Jordan
FREE SPEECH ZONE | Running
North Minneapolis has many fences. Four feet high chain link fences, ten feet high homemade wood fences, chest high white plastic picket fences. Fences staked in the 1920s, last fall, in the 70s. I notice them on my runs, which span from six to ten miles, total, every six days. Sometimes I run into neighboring northeast Minneapolis, and on occasion into suburban Robbinsdale.MORE »
Workforce housing planned
Two “workforce” multi-family housing complexes are proposed for West Broadway, received approval from the West Broadway Coalition’s Planning and Zoning Committee Feb. 2, and appear to be moving along in their respective processes.MORE »
Wanted: Northside residents with passion for helping families
Later this summer, the Northside Achievement Zone (NAZ) will be hiring just under 30 people to fill new employment slots. They are looking for people who have a firm understanding of the community and the families they will be recruiting to be a part of the NAZ initiative to support the families until their children enter college.MORE »
Northside Achievement Zone envisions a 'tipping-point' of success, Promise Neighborhood grant offers a chance to break the poverty cycle
Over the next five years, just over 1,000 families in an 18-by-13-block area of North Minneapolis will be participating in a $28 million social experiment.MORE »
Family Academy’s 'cradle to career' effort under way in north Minneapolis
Sitting cross-legged on the floor Saturday at Family Academy in the Northside Achievement Zone, six moms and their children sing a song that could signal a sea change for some north Minneapolis families.MORE »
MN Quest for the Voice Preliminary Slam
The series is back! We're taking the youth to L.A. This summer to compete in the annual Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Competition! The slam is for any young poet between 13 and 19 with a passion for spokenword!
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