Franklin/Hiawatha Encampment funded; operator chosen

Amble”'s Machinery and Industrial Supplies”' 105-year-old building had over 40,000 Sq. Ft. of metal fabrication equipment, tools, steel stock, parts, pumps, nuts and bolts, hardware of all kinds, hoses, belting, fixtures and material handling that was sold as Jim Amble retired after 42 years in the business at 2109 Cedar Av. and sold the property to Red Lake Nation for their development.

The Mpls. City Council has approved $1.5 million in funding for the temporary Navigation Center, which will provide a safe and service-rich environment for people currently living at the Franklin/Hiawatha homeless encampment.

The Navigation Center will be established at 2109 Cedar Ave., a 1.25-acre site adjacent to the Franklin Avenue METRO Blue Line station and near the encampment. The center is scheduled to open in early December and be operational until the end of May.
The Navigation Center site includes parcels owned by the Red Lake Nation and the City of Minneapolis.

City staff are looking at several temporary structure options for the center, including trailers. Demolition work is underway to prepare the site. The center ”” the first of its kind in Minneapolis ”” will be modeled after similar concepts in other cities, including Seattle, San Diego and San Francisco.… Read the rest “Franklin/Hiawatha Encampment funded; operator chosen”