates of arrest before incarceration, the rate of recidivism after incarceration was more than TEN TIMES HIGHER for those who did not stay connected to their mentors compared with those who did. What this tells us is that MENTORING WORKS!
Friday, February 15, 2008
3rd Ward Problem Property/CARE/Foreclosure Meeting
Greetings,
The next Third Ward Problem Property/Foreclosure/CARE Meeting will take place on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at the Center for Families, 3333 4th Street N from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm.
You will have an opportunity to meet with your friends and neighbors as well as representatives from the Minneapolis Police Department, U of M Police, Hennepin County Probation, Minneapolis City Attorneys, Regulatory Services Personnel and Council Member Diane Hofstede.
Diane Hofstede
Minneapolis City Council-3rd Ward
350 S. 5th St. Rm 307
Minneapolis, MN 55415
diane.hofstede@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
612-673-2203
Upcoming School Climate Forum Friday 2/29
You are invited to attend, Every Student Connected: It’s Possible, on Friday, February 29, 2008 from 8:30 am – 3:00 pm at the Earle Brown Heritage Center in Brooklyn Center. Sondra Samuels is president of the PEACE Foundation and member of the Hope Collaborative. She will share stories of schools that have successfully connected with all students. The power of connectedness to reduce violence will also be addressed.
The annual School Climate Forum is held in the spring of each year and is co-sponsored by the Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health Department, the Initiative for Violence-Free Families, and the Hennepin County Attorney's Office. Forums feature examples of programs and practices that schools have found successful in addressing school climate and school connectedness.
Please open the attached brochure to register with Hennepin County. You can also click here to download the brochure from our website www.everyfamilymatters.org.
Thank you!
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Rebecca S. Anderson
Administrative Assistant
Family & Community Programs Department
Family & Children's Service
4123 East Lake Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55406
612-728-2084 Office
612-729-2616 Fax
rebecca.anderson@everyfamilymatters.org
www.everyfamilymatters.org
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Living Art! on March 22
Living Art! is an art show and silent auction event featuring the work of 100 local artists from Kingfield and beyond.
Whether growing, changing, moving, or residing in the public eye and thus subject to individual interpretation, art lives among us and influences us. Local artists have created art that captures this spirit in ‘Living Art’.
Date: Saturday, March 22
Time: 7-10 PM
Location: Rau+Barber, 4244 Nicollet Ave. S., Minneapolis
Enjoy appetizers and desserts artfully crafted by Scott Pampuch of The Corner Table and Theresa Lien of Anodyne. Cash bar.
Tickets: $10 in advance / $20 at the door
(Purchase Advance Tickets with cash or check at Anodyne or The Color Wheel Salon, or by credit card at www.kingfield.org through March 21)
Proceeds from Living Art are split 50/50 between the artists and the Kingfield Neighborhood Association (KFNA). KFNA’s share will go to Walldogs on Nicollet, a joint-project of Lyndale’s and Kingfield’s neighborhood associations. Walldogs will engage artists and community members in painting 8 murals along Nicollet Avenue on July 24th - 27th, 2008. More information can be found at www.walldogs.lyndale.org.
Artists may register for Living Art through March 5 at www.kingfield.org.
Publicity Sponsors: Do-Good Biz, Dunn & Semington, Mackeyszar Design
Show Partners: Anodyne, Color Wheel Salon, Corner Table, Leonardo’s Basement, Rau+Barber,
Show Supporters: Nicollet Hardware, Ungerman Construction
Eco-friendly winter home and yard maintenance March 20
There’s still ice out there…come learn about eco-friendly winter home and yard maintenance!
Thursday, March 20
7:00-8:00 pm
MLK Park
Join the Kingfield Neighborhood Assocaition Green Committee for Minnesota’s 1st winter maintenance training class designed for homeowners. This will be a chance to learn about de-icer selection, application rates, snow removal methods and environmental impacts. For the past 10 years this type of training has been available only to snow and ice control professionals. Now it is available to you in a simplified, and entertaining! Format.
Since this is a new program piloted in 2008 we are interested in understanding homeowner winter maintenance concerns. Any information you can share with us will help us improve our new training program. Bring your trickiest winter maintenance concerns and join in the discussion. Eco-friendly treats provided!
Contact Information:
This program is funded by the Mississippi WMO and presented by Fortin Consulting Inc. Questions can be directed to Sarah Linnes-Robinson, KFNA Executive Director at kfna@email.com or 612.823.5980.
