Victory Neighborhood News and Events

Victory

Photo by Ed Kohler licensed under Creative Commons

Victory Neighborhood is located 5 miles from downtown (10 minutes by car or 20 minutes by bus) and has easy access to Hwy. 100 to the west (1.5 miles) or I-94 to the East (2 miles). Most of the housing stock in Victory (88%) was built between 1920 and 1960 and consists of revival Tudors, Georgians, and Craftsman Bungalows, the vast majority of which are owner occupied. Victory Memorial Parkway which runs through the neighborhood is part of the city's Grand Rounds Scenic Byway system and offers a scenic, tree lined open space with new paved trails for walkers, runners, skaters and bicyclists. Ryan Lake, is located in the north west corner of Victory and in a collaborative effort with Groundwork Minneapolis, Minneapolis Parks, Loring School and the Victory Neighborhood Association (ViNA) Ryan Lake shoreline is being restored as an area destination for relaxation and outdoor enjoyment.

(Description from livemsp.org) 

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

 

THEATER REVIEW | Matthew Everett's "But Not for Love": Vote no on the amendment, yes on the play

By Sheila Regan, TC Daily Planet

Photo by Duane Atter, courtesy Flower Shop Project and Workhouse Theatre Company

A brother and sister plan a double wedding with their respective straight and gay boyfriends in the church where they were brought up, only to find that a day that is supposed to be about happiness and celebration is tainted with protests and violence. Daily Planet contributor Matthew A. Everett’s But Not for Love comes right before the election in which Minnesotans will cast their votes about whether to pass the discriminatory marriage amendment. The co-production between The Flower Shop Project and Workhouse Theatre Company also aims to raise money for Minnesotans United for All Families, but it is not a purely political play.

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THEATER REVIEW | Workhouse Theatre's "Copenhagen" is a lot to wrap your head around

By Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet

l-r: Bob Malos, Michael Jurenek, Muriel Bonertz. Photo courtesy Workhouse Theatre Co.

On paper, Copenhagen is a tough sell: raise your hand if you want to sit on a folding chair for two and a half hours watching three middle-aged white people arguing about morality, politics, and physics. But then, these aren't just any middle-aged white people: they're the people who, playwright Michael Frayn argues, virtually held the fate of the world in their hands in the 1940s. THE FATE OF THE WORLD. Sold now? Maybe? This may be the point at which I should let you know that the venue doesn't sell popcorn.

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Visit to Victory 44 sparks battle of the palate versus the soul

By Michelle Lawrence, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

A few weeks ago, a fellow food enthusiast and I sat down over a plate of bleu cheese-slathered hot wings to talk shop and all things food.

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North Minneapolis neighborhood beat

By Ivan Phifer, Insight News

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Our City, Our Schools forum gets people talking about Minneapolis schools

By Alleen Brown, TC Daily Planet

Harvest-Seed principal Eric Mahmoud talks to community members about the achievement gap. (Photo courtesy of Achieve-Mpls)

Last week, two principals from schools that are beating the odds by coaxing higher-than-average test scores out of their low-income and non-white students spoke atMORE »