Willard Hay Neighborhood News and Events

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Photo by Ed Kohler licensed under Creative Commons

Near North and Willard-Hay are richly diverse, predominantly residential neighborhoods with active residents, acres of beautiful parkland, and easy access to growing retail opportunities along West Broadway Avenue-the Main Street of North Minneapolis. Here you can find historic homes in the Old Highland community-- a 30-square block area known for its large, Victorian Queen Anne "painted ladies" that were built between 1875-1899 (see photos at:http://www.oldhighland.org) and in the Homewood community--one of the city's first planned developments built between 1900-1925. Near North is also home to Lyn-Park-a subdivision with suburban-style homes and cul-de-sacs built in the 1970s. Residents enjoy countless recreational opportunities at more than half-dozen parks, beautiful vistas of the Mississippi from West River Road, many neighborhood schools, and easy access to downtown Minneapolis. 

(Desciption from livemsp.org)

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

Northside Achievement Zone aims to boost Minneapolis student success, one family at a time

By Sheila Regan, TC Daily Planet

Ava Martin and Israel Tyson enjoy PCYC summer camp. (Photos of summer camp courtesy of PCYC.)

Lucretia Gill, who lives in Jordan neighborhood, met representatives from the Northside Achievement Zone at an awards ceremony at her childr

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MUSIC PREVIEW | Capri Theater enlists local vocal stars to benefit North Minneapolis arts programming

By Sheila Regan, TC Daily Planet

Regina Marie Williams appearing in the Capri Theater's Legends subscription series with a tribute to Nina Simone November 19 and 20, 2011. Photo courtesy PCYC.

The Plymouth Christian Youth Center celebrates a five-year milestone of the Capri Theater renovations on Saturday, June 30 with a benefit concert featuring Rick Carlson, Debbie Duncan, Charmin Michelle, Thomasina Petrus, Dennis W. Spears, Regina Marie Williams, and the Wolverines Jazz Trio.

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Stopping foreclosures in North Minneapolis: For NCRC and JCA, It's all about making connections

By Stephanie Fox, TC Daily Planet

David Snyder and community delegation to TCF bank with a northside resident who was challenging her foreclosure in 2011. (Photo © and courtesy of Kamil Dadashev)

North Minneapolis homeowner Cathy Spann is in many ways a typical example of the foreclosure crisis.

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Harvest Fest in North Minneapolis seeks weird vegetables, oversize squash, and more

By Staff, Camden News

Have you started your vegetable garden yet? Harvest Fest will take place on Saturday, September 29 at the corner of Lowry and Penn.

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Minneapolis North High School seniors glad to be graduating from North

By Sheila Regan, TC Daily Planet

Senior Dionte Boyd at North High School Library. 

It’s about 10:15, and North High School’s sparsely populated hallways show movement as students pass for the next period. Patricia Hosfield, stands in front of her classroom, awaiting the students coming to her I.B. Standard Level Math class. Some of them aren’t showing up. Well, it’s a week before graduation- and senioritis has perhaps afflicted even the best students. Senior Dionte Boyd, who was North’s Prom King this year, shows up, and Hosfield promptly tells him he’s two hours late for his pre-calculus class. He’s come because he needs a little bit of help. Math is, after all, his favorite subject.

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