Posts Tagged ‘Phillips West’
The Phillips West Neighborhood Annual Community Meeting
The Phillips West Neighborhood Board Cordially invites you to attend”¦ The Phillips West Neighborhood Annual Community Meeting AGENDA INCLUDES: Annual State of the City Update given by Minneapolis City Council Vice President Robert Lilligren & Crime Update from Don Greeley. The Phillips West Neighborhood Organization is open to all people who live, work and play in the Phillips West Community. The Phillips West Neighborhood is defined as the geographical area between 22nd Street on the North; Lake Street on the South; Chicago Avenue on the East and I-35W on the West. This Community Meeting is an “Accessible Event” and accommodations will be made for those attending. The cost of Childcare will also be provided for those who request it. To ensure time for “Proper Accommodations” please contact Crystal Trutnau, Executive Director at the Phillips West Office (612-879-5383) at least 72 hours prior to the event. Thursday June 7th, 2012 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Located in the Centrum Room of the Center for Changing Lives building at 2400 Park Avenue (Free Parking is available at the rear entrance of the building located on Oakland & 24th) Chance to win Door Prizes & a Free Famous Dave”'s BBQ Catered Buffet will be served at 6 p.m.
Phillips West Neighborhood Upcoming Events
February 2nd (Thursday) 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. ”“ Phillips West Community Meeting! Agenda Items include; an update from the Midtown Global Market, Minneapolis Police Update, Minneapolis City Council Update, 35W Access Project Community Input & ANW Hospital Update. Free Pizza Dinner & Beverages Provided. Meeting will be held at Lutheran Social Service Center for Changing Lives on the 1st Floor in the Centrum Room (2400 Park Avenue).  Free parking available in rear off Oakland Avenue. February 9th (Thursday) 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. ”“ Phillips West 15th Annual Winter Social! Join Phillips West Neighborhood Organization, Community Partners and Hundreds of your Neighbors & Colleagues for a FREE Catered Dinner of Cultural Foods, Door Prizes & Entertainment at the Lutheran Social Service Center for Changing Lives Building (2400 Park Avenue, enter at west side of building free parking in lot off of Oakland Avenue)!!!!! Neighborhood Recourses and networking opportunities will be available! If you would like to get involved by having an information table or volunteering at the event please call Crystal Trutnau at the Phillips West Office @ 612/879-5383 or email her at pwno2005@yahoo.com
“Programs might die, but good ideas and community”¦ live” Phillips”' “Wellness Corridor”
by Robert Albee For the past two years many of us in the Phillips Community have been working to resurrect the Phillips Community Center (PCC) and turn it into a centerpiece for rebuilding the fabric of the neighborhood””this time as Phillips people instead of edifices or individual programs. We want the PCC to become Phillip”'s hub of activity just like the Sabathani Community Center does for the Greater Central neighborhood. If you look below at the map of Phillips, 24th Street is the only street in Phillips that intersects all four Phillips neighborhoods: West Phillips, Ventura Village, Midtown Phillips and East Phillips. It connects LSS”' Center For Changing Lives on the west to Little Earth of the United Tribes on the East. In between is East Phillips Park”'s new building, Holy Rosary Church, AICDC”'s Townhomes, Center School and Open Arms. Then there is the Minnesota Indian Women”'s Resource Center, All Nations Church, 1ra Iglesia Apostolica De La Fe En Cristo Jesus, Habitat For Humanity homes, Indian Health Board, Phillips Community Center, the Somali Village Market, Hope Academy, Phillips Eye Institute, Our Saviour”'s Church and Shelter, Southside Family Nurturing Center, Sustainable Progress through Engaging Active Citizens, and of course Lutheran Social Services. WOW! (more…)
PCPI Pitches PCC Proposal to Park Personnel
by Robert Albee After three months of waiting, the Phillips Community Parks Initiative (PCPI) finally had an opportunity to present its proposal to the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) for leasing and participating in the operations of the Phillips Community Center. The actual written proposal was submitted July 9th and project organizers have been waiting ever since to formally address the opportunities face-to-face with Park Board staff and commissioners. Presentations were finally made on November 3rd and November 4th. MPRB staff members Don Siggelkow, Judd Reichert and Al Bangoura attended the two days of presentations provided by the Waite House, Soos Early Childhood Learning Center, Minneapolis Swims a “wellness” coalition including Native American Community Clinic, Running Wolf Fitness Center, Freeport West, A Partnership Of Diabetics (A-POD), Guri Nabad and Ventura Village neighborhood. The other three Phillips Community neighborhoods, East Phillips Improvement Coalition, Mid Town Phillips and Phillips West Neighborhood Association were on hand supporting most of the other presenters and the notion of the MPRB and Phillips Community jointly supporting the Community Services Area (CSA), currently comprising Phillips Community and Eliot Park neighborhood. Soos represents a Day Care center seeking to move from South 33rd Street and Chicago Avenue and was not included in the group presentations but all the rest of the groups presented together as an applicant”'s coalition and then separately as the Pillsbury United Communities (Waite House), Minneapolis Swims and Soos. The response of MPRB staff was friendly and very responsive but stopped short of making any commitments to the applicants who will present their report and recommendations to the MPRB commissioners. Then the MPRB commissioners will then decide to approve or reject the request, which is expected to take place within the next four to six weeks. The [...]
