[DMNA] Public Meetings Set for Discussion of Community Engagement Report

[Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association]

Below please find some information about community meetings that have been
set up to discuss the City's Community Engagement Report.  The neighborhood
meeting specifically for the downtown community is scheduled for Monday,
February
5, at 7:00 p.m. at the Mill City Museum.  Please invite your neighbors to
attend as well.  


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Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association (DMNA), Inc.
Hennepin Center for the Arts
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Public Meetings Set for Discussion of Community Engagement Report

December 15, 2006 - The NRP Policy Board and the Minneapolis City Council
have called for public discussion of the
Community Engagement Report submitted by the City Coordinator on November 9,
2006. As a result, the offices of
the NRP and the City Coordinator are working together to conduct a series of
public meetings and a community survey.
The previously announced deadline for public comment on the report has been
extended until Thursday, February 8, 2007. 

Public meetings are scheduled for the end of January and early February, at
locations selected to encourage
attendance by a broad cross-section of community members.  Please note that
language interpreters will be at the
meetings on January 30, February 1 and February 5. 

The dates, times and locations - and the names of nearby neighborhoods - are
as follows:

Monday, January 29th - West (Harrison, Bryn-Mawr, Kenwood, Lowry Hill,
Cedar-Isles-Dean, East Isles, Lowry Hill East,
Whittier and Stevens Square 
Location: Van Dusen Conference Center - 1900 La Salle Ave. S
Time: 7:00-8:30 p.m. 

Monday, January 29th - Southwest (Windom, Kenny, Armatage, Tangletown,
Lynnhurst, Fulton, Linden Hills, East Harriet,
King Field, Lyndale, CARAG, ECCO, West Calhoun) 
Location: Burroughs School - 1601 W. 50th St. 
Time: 7:00-8:30 p.m. 

Tuesday, January 30th - South Central - (Bancroft, Bryant, Central,
Powderhorn Park, Corcoran, Phillips West, Midtown
Phillips, Phillips East, Seward, Longfellow, Cooper) 
Location: Plaza Verde - 1516 E. Lake St. 
Time: 7:00-8:30 p.m. (Interpreters for Spanish, Somali, Hmong, Vietnamese,
Lao and Oromo languages will be available) 

Tuesday, January 30th - South (Howe, Hiawatha, Standish, Ericsson, Regina,
Northrop, Field, Page, Hale, Diamond Lake,
Keewaydin, Minnehaha, Wenonah, Morris Park) 
Location: Minnehaha United Methodist Church - 3701 E. 50th St. 
Time: 7:00-8:30 p.m. 

Wednesday, January 31st - Southeast (Prospect Park, University, Marcy
Holmes, Como, Nicollet Island/East Bank,
St. Anthony West, St. Anthony East, Beltrami) 
Location: Marcy Open School - 415 4th Ave. SE 
Time: 7:00-8:30 p.m. 

Wednesday, January 31st - Northeast (Northeast Park, Logan Park, Sheridan,
Bottineau, Holland, Audubon Park, Marshall
Terrace, Columbia Park, Waite Park, Windom Park) 
Location: Firefighters Hall and Museum - 664 - 22nd Ave. NE 
Time: 7:00-8:30 p.m. 

Thursday, February 1st - North (Sumner-Glenwood, Near North, Willard-Hay,
Hawthorne, Jordan, Folwell, Cleveland,
McKinley, Victory, Webber-Camden, Shingle Creek, Lind-Bohanon) 
Location: North Regional Library - 1315 Lowry Ave. N 
Time: 7:00-8:30 p.m. (Interpreters for Spanish, Somali, Hmong, Vietnamese,
Lao and Oromo languages will be available) 

***
Monday February 5th - Central City (North Loop, Downtown East, Downtown
West, Cedar Riverside, Ventura Village,
Elliot Park, Loring Park) 
Location: Mill City Museum - 704 S. 2nd St. 
Time: 7:00-8:30 p.m. (Interpreters for Spanish, Somali, Hmong, Vietnamese,
Lao and Oromo languages will be available) 
***

PLEASE NOTE: RESIDENTS CAN ATTEND WHATEVER SESSION IS MOST CONVENIENT FOR
THEIR SCHEDULE -- NEIGHBORHOODS ARE IDENTIFIED WITH LOCATIONS IN THE LIST
ABOVE PRIMARILY TO ASSURE AN EVEN GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF LOCATIONS. 

For additionasl information about the process for public discussion, click
on the link below to the letter sent by
Steven Bosacker, City Coordinator, and Bob Miller, NRP Director, to
community leaders throughout Minneapolis: 
http://www.nrp.org/R2/News/NewsArch/2006/community_engagement_letter.pdf

For a copy of the report, go to: 
http://www.nrp.org/R2/News/NewsArch/2006/CommunityEngagement_Rpt.pdf