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Corcoran Neighborhood News and Events

Corcoran

Photo by Ed Kohler licensed under Creative Commons

Corcoran is a diverse and active neighborhood in the heart of South Minneapolis. Predominantly residential, the neighborhood has great connections to downtown via the Hiawatha LRT and Hiawatha Avenue as well as to other parts of South Minneapolis via Lake Street and the Midtown Greenway.

Cynthia Frost

Cynthia Frost is our neighborhood correspondent for Corcoran,  and she wants to hear from you. Tell her about the garage sale, or the big bang on Sunday night - and ask her how to register and get your profile on TC Daily Planet!

Cynthia Frost is a real estate agent, attorney and investor who has purchased and renovated dozens of homes in Minneapolis.   She has a store-front office in Corcoran, and loves her daily ½ block commute from home.
 Cynthia serves on the Board of Directors of the Corcoran Neighborhood Organization and chairs the CNO Housing Committee. To see her complete profile, click here. Email Cynthia at Cynthia@MidtownMpls.com.

Lake Street is Corcoran's main commercial area and the Midtown Farmers' Market, a project of the Corcoran Neighborhood Organization (CNO), brings the all-local food and goods of 70+ farmers and vendors to 40,000 people each year. Corcoran Park provides neighborhood residents with a recreation center, wading pool, playground, volley ball court, and playing fields.

Neighborhood murals are becoming new landmarks in the Corcoran and a map of them can be found here

(Description from livemsp.org)

NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | Re-Paint the Pavement this Saturday

By Cynthia Frost

The weather looks good for the 2nd annual Paint the Pavement event in Corcoran this Saturday.  Last year more than 100 residents poured into this public intersection, grabbed a paint brush and plopped down in the middle of the street as part of a public art pMORE »

NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | Community Sings this Saturday Corcoran Park

This appears to be the Weekend of 2nd Annual Events in Corocran neighborhood, with the 2nd Annual Community Sings at Corcoran Park and residents Re-Painting the Pavement at the park's southwest intersection on Saturday.MORE »

NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | East Lake Library gears up for 2012 Book Sale

The Friends of the East Lake Library hold an annual sale of books, mostly used.  The purpose of the sale is to create a fund upon which the library can draw in order to add items to its collection or provide special services.  This makes our community library a better place than it would be if there were only the budget that Hennepin County provides.  In recent years, state aids MORE »

Standish, Ericsson, and Corcoran neighborhood garage sale June 9

Polish your lamps and air out your baby clothes! The Standish, Ericsson, and Corcoran Neighborhood Garage Sale is coming on Sat., June 9. The garage sale, now in its 10th year, is a community-wide event extending from Lake St. to Minnehaha Pkwy. and from Cedar Ave. to Hiawatha Ave., and is the largest garage sale event in Minneapolis.MORE »

NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | The Great Egg Crawl

Here's your chance the find The Golden Egg!  Discover clues at three Easter egg hunts at three local parks on Saturday and find the golden egg to win the grand prize. Or visit any one of the parks for lots of fun for you and the kids.

Start at Sibley Park with a Bunny Brunch 10am -12:30pm ($4 Adults/ $3 kids), attend The Big Fun Show at 11:15am and Egg Hunt at noon.MORE »

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Corcoran tweets

Members in Corcoran

About Corcoran

CONTACTS

Corcoran Neighborhood Organization (CNO)
Executive Director, Amy Arcand
612-724-7457
amy@corcoranneighborhood.org

Assistant Director, Eric Gustafson 
612-724-7457 
eric@corcoranneighborhood.org 

Latino Community Organizer, Alejandra Tobar-alatriz) 
612-205-3723 
mnlatinos@gmail.com 

Manager, Midtown Farmers' Market 
612-724-7457 
manager@midtownfarmersmarket.org

SCHOOLS

Public Schools:

For more information on Minneapolis schools, visit Live MSP's Schools page.

PUBLIC FACILITIES

BOUNDARIES AND ZIP CODE

North: Lake Street
South: 36th Street South
East: Hiawatha Avenue
West: Cedar Avenue

Zip codes: 55407 and 55406

City of Minneapolis Neighborhood Profile-Includes trend information on neighborhood demographics, economics, and housing, taken from the most recent census data

Representatives:
MN House: Jim Davnie
MN Senate: Patricia Torres Ray
US Congress: Keith Ellison
City Council: Gary Schiff



Corcoran Boundaries