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Minneapolis Black Business Week highlights and celebrates black owned businesses right here in Minneapolis.
Later this month, the City will celebrate the first ever Minneapolis Black Business Week. From July 19 – July 27, the City and partner organizations will be hosting events to highlight and support black-owned businesses throughout the city.
Economic inclusion is central to the City's goals, including reducing the current racial disparities in business ownership in Minneapolis. Minneapolis Business Week highlights the contributions that black-owned businesses make to the richness and vibrancy of our community, promotes spending with black-owned businesses, and offers opportunities to connect businesses to the resources they need to thrive.
Black Business week has something for everyone. If you are a black business owner, you can sign up to have your business highlighted in the City's online directory, learn about business trends, discover what it takes to become a vendor with the City, expand your professional network and more. Everyone can participate by dining, shopping, and exercising at featured businesses; taking in a free movie screening at the Commons park; or enjoying art and entertainment at the Flow Northside Arts Crawl.
Find events on Twitter using #MplsBlackBizWeek
Collage of health care-related field of work.
For a second year, City of Minneapolis Employment and Training has partnered with community-based organizations and health care employers and providers to build community awareness around careers in the health care field, as well as individual and family wellness during July Health Care Careers month.
During the month of July and into early August, activities centered at the Cedar Riverside Opportunity Center and 800 West Broadway will highlight the many occupations in health care. New health care career training opportunities will be available through Minneapolis College and community-based partners, including two short term training opportunities during the month. And there will be a Health Care Pathways Expo and Career Fair on Wednesday, July 31 from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Key partners include:
City of Minneapolis, Hennepin County Library, NorthPoint Health & Wellness, Minneapolis Public Schools, Minneapolis College and HealthForce Minnesota.
Minneapolis Health Hire Partners:
Emerge Community Development, HIRED, CAPI, East Side Neighborhood Services, Project for Pride in Living and International Institute Minnesota.
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View from the Upper Harbor elevator tower south towards downtown Minneapolis. (Source: City of Minneapolis)
The first meeting of the City’s Upper Harbor Collaborative Planning Committee (CPC) was held on Wednesday, June 26 at NorthPoint Health & Wellness Center in north Minneapolis. The Minneapolis City Council appointed CPC members on May 17, 2019. The 17-person Committee is inclusive of the diversity of communities in north and northeast Minneapolis; the CPC is comprised of north and northeast Minneapolis residents, an owner of a business located in north/northeast Minneapolis, a representative of the Environmental Justice Coordinating Council (EJCC) and a representative of the Above the Falls Community Advisory Committee (AFCAC).
Through the rest of 2019 and into 2020, the Committee will advise the Upper Harbor redevelopment project team (City of Minneapolis, Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board and the development team led by United Properties) on community engagement and work together to create the Coordinated Plan for redeveloping the 48-acre site along the riverfront in north Minneapolis.
Earlier this year, the City Council approved the Concept Plan for redeveloping the Upper Harbor site, which was previously operated as a barging terminal. The first phase of development is expected to include affordable housing, mixed-use development, riverfront parkland and an outdoor music performance venue. The more detailed redevelopment plan for the Upper Harbor site is expected to be reviewed by the City Council in the spring of 2020.
Throughout the summer, the Committee will work with the Upper Harbor redevelopment project team on community engagement, refining the first phase of development and visions for future development. The City is working with Pillsbury United Communities, who has an engagement grant from McKnight and will partner with the project team to develop engagement that will bring more people into the process.
Upper Harbor CPC will meet on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Robert J. Jones Urban Research Outreach-Engagement Center (UROC) at 2001 Plymouth Ave N.
Left, photo of Shadows of Spirit (shadow honoring Woo Yee Sing, an early Chinese immigrant to Minneapolis, who owned a Chinese restaurant off Nicollet at 6th Street). Right, photo of Shadows at the Crossroads (shadow honoring Kirk Washington, Jr.) courtesy Jenna Ross, @by Jenna.
Shadows at the Crossroads, a new artwork by artists Seitu Jones, Ta-coumba Aiken and Rosemary Soyini Vinelle Guyton, was recently dedicated at the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. The work is a continuation of Shadows of Spirit, a project commissioned by the City of Minneapolis for Nicollet Mall in 1992, and conserved and reinstalled in 2017. Shadows at the Crossroads consist of seven shadow pavement sculptures celebrating important figures in Minnesota history, including Maḣpiya Wicaṡṭa, the leader of a village on Bde Maka Ska in the 1800’s, and the late Kirk Washington, Jr., a beloved Northside Minneapolis Poet.
