POSTED BY IN Community, Featured ON Jul 14, 2010
Redefining Engagement
Lance Knuckles and Tom Watson at EMERGE in North Minneapolis Community developers agree: “Community engagement” is a buzzword that gets...
POSTED BY IN Featured ON Jun 10, 2010
W. Broadway Cleanup
The West Broadway Business and Area Coalition (WBC) held their their second “Cleaner, Safer, Greener West Broadway” event on March 15th....
POSTED BY IN Featured ON Jun 10, 2010
UROC open house
Though the building has been open since October of 2009, the Urban Research Outreach/Engagement Center (UROC) officially opened its doors with a...
POSTED BY IN Community, Featured ON Jun 10, 2010
Gardens and Kind Children
With nightly news that tells only the doom and gloom of the northside, it’s nice to capture some of the small stories that warm the heart and...
POSTED BY IN Featured ON Apr 20, 2010
Careership Grad Honored
LISC careership grad Sarita Turner at work When Sarita Turner’s name was called the evening of March 13 at the Crowne Plaza banquet room downtown,...
POSTED BY IN Development, Featured ON Mar 5, 2010
Interview with Catalyst
Below is a brief interview with Sue Wollan Fan, president of Catalyst Community Partners. Learn a little about their work on West Broadway. Sue...
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Prev NextA Tour of Wirth Beach Playground
Enjoy a brief musical tour of the new Wirth Beach Playground below. The current phase, completed this summer included...
V3 Youth Triathlon Team on WCCO
Three nights a week throughout the summer, you’ll find several north Minneapolis youth, not sitting at home...
Youth Lock-in a Huge Success
After the recent shooting of Anthony Titus, a number of youth came together and decided it was time to do something....
Stop The Madness Youth Lock-in at YMCA
This Saturday, July 31st, over a hundred northside youth will participate in an all night event at the YMCA on...
Great Summary of FLOW Art Crawl
posted on: Jul 28, 2010 | author: Staff
NorthNews’ Margo Ashmore has great coverage of the events at Flow 2010 already online at Twin Cities Daily Planet. Here’s one of the...
Farmer’s Markets Thrive on the Northside
posted on: Jul 26, 2010 | author: ariah
There are several mini-farmer’s markets on the northside of Minneapolis. One of which, on Glenwood Avenue in the Harrison Neighborhood, was...
If You Missed The FLOW Art Crawl
posted on: Jul 25, 2010 | author: Staff
Here’s a collection of short videos from the FLOW Art Crawl highlighting the bands, talent show and young talent that were part of what make...
New Chimney Swift Tower at JD Rivers Garden
posted on: Jul 23, 2010 | author: Staff
If you pass by the JD Rivers’ Children’s Garden on Glenwood you’ve probably noticed the amazing garden beds, but recently you might...
Khalid El-Amin Visits Hometown
posted on: Jul 23, 2010 | author: ariah
Khalid El-Amin, who grew up on the northside and played basketball or North Community High School, paid a visit to his hometown recently. El-Amin is...
Nice Ride Stations Arrive on the Northside
posted on: Jul 22, 2010 | author: Staff
The Nice Ride bike sharing program has officially come to north Minneapolis. With stations now at UROC, International Market Square and Summit OIC....
Gas Station on 26th and Penn Gets a New Coat of Paint
posted on: Jul 21, 2010 | author: Staff
The currently vacant gas station on 26th Ave and Penn Ave North received a new paint job on July 20th thanks to the work of of some neighborhood...
Youth Enjoying In-Line Skating in Bohanon Park
posted on: Jul 21, 2010 | author: Staff
Several northside youth are enjoying some time on skates thanks to the Rink Rat program at Bohanon Park. The program, run by the Herb Brooks...
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The vision and goal of The Northsider is to tell the stories of both the people of the community and of the work being done on behalf of the community through the partnering organizations. TheNorthsider.org is the collected media of community reporters working on behalf of several northside non-profits that make up the CCD (Comprehensive Community Development) pilot project of LISC.