Neighborhoods 2020
Neighborhoods 2020 is an opportunity to further develop and improve upon the City of Minneapolis’ neighborhood based engagement structure. Neighborhood organizations are by the people, for the people. Join the Neighborhoods 2020 mailing list. This does not enroll you in our general update emails.
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Draft Program Guidelines - Now Available for Review and Comment
The draft Neighborhoods 2020 Program Guidelines are now available for review and public comment. The official public comment period has been extended to July 15, 2020. It opened on February 28.
The draft Neighborhoods 2020 Program Guidelines are centered on building equity in our community. The City has worked closely with neighborhoods, community members and the University of Minnesota’s Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) on the development of the guidelines. The guidelines align with the City’s adopted Strategic Racial Equity Plan and the Minneapolis 2040 Comprehensive Plan, which states that “Minneapolis will have an equitable civic participation system that enfranchises everyone, recognizes the core and vital service neighborhood organizations provide to the City of Minneapolis, and builds people’s long-term capacity to organize and improve their lives and neighborhoods.”
NCR will be holding community informational meetings. All meetings will have interpreters available upon request. These meetings provide a space where residents can submit public comments. Current meeting dates include:
- March 9: Urban Research and Outreach Engagement Center (UROC) - 6-8 p.m.- 2001 Plymouth Avenue N. Minneapolis, MN 55411
- April 2: Virtual meeting, 6-8 p.m. Open virtual meeting broadcast here (will begin on April 2 at 6 p.m.)
You may allow submit comments in the following ways:
Phone
612-673-3737
Text Messaging and Voicemail
Español: (612) 404-2978
Hmoob: (612) 367-6548
Soomaaliga: (612) 404-2978
English: (612) 518-8743
US Postal Service Mail
Neighborhood and Community Relations
105 Fifth Avenue South, Suite 425
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401
Comments must be received by 11:59p.m., July 15.
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to your neighborhood or community specialist at NCR.
After the presentation to the City Council Committee of the Whole (CoW) on February 12, the new timeline for Neighborhoods 2020 is as follows:
- February 28: Program Guidelines released for public comment, public comment period begins
- July 15: Public comment period ends
- TBA: Final guidelines and public comment(s) presented to PECE committee
- TBA: City Council presentation and vote
Latest News
- Extended comment period on Neighborhoods 2020 program guidelines (3/27/2020)
- Neighborhoods 2020 program guidelines release moved to Feb. 28 (2/21/2020)
- Neighborhoods 2020 update on timeline (1/30/2020)
More News
Neighborhoods 2020 CURA-led activities
This September, the City of Minneapolis contracted with the University of Minnesota’s Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) for the final phase of Neighborhoods 2020. Sign up for updates from CURA here.
- Read the scope of services for the Neighborhoods 2020 consulting contracting opportunity which lists CURA's project deliverables.
Documents from CURA
City Council Actions Taken May 17, 2019
See the attached framework resolution and staff directions pending mayoral review below.
- Neighborhoods 2020 Framework Resolution (May 17, 2019 – Final)
- Neighborhoods 2020 Staff Directive – Bender (May 17, 2019)
- Neighborhoods 2020 Staff Directive – Cunningham (May 17, 2019)
Neighborhoods 2020 Framework Recommendations
- Read the revised Neighborhoods 2020 Framework Recommendations that went before the PECE Committee on May 6.
- Presentation to PECE: On May 6, NCR presented the documents and comments at the City Council’s Public Health, Environment, Civil Rights and Engagement (PECE) Committee at a public hearing. Find City Council agenda items and schedules at lims.minneapolismn.gov.
Public Comments
- Read The Community Review Panel Report.
- Read the full original public comments document (31M download).
Recommendations from 2020 work groups
More information about work groups...
- Work Group Recommendations on Program Guidelines, Funding and Implementation Framework (12/18/18)
- Work Group Recommendations on Governance Advisory Structure for Neighborhood and Community Engagement Framework (12/11/18)
- Work Group Recommendations on Citywide Community Engagement Framework (12/14/18)
Public Comment on Neighborhoods 2020 Framework Recommendations
Members of the public were invited to submit public comment on the document through postal mail, email, voicemail, text message and public meetings on the first draft of the Neighborhoods 2020 Framework Recommendations.
You can read that draft of the Neighborhoods 2020 Framework Recommendations here.
NCR staff attended over 30 neighborhood and community public comment sessions along with five planned multilingual public comment meetings. NCR staff also took public comment at the Community Connections Conference on February 2 as part of a Neighborhoods 2020 open house.
From February 27 to March 21, 2019, NCR staff organized meetings at East Side Neighborhood Services and Martin Luther King, Jr. Park in English, at Harrison Recreation Center in English, Lao and Hmong, at the Cedar Riverside Opportunity Center in Somali, and at the Waite House in Spanish. Public comment was from January 28 to March 31, 2019.
At these 40 total community public comment meetings, NCR reached over 1,000 residents.
Contact
>If you have questions, please contact the Neighborhood and Community Relations Department at 612-673-3737 or email to [email protected]
Last updated Apr 1, 2020