Somali Crime Victim meeting March 4th
The Council on Crime and Justice is organizing a Somali Crime Victim Meeting on Tuesday, March 4th. This event is a follow-up to the Somali Crime Victims Discussion held in November, which focused on issues of crime in the Somali community. The purpose of this second meeting is to give a brief overview of different programs that work with crime victims in the Minneapolis area and provide crime victims with information on crime victim rights, resources and agencies, and crime prevention. Various organizations will be participating in this event, including the Minneapolis City Attorney Victim/Witness Program, Hennepin County Victim/Witness Program, Jacob Wetterling Foundation, Domestic Abuse Project, Domestic Abuse Service Center and others.
Representatives from various organizations will give short presentations on the services the organization offers and will be available to distribute brochures and answer questions at tables set up around the room. Somali speaking advocates and interpreters will be available. This event is free and open to the public.
Event Details:
Location: Event Hall, Abu Bakr Islamic Center
2824 13th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55407
Date: Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Time: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Nearly one hundred Somalis attended the first meeting and we hope to bring an even larger crowd at this second meeting. The flyer is attached, please help distribute it and spread the word.
Thank you,
Asma Lori Saroya
Crime Victim Advocate
Council on Crime and Justice
822 South 3rd Street
Minneapolis, MN55415
Ph: 612-353-3005
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Minneapolis Advantage Demonstration Loan Program - Review and Comment
The City of Minneapolis is asking for input on a new loan program to provide Minneapolis homebuyers with down payment assistance. A draft of the Minneapolis Advantage Demonstration Loan Program guidelines will be available for public review until March 27, 2008, at 4:00 p.m. Please read the draft guidelines and submit comments to: Mark Anderson at mark.anderson@ci.minneapolis.mn.us or by mail: City of Minneapolis, CPED, 105 Fifth Ave. S., Suite 200, Minneapolis MN 55401-2534, Attn. Mark Anderson.
You can view the guidelines on the City Web site at:
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/cped/docs/mpls_advantage_guidelines.pdf
Because a significant rise in foreclosures has resulted in disinvestment and vacant and boarded homes in the City, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak asked the department of Community Planning and Economic Development (CPED) to design a program to provide down payment assistance for potential homebuyers to purchase homes. This proposed program to help rebuild the housing market will be available in neighborhoods that have a high concentration of vacant and boarded buildings.
For questions, please contact Mark Anderson at 612-673-5289.
A public hearing about the program is planned, but a date has not been set yet. Once scheduled, this information will be posted on the City's Web site.
Robert Cooper
Senior NRP/Citizen Participation Specialist
City of Minneapolis, Finance Department
Development Finance Division
105 Fifth Avenue South, Suite 200
Minneapolis, MN 55401
(612) 673-5239
(612) 673-5212 (fax)
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Stevens Square Fancy Pants Ball
Saturday, February 16, 2008
7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Van Dusen Carriage House
1900 LaSalle Ave (rear entrance off Groveland Ave - free parking available at the Minnesota Church Center lot on the 1900 block of Pillsbury)
Contact: Dave Delvoye, SSCO Safety Coordinator, at (612) 874-2840
All are invited to attend the 2nd annual Midwinter Blues Fancy Pants Ball: "Eat, drink and dance in your fanciest pants!" Fancy hors d'oeuvres, fancy drinks, swanky lounge music, and the most glittery silent auction in town.
This event is a fundraiser for Stevens Square Community Organization (SSCO). Suggested donation: $20 in advance, $25 at the door. For tickets, mail your donation to: SSCO, 1925 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, 55403. Your tickets will be waiting for you at the door.
5th Annual Dog Days of Whittier!
Day: Saturday, February 16, 2008
Time: 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Location: Fair Oaks Park
Address: 200 24th St. E (3rd Ave S & 24th St)
Contact: Josie at the Whittier Alliance at (612)-871-7756 or visit www.whittieralliance.org
Calling all residents, dog owners, youth and families, block club leaders and people who want to meet their neighbors! There will be dog treats, hot cider and s'mores, as well as snow sculptures and a bonfire. Bring your sled and dog!
Monday, February 11, 2008
CURA Announces New 'Neighborhood Partnership Initiative' Grant Program
The Neighborhood Partnership Initiative (NPI) program is designed to support innovative and effective partnerships that involve new constituencies, solve problems, and improve the community for everybody. Grants up to $10,000 will be awarded to successful applicants.
Partnerships applying to NPI must include at least one government-recognized neighborhood organization (Minneapolis Neighborhood Group or St. Paul District Council), and at least one youth, immigrant, or arts organization with nonprofit status. The neighborhood organization should be the lead partner.
http://www.cura.umn.edu/NPI.php
The deadline for applications is April 15th, 2008.
