Cleveland Neighborhood News and Events

Due to the Cleveland Neighborhood's proximity to downtown Minneapolis, Maple Grove and Golden Valley, the neighborhood is a favorite for commuters who are looking for a residential community that is close to work and conveniently located to key shopping districts.

Hennepin County's renovation of Lowry Avenue will be complete by 2010 and will offer opportunities for new commercial and housing development. This corridor is being studied for potential light rail expansion as part of the Bottineau Transit Corridor.

Victory Memorial Parkway, a part of the City of Minneapolis' Grand Rounds, runs along the western border of the neighborhood, was declared an historic district and offers 3.8 miles of tree lined walking and biking trails. Theodore Wirth Park is just minutes south on Victory Memorial Parkway, providing recreational activities such as golfing, skiing or hiking.

Neighborhood community activities include Live on the Drive, a community planned music event, annual garden tour, National Night Out, block clubs and other social opportunities. Regional activities include several arts events and art crawls, live local music, community theater and performance arts.

(Description from livemsp.org

For detailed demographic information, see the neighborhood profile from Minnesota Compass

 

Northside Achievement Zone hiring mostly Northsiders, nontraditional approach seeks workers already 'connected to the Zone'

Lucretia Gill (Photos courtesy of NAZ)

Lucretia Gill is a connector. She talks to families with children in North Minneapolis to determine their family’s goals, and then she connects them to the organizations that can address the challenges hindering them from reaching their goals.

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Many North Minneapolis homes on April 27-28 tour

At 2814 Aldrich Ave. N., various Urban Homeworks crews, and professionals who are donating their time, are scrambling to put the 1.5-story house back together and make it available affordably to a new owner.

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Kids flock to North Minneapolis playground — for free books

At least 100 kids came more for the books than the swings at Cleveland Park playground adjacent to Lucy Laney Elementary on Queen Avenue N. (MinnPost photos by Cynthia Boyd)

Maybe pop culture celebs like The Joker and Hannah Montana outnumbered classic characters such as Alice of Wonderland fame at a book give-away Tuesday in a north Minneapolis park, but, hey, a book

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Community Supported Art comes to North Minneapolis

Would you like a painting with your green beans? With NOMI CSArt, you can get regular fresh supplies of local art with a new initiative by the Goddess of Glass and the McKinley Community CSA. Closely modeled after community-supported art programs developed by mnartists, the new program is run by Connie Beckers, former executive director of the Northside Arts Collective and current owner of the Goddess of Glass, a retail gift shop that regularly features artists based in North Minneapolis.

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