Neighborhoods
Neighborhoods
City, residents at odds over NRP
Acting on legislation passed last session to provide a funding stream, the City of Minneapolis has announced a plan to extend the Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP) — the backbone of grassroots community organization funding for the last 20 years — with Mayor R.T. Rybak “committing” $8 million a year, for 10 years, to support it. MORE »
Buy the house: A new twist in the Hollywood Theatre saga
Redeveloping the Hollywood Theater might look like a better prospect to developers in the future, if a city staff proposal goes forward. The idea is to add two other pieces of property to the project the house next door and the empty lot across the street. MORE »
Building community downtown
After endless hours of planning and preparation, the eyes of the world will be upon the downtown neighborhood of Saint Paul when the Republican National Convention (RNC) comes to town, September 1-4. The RNC’s arrival focuses attention on the district council that serves downtown, the District 17 CapitolRiver Planning Council (CRC ). MORE »
Franklin redevelopment depends on grassroots
Partners for the redesign of the nearly mile and a quarter of Franklin Avenue that serves as the central business corridor through the Seward neighborhood released a “Draft Community Vision” document last week that details what its title page calls “an interim look at a community process for making Franklin Avenue a Great Street.” MORE »