Complete the Neighborhood Partnership Initiative Application Form, or the attached word document. An electronic version of the application is required.
CURA is holding two informative networking sessions about the program. Come to learn about NPI, have your questions answered and take the opportunity to network with other organizations who are also interested in the program. Light refreshments will be provided.
Session 1: Thursday February 21st, 2:00pm-3:30pm at the North East Library, 2200 Central Ave. NE,Minneapolis MN 55418 http://www.mplib.org/northeast.asp
Session 2: Tuesday February 26th, 5:00pm-6:00pm at the Rondo Library, 461 N. Dale Street, Saint Paul,MN 55103
http://www.stpaul.lib.mn.us/locations/rondo.html
If you have questions or would like more information, contact:
Kris Nelson, 612-625-1020, ksn@umn.edu
Jeff Corn, 612-625-0744, jcorn@umn.edu
Update: Neighborhood Sustainablity Conference on March 8
2008 Neighborhood Sustainability Conference:
Connecting City and Citizen Efforts for Sustainable Communities
Saturday, March 8, 8:30 to 4:30, Augsburg College
Register at www.sustaincommunity.net
The free conference will bring together 700 volunteer leaders from block clubs, neighborhoods, schools, congregations, garden clubs and lake associations to plan projects they want to carry out in the spring and summer to help reduce global warming and prepare for energy and climate uncertainty.
Keynote Speaker:
Jay WallJasper Senior Fellow, at Project for Public Spaces, Executive Editor of Ode magazine, previous Editor of the Utne Reader and author of The Great Neighborhood Book: A Do-It Yourself Guide to Placemaking.
Topic tracks will include: energy, water quality, community gardening, urban forestry, walking/biking & transit use, local food, zero waste, clean air and developing a community-wide sustainability plan.
• Share outreach tips with successful neighborhoods, block clubs congregations & schools
• Neighbors for NRP will be also leading a workshop on how to work for secure future funding for the Neighborhood Revitalization Program.
• Neighborhood action planning - Meet with others from your community to envision next steps and with staff from more than 30 resource organizations (listed below.)
• Learn about project grant opportunities for energy, water quality, waste reduction, graffiti prevention and Climate/Energy Citizen Partnerships .
Please pre-register for this free event today at www.sustaincommunity.net Volunteer teams are encouraged to bring at least three members.
Space is limited to the first 750 people.
• Lunch - Please bring your own waste-free lunch or reserve a local, organic waste free lunch when you register and bring $10 for lunch.
• Bus, bike & parking (please arrive at 8am) www.augsburg.edu/about/directions.html
• Campus Map - www.augsburg.edu/about/map.html
Agenda
8am Registration (Foss Center, Chapel)
9am Welcome by Mayor Rybak, Mayor Coleman & Commissioner McLauglin and Keynote by Jay Walljasper, on Great Neighborhoods (Foss Center, Chapel)
10am Project Workshops – Energy, Water Quality, Walking/Biking/Transit, Land Use Planning, Forestry, Greening, Gardening, Zero Waste, Local Food, Clean Air, State Policy Solutions.
12:30 Lunch and Exhibitor Tables
1:30 Neighborhood Action Planning – meet with others from your neighborhood to plan spring and summer projects.
3:00 Outreach Salons – for block clubs, neighborhoods, schools, congregations & garden clubs and Neighbors for NRP.
cpm Reception with music & local organic food and Exhibitor Tables
Questions? Call: Sean Gosiewski, Program Director,
Alliance for Sustainability 612-331-1099 x 1, sean@afors.org
www.afors.org www.sustaincommunity.net
Please pre-register for this free event today at www.sustaincommunity.net
The Conference is Presented by the Alliance for Sustainability www.afors.org with the following Conference co-sponsors: The Cities of Minneapolis & St. Paul, Hennepin County, League of Minnesota Cities, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Augsburg College, Aveda, Green Institute, Bonestroo Engineering & Architecture, EcoWare, Horst Rechelbacher Foundation, Minnehaha Creek Watershed District, Mississippi Watershed Management Organization, Rainbow Tree Care, Rice Creek Watershed District, SEH Inc., Sustainability Associates, SWB Architects & Planners, Xcel Energy, with Barr Engineering, Center for Energy & Environment, CR Planning, Environmental Justice Advocates of MN, Eureka! Recycling, Friends of the Mississippi, Gardenworks, Great River Greening, Metro Blooms, Metro Clean Energy Resource Teams, Metro Solid Waste Coordinating Board, Metro Watershed Partners, Midway TMO, MN Department of Natural Resources, MN Renewable Energy Society, MN Environmental Partnership, Neighborhood Energy Connection, Sunday’s Energy, Sierra Club, Tree Trust, U of MN Master Gardeners, Upper Midwest Permaculture Collaborative, SHIFT, Sierra Club, Transit for Livable Communities, Verde Strategies, Vital Aging Network, Will Steger Foundation, Youth Environmental Activists of MN, (additional sponsors are welcome!)
