Marcy Holmes Neighborhood News and Events

The city's "first neighborhood" is now one of its hottest. 

Quiet, nature-filled streets by day, an urban entertainment scene by night, Marcy-Holmes is a welcome mix of old and new, traditional and trendy. Conveniently located between downtown Minneapolis and the University of MN along the Mississippi River, you'll find many small shops, as well as an array of nationally recognized restaurants and art galleries here. Marcy Open School, a student-centered K-8 school that encourages learning through the arts, draws many great families to the neighborhood as well. (livemsp.org)

The Marcy-Holmes neighborhood is also part of the relatively new University District Alliance, with news and information in the University District section. The University District Alliance is a coalition of four neighborhoods surrounding the University of Minnesota's Minneapolis campus, the City of Minneapolis, and the University. The neighborhoods are:  Marcy-Holmes, Southeast Como, Prospect Park/East River Road, and Cedar/Riverside.  In addition business organizations operating within the area, two U student organizations and Augsburg College are part of the University District Alliance.

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

Photo by Devin Berg (Creative Commons)

NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | Donors sought to turn car-parking markers near the University of Minnesota into bike-parking spaces

By Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet

Photo above by Jay Gabler; photo below courtesy Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition.

This University neighborhood biker felt safe locking a bike to one of Minneapolis's new stick-like parking meter space markers—would you? It wouldn't be hard to slip a U-lock off one of those, which is why the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition is partnering with the City of Minneapolis to raise funds to turn those meter markers into proper bike-parking spaces.

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Minneapolis's Como area neighbors meet to plan for their future

By Stephanie Fox, TC Daily Planet

Long time resident Gary Pech studies Como's new demographic information. (Photos by Stephanie Fox)

Despite the lure of a warm spring evening, nearly 35 residents of the Minneapolis Como neighborhood came together April 25 in the Van Cleve Park Building to discuss the small area plan that may hel

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Gordon seeks task force to tackle occupancy codes in neighborhoods

By Aaron DuBois, The Minnesota Daily

A proposed task force to review Minneapolis’ occupancy codes is running into challenges.

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MUSIC REVIEW | Night Moves, Moonstone Continuum, Food Pyramid, and Buffalo Moon wow the Varsity Theater

By Kristoffer Tigue, TC Daily Planet

Night Moves. Photos by Daniel Patrick Murphy.

Headliners Night Moves played to a full crowd on April 13 at the Varsity Theater with openers Food Pyramid, Buffalo Moon, and Moonstone Continuum. The relatively new Minneapolis buzz-band is seeing rapid exposure after being signed to London-based major label, Domino Records, who represents some big names like Franz Ferdinand, the Kills, Animal Collective, and the Dirty Projectors to name a few.

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Earth Day Tech Dump in Minneapolis on April 23

By Southeast Como Improvement Association (SECIA), Como Tidbits

The U of M’s Student Neighborhood Liaison Team and Van Cleve Park are hosting a free* electronics recycling event for the community. The event will be on Monday, April 23 from 3-7 p.m.

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