Park board studying solutions for Grand Rounds “missing link”

 
A Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board task force is studying how to fill-in a “missing link” in the city’s Grand Rounds scenic byway.
The public can learn more about the study at an open house this Thursday, Oct. 18, at Windom Recreation Center, 2251 Hayes St. NE, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. A presentation begins at […]

Podcast: Interview with Paul Ostrow

Northeast has changed plenty since Council Member Paul Ostrow was elected in 1997. It’s had an influx of new residents and cultures, a burgeoning arts scene and a growing visibility outside the community. In this interview, Ostrow talks about those shifts, as well as the future of Central Avenue, the fight against crime and how […]

Questions for the Council Member

One week from tomorrow, I’m going to be sitting down at City Hall with Council Member Paul Ostrow for a Northeast Beat interview.
We’ll talk a bit about the state of Northeast and how various City Council actions have affected our corner of the city. And I’d like the rest of the interview to consist of […]

Northeast in the News

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Community Engagement meetings tonight

There was some chatter here earlier this month about the role and effectiveness of neighborhood organizations. That issue is also one piece of a city-wide discussion just underway about how officials involve citizens in decisions at City Hall. A pair of public meetings tonight kick-off the community engagement conversation in Northeast.
A major funding source for […]

City to do “clean sweep” of Northeast

Overgrown brush, peeling paint and broken windows beware: city inspectors will be sweeping through much of Northeast this spring on a curb-to-alley hunt for housing code violations.
The Clean Sweep program is an aggressive enforcement effort that will start in March and continue throughout the summer, according to the city. Inspectors plan to check every […]

Freedom of Art

Drive up and down Stinson Boulevard Northeast three or four times.  Park on the street in front of 1101.  Find an open door.  Weave through the old brick building.  Take a few wrong turns.  Ask some guy where the gallery is.  Do it.  Find it.  First Amendment Arts is worth it, and on December 9, […]

A lens on the world

A made-in-Northeast magazine is already being hailed as the new LIFE magazine with the debut of its first issue last week. NEED magazine is a "hope-filled publication focusing on life-changing humanitarian efforts in the U.S. and abroad." Married couple Kelly and Stephanie Kinnunen started the project after they were personally impacted by humanitarian work in […]