 How
would you make your community safer? NCR invites neighborhood and community
organizations, residents, workers and business owners on Lake Street, the
Little Earth area, Penn Avenue and Broadway to share ideas for projects that prevent violence or criminal behavior in one of these four areas. In
total, the City of Minneapolis will award $350,000 in funding to the best
ideas as part of the second year of the Collaborative Safety Strategies initiative.
Some examples of past projects
include anti-overdose training, de-escalation training, innovative approaches
to youth mentoring and park revitalization.
At least one person listed as a partner on each application must attend one of these four ideation sessions:
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Broadway Area: Wednesday, April 18, 5:00-8:00 p.m., John B. Davis Center, Davis Café, 1250 W. Broadway Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55411
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Penn Ave. Area: Thursday, April 19, 5:30-8:00 p.m., Lucy Laney Elementary, cafeteria, 3333 Penn Ave. N., Minneapolis, MN 55412
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Lake Street Area: Thursday, April 19, 5:00-8:00 p.m.,
Powderhorn Park Recreation Center, gymnasium, 3400 S. 15th Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55407
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Little Earth Area: Friday, April 20, 12:00-3:00 p.m., Little Earth gymnasium, 2501 Cedar Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55404
Read more...
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Apply for a Public Art Permit
 Do you wish your
neighborhood had more public art? Paint or wrap that ugly utility box on the
corner, or paint an intersection or sidewalk. You can turn your public art ideas into reality! The City’s public art permitting program strengthens connections between
artists, neighborhoods and residents through placemaking. The 2018 public art permit instructions are
now available online. Read more on the art permit webpage...
2018
application deadlines: April 25,
June 27, August 29.
Questions? Email Talia.Moorman@minneapolismn.gov.
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 Southeast Asian Community and Police Dialogues
On April 6, the Southeast Asian community and the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) concluded their community dialogue series that began last September.
NCR, Harrison Neighborhood Association, MPD and the Lao Assistance Center worked together to carry out this successful series, which was modeled after the African American Community and MPD dialogue that NCR organized in 2016. Both dialogues focused on interacting with police, how police and community can work together to build positive relationships and how police respond to various types of emergencies.
Pictured: Participants in the March 2018 dialogue discuss how MPD can continue to work with the
Southeast Asian community in ways that are culturally appropriate. Community members proposed ideas including hiring a respectful, multilingual community liaison and establishing standing weekly office hours at the Lao Assistance Center.
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The Neighborhood and Community Engagement Commission (NCEC) advises NCR and City Council on how to effectively engage the community in Minneapolis. Currently, the NCEC is providing input on Neighborhoods 2020, further developing and improving upon the City's neighborhood-based engagement structure.
In spring 2018, Commission seats from neighborhood districts 2, 4, 6 and 8 are up for election. The deadline to apply is May 11. In addition, 1 mayoral and 2 City Council appointed seats are open for nominations through the City’s appointment process, which closes on April 20.
Read more and find your district here...
 Help spread the word! Minimum
wage is going up for small and medium-sized businesses on July 1, 2018. Large businesses increased their minimum wage on January 1. View the
schedule for incremental changes to the minimum wage, get answers to frequently asked questions and download multilingual materials to share with your community at minimumwage.minneapolismn.gov.
City Portal for Entrepreneurs
Visit business.minneapolismn.gov to find helpful guides on how to open a business in Minneapolis. This handy portal summarizes the most important steps to open a business in a non-technical, easy-to-follow check list for several popular industries. Find resources and support here as well.
 Join NCR in welcoming Numan
Shaikh to the department as our new East African Community Specialist while
Abdirashid Ahmed is on leave. Numan is a fluent Somali-speaker coming to us
from Hennepin County, where he previously worked as a case and data manager for
Family Stabilization Services. He will be assisting NCR and City departments to
engage with the East African community. Abdirashid Ahmed will return to NCR in
November 2018.
You can find contact information for all NCR staff at
Minneapolismn.gov/ncr/staff.
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 NCR bids a fond farewell to Justin Gaarder. Justin came to NCR
in August 2016 as an intern, and since then has assisted with a variety of
tasks, including NCR communications, neighborhood programming, NCEC and NRP
Policy Board staffing and the Community Connections Conference. Justin was also instrumental
in the development of the Blueprint for Equitable Engagement Dashboard. We will miss his contributions to our work,
the skills and dedication he brought to each task and the camaraderie he
shared with our team. Please join us in wishing
Justin well in his future endeavors.
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