The Alley

The Alley is the community newspaper of the Phillips Community in Minneapolis, serving more than 20,000 residents and many businesses, agencies, schools, and visitors to Phillips.

The Alley is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide a place where voices that are usually ignored in the mainstream media can be heard. We encourage community involvement in all aspects of creating the paper. We want the voices of Phillips to be heard.

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Come celebrate re-opening of Phillips Community Center May 12!

By Shirley Heyer, The Alley

After saving the PCC from demolition or sale to private ownership, residents of the surrounding neighborhoods can sigh with relief! Their four-year effort saved the building with its double gym and swimming pool.MORE »

Monthly Diabetes Breakfast moves to Phillips Community Center

By Robert Albee, The Alley

After six straight years of monthly breakfasts for people with diabetes, friends and loved ones, the Native American Community Clinic (NACC) is handing this service over to A Partnership Of Diabetics (A-POD) who will be moving the feast to the Phillips Community Center (PCC), 2323 Eleventh Avenue South.MORE »

NCAP grows gardening potential in Phillips this spring

By David Boehnke, The Alley

Have you always wanted to have a way of getting cheaper, healthier vegetables? Or do you love to garden and need a way of doing so? While it can be hard to get access to healthy food in Phillips it is getting easier with a growing abundance of gardening opportunities, many of which are being organized by a new group called NCAP: Neighbors Connecting for Action in Phillips.MORE »

Lake Street Council annual award winners

By Staff, The Alley

Have you purchased your advance tickets for our Annual Members Meeting yet? Join us on March 13 for a board slate presentation, our annual awards to vital Lake Street businesses and community members, and to see guest speaker Gregory Stubbs.MORE »

Midtown Phillips Neighborhood Association annual meeting

By Dan Wilder, The Alley

On February 22 friends and neighbors gathered at Anderson School for the Midtown Phillips Neighborhood Association’s annual meeting. The evening started with a delicious meal from Open Arms and Holy Land Deli. A discussion of neighborhood business from the past year followed.MORE »

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