After 18 years! Tim Springer Resigns as Executive Director: Replacement Sought
by Tim Springer
“Wow. I am profoundly grateful for the opportunity I”'ve had to work on the Greenway as part of a team with dedicated fellow staff, volunteers, elected officials, and public and private partners. Yay for the Midtown Greenway, Minnesota”'s busiest bikeway! I”'m also very proud that we”'ve created a new national model for community involvement with alternative transportation and city building. I made the decision to leave so the Coalition can fly on its own and I can explore new things. “
The Coalition board requests your help recruiting an outstanding new Executive Director prior to Tim”'s departure on June 3. Applications are due March 11. Visit the Greenway web site to view the job description.
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Update on the Backyard Initiative Rebirthing Community: A new project gets approved by the Commission on Health
By Janice Barbee, Cultural Wellness Center
The Commission on Health approved the project of another Citizen Health Action Team (CHAT) of the Backyard Initiative. On February 3, 2011 the Rebirthing Community CHAT received the go-ahead to implement their project which intends to create “Communities of Light.”
The Backyard Initiative was started two years ago as a community partnership between Allina Hospitals and Clinics and the residents of Phillips, Powderhorn Park, Central, and Corcoran with the goal of improving the health of the community. The core work of the Backyard Initiative is done within teams of community residents (CHATs) which develop and implement their members”' ideas. Each CHAT appoints two members to sit on the Commission.
Rebirthing Community CHAT ”“ Creating Communities of Light
The goal of the Rebirthing Community CHAT is to build and strengthen the relationships, the knowledge, and the capacity for community residents to create their own conditions for health through intergenerational dialogue and working together on a solar energy project. They plan to light up the yards and residences in the Backyard with solar-powered lanterns.
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2323 11th Phillips Community Center Update Park Board”'s Planning Committee Passes PCC Plan
by Robert Albee
It wasn”'t really a surprise! January 5th”'s Minneapolis Park Board Meeting was the occasion when Planning Committee members voted unanimously to support the Phillips Community Parks Initiative”'s (PCPI) re-use plan to utilize available space within the 49,000 square foot facility. The plan promotes programs and activities to serve persons of all ages and cultures residing within the Phillips Community.
No surprise”“because on December 15, Planning Committee commissioners invited the Phillips Community Parks Initiative (PCPI) to publicly present its plan for re-use of the Phillips Community Center praising these efforts as an excellent beginning for a plan that combined community-based tenants working side-by-side with the Park Board”'s Community Service Area (CSA) #6 staff.
When the Request For Proposal was issued by the Park Board, commissioners and staff sought the following:
- Community partners that will add programming and services that are compatible and complimentary to the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board.
- Utilizing all the space available in the building for community use.
- A tenant or tenants that have a the vision and financial resources to renovate the interior and exterior of the building and provide rental income to offset the building utilities, operating costs and provide for long term building maintenance and operation of the center.