The artists traced the shadows of community members and worked with the Walker Teen Arts Council to select the silhouettes that make up the project. Poet Rosemary Soyini Vinelle Guyton composed the lines of verse that appear within many of the sculptures. Embedded in the sidewalks throughout the Sculpture Garden, the seven shadows can be discovered by pedestrians as they make their way through the park. The shadow honoring Kirk Washington points in the direction of North Minneapolis and is only visible when it rains.
The original seven Shadows of Spirit on Nicollet Mall and the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden can be found in the City’s interactive public art map.
Events
Red Hot Art Festival
Saturday, July 13, 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. & Sunday, July 14, 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Stevens Square Park
Summer Walking Tours
Tour Old Minneapolis (July 13)
Tour East Hennepin (July 14)
Tour Downtown Riverfront (July 18)
Tour East Lake Harriet (July 25)
Tour Northside former synagogues (July 28)
Tour Warehouse District (August 3)
Tour Downtown Longfellow (August 8)
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Twin Cities World Refugee Day
Sunday, July 14, 2:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Loring Park
1382 Willow St.
Twin Cities World Refugee Day is a family-oriented day of celebration that highlights the stories, arts and cultures of the thousands of refugees in Minnesota and the light they bring to our community. The purpose of TCWRD is to provide a platform for refugee stories and artistic practices, to honor their lives and raise awareness of the millions of refugees in the world who have been forced to flee their homes
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Launch, Land, Level Up
Saturday, July 20, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Macalester College
Saint Paul, MN
The all-day event focuses on building and sustaining Black Women Owned Businesses by bringing together amazing black women to spark ideas, network and build businesses that scale as a result of intentional investment and understanding of business fundamentals. The event will include short-form keynotes and interactive sessions to ensure collaborative exchanges.
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Open Streets Lake + Minnehaha
Sunday, July 21, 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Route: E Lake St. from Elliot Ave to Minnehaha Ave; Minnehaha Ave from Lake St. to E Minnehaha Parkway / Godfrey Parkway
Open Streets Minneapolis feature local businesses, kid-friendly programming, activities that encourage folks to use active transportation or engage in healthy lifestyles, live performances, music, opportunities to play or create art, and even scavenger hunts.
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"Let's Do Business!"
Monday, July 22, 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Sabathani Community Center
310 East 38th Street
Join Mayor Jacob Frey at this kick-off event for the first ever Black Business Week hosted by the City of Minneapolis! Get connected with resources for minority-owned businesses, learn about upcoming purchasing opportunities at the City, and network with entrepreneurs and business leaders from major companies around the Twin Cities.
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Black Business Expo and Career Fair
Tuesday, July 23, 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
800 West Broadway Avenue
Join the City as we celebrate Minneapolis Black Business Week at the 2019 Black Business Expo and Career Fair. Network with local leaders, showcase your business and connect to local talent!
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Open Streets Northeast
Sunday, August 4, 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Central Ave; 22nd Ave NE; Monroe St. NE
Open Streets Minneapolis feature local businesses, kid-friendly programming, activities that encourage folks to use active transportation or engage in healthy lifestyles, live performances, music, opportunities to play or create art, and even scavenger hunts.
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City holding community meeting to provide update on public artwork planned for new Public Service Building
Tuesday, August 6, 6:00 p.m.
Mill City Museum
The City will host a public meeting to provide details about artworks planned for the new Public Service Building. There will be an opportunity to view draft designs and provide input on several of the artworks that will be included in the unique public art collection, featuring:
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- Bird safe glass art designs for windows by Futures North artists Molly Reichert and Adam Marcus.
- A suspended lobby sculpture by Tristan Al-Haddad.
- Five murals on glass reflecting life in Minneapolis by Angela Two Stars, Connor Rice, Kao Lee Thao, Marlena Myles, and Witt Siasoco.
- Seven illuminated elevator lobby ceilings by Aaron Marx, Alexander Tylevich, Andrew Lucia/Iroha Ito, Christopher Harrison, James Brenner, Laurie Borggreve, and Rory Wakemup.
Scheduled to open in the fall of 2020, the new Public Service Building will be at 505 Fourth Ave. S. and co-locate City employees and services currently in several sites throughout downtown Minneapolis and serve the City’s broad range of constituents. The public meeting will also include an update on the overall design.
For more information on the meeting, contact Mary Altman or Sarah McKenzie.
[Image credit] Current Conditions, suspended lobby sculpture design by Tristan Al-Haddad.
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