Neighborhood Conference Poster, Flyer and Announcement
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Save the Date for our
Local Government Sustainability Workshop –
"Using Model Ordinances to Implement your City's Sustainability Goals"
Wednesday April 16, 12:30pm to 4:30pm,
Paul & Sheila Center for Community, St. Paul.
Chicago Avenue Design Charrette February 22 and 23
Friday, February 22, 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 23, 9 am-2 pm
North Central University's Centennial Hall
725 So 10th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55404
No registration fee
Please RSVP to:
David Fields, 612.335.5846 xt 13, davidfields@elliotpark.org
See the Elliot Park Neighborhood Inc. website at:
http://www.elliotparkneighborhood.org/
Centennial Commons Initiative
Bringing people and resources together
to preserve and promote
the unique urban character
of the historic
Elliot Park Neighborhood
North Minneapolis Housing & Home Improvement Fair
Day: Saturday, March 15, 2008
Time: 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Location: North High School
Address: 1400 Knox Ave N
Contact: info@northhousingfair.com
Neighborhood associations and CEE in partnership with North High Community Education came together to provide this event free to current and prospective homeowners. We recognize the need to provide this valuable resource to connect homeowners and area businesses to provide opportunities for reinvestment in our communities.
This event features vendor exhibits and educational workshops. For more information, including a schedule of events, please visit www.northhousingfair.com
South Minneapolis Housing and Home Improvement Fair
Day: Saturday, March 8, 2008
Time: R10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Location: South High School
Address: 3131 19th Ave S (enter on 32nd St side)
Contact: Laura Fryberger at laura@housingfair.org
Entering its 14th year, the Housing and Home Improvement Fair remains one of the most successful and well-attended community events in the South Minneapolis area. Free and open to the public, the Fair promotes city living, home improvement and maintenance, and community involvement.
This year's Housing and Home Improvement Fair features a keynote seminar "Home Security: Learn the 4 D's - Deter, Deny, Delay & Detect", vendor exhibits and educational workshops. For more information, including a schedule of events, please visit www.housingfair.org
Friday, February 8, 2008
CURA Announces New 'Neighborhood Partnership Initiative' Grant Program
The Neighborhood Partnership Initiative (NPI) program is designed to support innovative and effective partnerships that involve new constituencies, solve problems, and improve the community for everybody. Grants up to $10,000 will be awarded to successful applicants.
Partnerships applying to NPI must include at least one government-recognized neighborhood organization (Minneapolis Neighborhood Group or St. Paul District Council), and at least one youth, immigrant, or arts organization with nonprofit status. The neighborhood organization should be the lead partner.
http://www.cura.umn.edu/NPI.php
The deadline for applications is April 15th, 2008.
Complete the Neighborhood Partnership Initiative Application Form, or the attached word document. An electronic version of the application is required.
CURA is holding two informative networking sessions about the program. Come to learn about NPI, have your questions answered and take the opportunity to network with other organizations who are also interested in the program. Light refreshments will be provided.
Session 1: Thursday February 21st, 2:00pm-3:30pm at the North East Library, 2200 Central Ave. NE,Minneapolis MN 55418 http://www.mplib.org/northeast.asp
Session 2: Tuesday February 26th, 5:00pm-6:00pm at the Rondo Library, 461 N. Dale Street, Saint Paul,MN 55103
http://www.stpaul.lib.mn.us/locations/rondo.html
If you have questions or would like more information, contact:
Kris Nelson, 612-625-1020, ksn@umn.edu
Jeff Corn, 612-625-0744, jcorn@umn.edu
U Grants For Neighborhoods Impacted By Stadium
Neighborhoods near the U of M encouraged to apply for Good Neighbor Fund grants Neighborhoods adjoining the University of Minnesota have a new resource for enhancing and protecting the beauty, serenity, and security of the areas that will be affected by the new on-campus football stadium. Neighborhoods are now able to apply for funding through the Good Neighbor Fund, which provides a vehicle for neighborhoods to respond to the stadiums impact on the community.
