City of Minneapolis

A safe place to call home
One Minneapolis
Lifelong learning second to none
Connected communities
Enriched environment
A premier destination
Conversation attendees and City elected officials

Progress assessment: Candid conversations on achievements and opportunities

Where We Are is a collection of candid conversations around our progress on achieving Minneapolis’ 31 strategic directions. This report is not a typical government report containing graphs or statistics; instead, it is a summary of spirited exchanges among people who deeply care about the future of Minneapolis.

Scores of people who live and work in Minneapolis were invited to City Hall to assess our community’s successes and shortcomings in reaching its goals by 2011. This report is a summary of their personal and subjective assessments as well as their suggestions for helping our community reach the five-year goals set by the mayor and City Council in July 2006.

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Introduction to Where We Are
Table of contents

A safe place to call home: housing, health and safety

Guns, Gangs, Graffiti Gone
- Conversation participants

Crime Reduction: Community Policing, Accountability & Partnership
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Lifecycle Housing Throughout the City
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“Get Fit” and Make Healthy Choices
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Youth: Valued, Challenged & Engaged
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One Minneapolis: equal access, equal opportunity, equal input

Close Race & Class Gaps: Housing, Educational attainment, Health
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Middle Class: Keep It, Grow It
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Equitable City Services & Geographically Placed Amenities
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Eliminate Homelessness
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Deconcentrate Poverty
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Lifelong learning second to none: schools, libraries and innovation

All Kids Ready for Kindergarten
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Economic Engine: Generating Ideas, Inventions & Innovations
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21^st Century Skills for All 21 Year-Olds
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Embrace the U’s Outreach & Land-Grant Enterprise
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Education: Stronger Partnerships Toward Better Results
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Tap the Contribution Potential and Wisdom of Retirees & Seniors
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Connected communities: great spaces & places, thriving neighborhoods

Integrated, Multimodal Transportation Choices, Border-to-Border
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Walkable, Bikable, Swimmable
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Customer-Focused, Outcome-Based, Performance-Driven Development Services
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Northstar Completed; Central Corridor Underway; SW Corridor Fully Developed
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Streets & Avenues: Reopen Nicollet at Lake; Revitalize Broadway & Lowry; Revitalize Washington Boulevard
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Enriched environment: greenspace, arts, sustainability

Energy Into Renewable & Alternative Energy
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Replant, Restore, Revere Our Urban Forest
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Arts – Large & Small – Abound and Surround
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Upper Mississippi Planned and Proceeding
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Fully Implement the City’s Sustainable Work Plan
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Fully Implement the City’s Cultural Work Plan
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A premier destination: visitors, investment and vitality

Retain & Grow Businesses in Life Sciences
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Retain & Grow Businesses in the Creative Economy
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Reposition City in Minds of Region, State, Nation & World
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Cleaner, Greener, Safer Downtown
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Jobs: Be A Talent Mecca
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Leverage Our Entertainment Edge… Heck, Be Edgy
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