Southeast Como Neighborhood
Council Member Gordon’s Southeast Como Office Hours:
Second Tuesdays 9:30-11:00am
Muddsuckers Coffee, 1500 Como Avenue SE
U Student Welcome Packet: University of Minnesota students - Welcome to the neighborhood!
The Como neighborhood (also called Southeast Como) is named after Como Avenue, which runs through the neighborhood. Como Avenue took its name from Lake Como in northern Italy, a popular tourist destination. Como neighborhood is in the University community, about one mile north of the Dinkytown commercial area and the east bank campus of the University of Minnesota. Its boundaries are the city limit to the east (33rd Avenue SE), the Southeast Industrial Area to the south of Elm Street, Interstate 35W and the Burlington Northern main line to the west, and East Hennepin Avenue and Winter Street NE to the north. The housing stock consists of modest early 20th-century bungalows and Victorian and 1920s-era homes with a scattering of newer duplexes and single-family homes. Many of the larger homes have been converted into student housing. Como has an elementary school, three churches, a mosque, Van Cleve Park and small retail stores.
Neighborhood Profile (includes Census data)
Identifying features
Van Cleve Park, Como Ave, Bunge Grain Elevator
Neighborhood Celebrations: Como Cookout, Second Saturday in September, Van Cleve Park, 1-8pm
Parks/Greenspace: Van Cleve Park
Local Media: The Bridge Newspaper
Neighborhood Group
Southeast Como Improvement Association (SECIA)
1170 15th Ave SE #302
Minneapolis, MN 55414
(612) 676-1731
Wendy Menken, Board President
Neighborhood Group Newsletter: Como Tidbits
Neighborhood Group Staff Contact:
James De Sota
(612) 676-1731
secomo@secomo.org
Small Business: http://secomo.org, click the "Biz" link
Southeast Business Association (SEBA)
Southeast Minneapolis Economic Development (SEED) Committee
City Contacts
Police Precinct: 2
Sector: 2
Crime Prevention Specialist: Nick Juarez, Nicholas.Juarez@minneapolismn.gov, (612) 673-2797
Sector Commander: Lt. Kathy Waite, (612) 673-3678
Precinct Commander: Insp. Bryan Schafer, (612) 673-2337
Crime Alert Emails: SAFE2.2-on@ccpsafe.org
CPED Planning Team:
Planning: Haila Maze, (612) 673-2098
Housing: Jerry LePage, (612) 673-5240
Economic Development: Kevin Carroll, (612) 673-5181
Housing Inspections: Paul Meyers, (612) 673-5851
Park Board Commissioner: Liz Wielinski, 612-230-6443, Ext. 1
Upcoming/Ongoing Developments
Bunge Site Redevelopment
Como Ave/BNSF Rail Bridge Reconstruction
University District Partnership Alliance
Bike lanes on Como and 15 th Avenues
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Last updated Feb. 28, 2012