‘Neighborhood News’ Archives
20th Year of Phillips Community Clean Sweep a Huge Success
By JANA METGE Another successful Clean Sweep Event on October 14th celebrated it’s 20th year! 500 people participated beginning with a quick breakfast and coffee at the Welna Hardware parking lot where volunteers were assigned litter pick-up areas, given pick-up supplies, and 20th Year Clean Sweep T-Shirts; entertained by the music of a small brass band still available on several social media videos; check them out, they were fantastic! Clean Sweep volunteers do some amazing heavy lifting into Citycompactor trucks. PHOTO: Somali TV Officers Zander Krohnfeldt and Drea Mays lend a hand at Clean Sweep. From 9:30 to noon, residents and groups of volunteers from organizations picked up litter in all four Phillips Community Neighborhoods - Ventura Village, Phillips West, Midtown Phillips, and East Phillips.Phillips Community Clean Sweep pays for 6 Trucks staffed by Minneapolis Solid Waste & Recycling. One truck for each of the 4 neighborhoods and two speciality trucks. The [...]
Redesign, Inc. Coming to Coliseum Building
By REDESIGN, INC. Coliseum Building, 27th Avenue South and East Lake Street. The recovery and healing of the Coliseum Building will be one of the most significant redevelopment projects along the Lake Street corridor following the civil unrest caused by the murder of George Floyd in 2020. In partnership with three BIPOC small business owners, the historic building will be brought back to life, ensuring long-term affordability for up to 30 BIPOC and local entrepreneurs and small businesses.The goal of Redesign Inc., the nonprofit community development corporation behind the project, is to create generational wealth for BIPOC small business owners by equitably redeveloping a site that was damaged during the unrest. The redevelopment will provide approximately 85,000 square feet of commercial/retail/office space and an incubator for local BIPOC professionals and BIPOC-led firms. It will serve as a retail and commercial hub for the East Lake Street community and catalyze future [...]