The Good Neighbor Fund is funded by an endowment from the Gopher stadium project, and approximately $69,000 in total funding will be available in 2008. Eligible applicants are member organizations of the Stadium Area Advisory Committee and their partners, and applications are due by April 1, 2008. For a complete list of eligible participants, fundable activities, criteria, and an application form, visit http://www.community.umn.edu/gnf.
Funding announcements are expected to be made around July 1.
Neighborhood Sustainability Conference, Saturday, March 8, 2008
2008 Neighborhood Sustainability Conference:
Connecting City & Citizen efforts
for Sustainable Communities
Saturday, March 8, 8:30 to 4:30, Augsburg College
Register at www.sustaincommunity.net
The free conference will bring together 700 volunteer leaders from block clubs, neighborhoods, schools, congregations, garden clubs and lake associations to plan projects they want to carry out in the spring and summer to help reduce global warming and prepare for energy and climate uncertainty. Keynote Speaker: Jay WallJasper Senior Fellow, at Project for Public Spaces, Executive Editor of Ode magazine, previous of the Utne Reader and author of The Great Neighborhood Book: A Do-It Yourself Guide to Placemaking.
Topic tracks will include: energy, water quality, community gardening, urban forestry, walking/biking & transit use, local food, waste reduction and developing a community-wide sustainability plan. Share outreach tips with successful congregations, schools, neighborhoods and block clubs. Meet with others from your community to envision next steps. Volunteer teams will also be able to track their projects and share ideas with other groups working on similar projects through the conference web site.
• Volunteer teams are encouraged to bring at least three members.
• Resource organizations are also invited to exhibit at the event.
The event will also feature great music, food and public art!
At the conference community volunteers will be able to learn about many different project grant opportunities to fund grassroots projects in the areas of energy, water quality, waste reduction, graffiti prevention and Climate/Energy Citizen Partnerships .
Space is limited to the first 750 people. Please bring your own waste-free lunch or reserve a local, organic waste free lunch for $10 when you register. Bus, bike and parking info available on line.
Please pre-register for this free event today at www.sustaincommunity.net
The Conference is Presented by the Alliance for Sustainability www.afors.org with the following Conference co-sponsors: The Cities of Minneapolis & St. Paul, Hennepin County, League of Minnesota Cities, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Augsburg College , Aveda, Green Institute, Bonestroo Engineering & Architecture, EcoWare, Horst Rechelbacher Foundation, Minnehaha Creek Watershed District, Mississippi Watershed Management Organization, Rainbow Tree Care, Rice Creek Watershed District, SEH Inc., Sustainability Associates, SWB Architects & Planners, Xcel Energy, with Barr Engineering, Center for Energy & Environment, CR Planning, Environmental Justice Advocates of MN, Eureka! Recycling, Friends of the Mississippi, Gardenworks, Great River Greening, Metro Blooms, Metro Clean Energy Resource Teams, Metro Solid Waste Coordinating Board, Metro Watershed Partners, Midway TMO, MN Department of Natural Resources, MN Renewable Energy Society, MN Environmental Partnership, Neighborhood Energy Connection, Sunday’s Energy, Sierra Club, Tree Trust, U of MN Master Gardeners, Upper Midwest Permaculture Collaborative, SHIFT, Sierra Club, Transit for Livable Communities, Verde Strategies, Vital Aging Network, Will Steger Foundation, Youth Environmental Activists of MN, (additional sponsors are welcome!)
• Flyer for March 8 Citizen Conference & April 16 Local Government Workshop
• March 8th Conference Poster PDF
• March 8th Neighborhood Conference Flyer PDF
Save the Date for our Local Government Sustainability Workshop - "Using Model Ordinances to Implement your City's Sustainability goals" Wednesday April 16, 12:30pm to 4:30pm, Paul & Sheila Center for Community, St. Paul.
• April 16 Local Government Sustainability Workshop - Sample Announcement and Flyer
Questions? Call: Sean Gosiewski, Program Director,
Alliance for Sustainability 612-331-1099 x 1
sean@afors.org
www.afors.org
www.sustaincommunity.net
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Hold The Date-Third Ward Problem Property/Care/Foreclosure Meeting - 2/20/08
Greetings,
The next Third Ward Problem Property/Foreclosure/CARE Meeting will take place on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at the Center for Families, 3333 4th Street N from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm.
You will have an opportunity to meet with your friends and neighbors as well as representatives from the Minneapolis Police Department, U of M Police, Hennepin County Probation, Minneapolis City Attorneys, Regulatory Services Personnel and Council Member Diane Hofstede.
Diane Hofstede
Minneapolis City Council-3rd Ward
350 S. 5th St. Rm 307
Minneapolis, MN 55415
diane.hofstede@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
612-673-2203
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