Prospect Park Neighborhood News and Events

Prospect Park residents enjoy its urban village feel--a small town in the big city--where it is easy to walk to: work, recreation, shopping, and community meetings & events. Winding, tree-lined streets where no two homes are alike make this neighborhood a treasure that attracts a variety of residents. Residents of Prospect Park are diverse, individualistic, community-minded, and politically active. The neighborhood is home to Luxton Park and Recreation Centers, Tower Hill Park and Water Tower, many small passive green spaces, and Pratt Elementary School; and it is adjacent to the University of Minnesota, close to both downtowns (10 minutes each by car and 20 minutes by bus), and within walking distance of dining, shopping, services, and other attractions along University Avenue. (livemsp.org)

The Prospect Park 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 JPellgen (Creative Commons)

Minnesota Vikings, University of Minnesota sign multi-million-dollar contract for use of TCF Bank Stadium

By Bill Huntzicker, TC Daily Planet

Photo by Jenni Konrad (Creative Commons)

The Minnesota Vikings will cover all expenses of game-day activities and other impacts on the surrounding communities—and will contribute to the Good Neighbor Fund—when they move into TCF Bank Stadium to play for two to four seasons beginning in the fall of 2014.

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Soon dubu chigae at the Kimchi Tofu House in Minneapolis

By Jeremy Iggers, Iggers Digest

What could be better on a cool rainy day than a hot steaming bowl of soon dubu chigae, spicy tofu stew? The tiny Kimchi Tofu House, 307 S.E. Oak St., Minneapolis, offers about 10 different variations with beef, pork, shrimp, mussels, oysters and kim chi, all priced at $8.99. Served with steamed rice, several panchan side dishes, and a raw egg that you can crack open and stir into the bubbling broth.

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Surly Brewing Co.'s "destination brewery" to set up in Minneapolis's Prospect Park neighborhood

By Marion Renault, The Minnesota Daily

Hell, Furious and Bender can already be found at more than 500 Minnesota bars and restaurants, but now Surly Brewing Company will be closer than ever to the University of Minnesota campus and its students.

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Minnesota Vikings at TCF Bank Stadium: What will be the impact on surrounding neighborhoods?

By Bill Huntzicker, TC Daily Planet

TCF Bank Stadium photo by Jenni Konrad (Creative Commons). Mascot image courtesy Minnesota Vikings.

In fall 2014 the Minnesota Vikings will move into TCF Bank Stadium just as the Minnesota Gophers did three years ago—but the professional team’s impact on the surrounding neighborhoods could be greater than the stress created by the home college team, and the Vikings have not yet agreed to a plan to compensate for the impact on the surrounding neighborhoods.

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The future of the Southeast Minneapolis Library, part 2: Design library dreams for Prospect Park

By Bill Huntzicker, TC Daily Planet

Textile Center library. Photo via Textile Center on Facebook.

This is the second article in a six-part series on the future of the Southeast Library in Minneapolis. Previously, part 1: A part-time library isn't enough.

Some Dinkytown and Marcy-Holmes neighborhood residents fear that Prospect Park will compete for the location of a new Southeast Library, choosing a site that would be less convenient to residents of both Marcy-Holmes and Como neighborhoods.

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