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PHOTO ABOVE: Sondra Samuels and Reverend Andre Dukes explain to supporters the challenge and opportunity involved in the Northside
Click herefor a gallery of images from this event |
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The Beam is designed to keep you up to date and in the loop on North Minneapolis partnerships, programs and people. This monthly “quick read”
provides current news briefs from NorthWay Community Trust and its partners. |
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on March 3 to view viable sites for the new Center and begin interviewing individuals to lead the Center as Executive Director. The Center will provide studio-based visual
arts programming in an after-school
environment for high school aged
youth, and market-specific career
training for adults in transition. All
programs will be offered at no charge
and aims to keep our youth on track
to graduate high school and prepare
adults for specific careers in the
Twin Cities area. This initiative has been generously funded by NorthWay Community Trust. |
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| Northside Arts Collective is in the
planning stages of a silent auction to be
held in March. The call is going out to
friends and members to help plan the
event and donate art work and items for
a silent auction. Volunteers will be
needed to plan the event. March 20th
has been tentatively selected for this
first fundraising auction. It promises to
be an event full of art, music and fun!
There are now vacancies on several
working committees, and the board of
directors. Northside Arts Collective is
looking forward to changes. Members
on committees and the board will help
with this transition and aid in
developing a future strategic vision.
Planning is underway for the Spring Art
Party at Harrison Park on June 5th and
work will begin very soon on the new
resource catalog. Harrison
Neighborhood Association partners
with NAC for the Spring Arts Party.
info@nacarts.organd www.nacarts.org |
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The Twin Cities Center for Arts &
Technology project, commissioned by
the Northway Community Trust, continues to move forward with another visit from model founder, Bill Strickland |
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To learn more about the TCCAT project, please contact:
Wesley Walker 612-521-4500
email wwalker@northwaycom.org |
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New Board Members: Al Alexander, Vice President, Franklin Bank, Scott Gray,
Minneapolis Urban League, Don Gerberding, CEO Master Constructio |
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Thank you to departing board members: Fred LaFleur, 4 years, John Helgeland
3 years, Brian Smith 4 years, Barbara Kennedy 1 year, Delores Irwin 7 years. |
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Hennepin County is studying train storage for the Target
Field intermodal station. Northstar, Duluth and Amtrak
passenger lines will be bringing thousands to the Field. The
property just north of Highway 394 and east of Fremont
Avenue—soon to be renamed VanWhite Boulevard—is of
particular interest to the county. This land has been under
the charge of the Bassett's Creek Redevelopment Oversight
Committee (ROC) and its use will have significant impact on
the future of the surrounding area. The ROC was
commissioned by the mayor's office to promote and oversee
the redevelopment in Bassett's Creek Valley. |
Parking trains on this property could make the area difficult
to develop. As a compromise, ROC has suggested they
may support the train storage if there is a parking facility
built over the train yard that would serve as a platform for
large scale development. The neighborhood has dubbed
the structure Ramp D.
Hennepin County Commissioner Peter McLaughlin at a
ROC meeting, Tues, Feb. 16, assured the neighborhoods
that Hennepin County will work with the ROC to reach a
mutually satisfactory outcome. |
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The educational achievement gap begins long before kindergarten. It starts in the womb. NAZ
provides a connected stream of effective services that directly impact a child’s education.
These services meet the needs at all stages of development, from timely pre-natal care and
pre-school screenings, to extended learning time through quality in-school and out-of-school
programs. The Zone’s pilot schools will implement researched and proven educational strategies.
The NAZ collaboration includes public, charter, private, contract alternative, and parochial K-12
schools. Ten schools have committed to become NAZ Pilot Schools. Tested strategies will be used to
measure student progress and report to the community. NAZ is committed to program accountability
and takes a no-tolerance position on poor student achievement.
This initiative has been generously funded by NorthWay Community Trust |
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 Catalyst Community Partners has collaborated with Gray
Plant Moody to host a Legal Clinic that will offer free
services to low income N Minneapolis residents. Qualified
individuals will be able to meet face-to-face with an attorney
for a 15-20 minute free consultation.
At the clinic the attorneys will answer questions and/or refer
clients to other places for help. The options presented to
those seeking council will be determined by the specifics of
their legal issues. Clients will be screed for financial
eligibility and, if eligible, the consultation will be provided
without charge. Some of the types of cases which clinic
attorneys may assist with include: debt/bankruptcy law, civil
la law, consumer law, and housing law. Clients will be seen on
a first-com-first-serve basis. Additional information will be
publicized when it becomes available.
11:00 - 1:00: Second and fourth Wednesdays of each month
at 1200 W Broadway Ave N, Minneapolis. |
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| The vitality of any community is intinsically linked to the participation of it's residents. NorthWay Community Trust has been the foundation of a number of organizations in North Minneapolis that have fostered cleaner, safer and more culturally enriched, environment. We encourage your participation in any of them.
You'll find how get in touch with them here: http://www.northwaycom.org/get_involved.html |
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Joining Jef are long-time collaborators
Al Oikari (Big Wu, Cats Under the
Stars) on keyboards, Jim Anton (Jonny
Lang, Eight Head, Hot Pork Sandwich)
on bass, JT Bates (Fat Kid Wednesdays,
Face Candy) on drums.
Be part of the recorded audience in
one of the Twin Cities' most intimate
settings. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the
show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets $10 at the
door only.
For information contact Scott Nieman
612.385.4263 or dubnemo@gmail.com |
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March 6th promises to be a rare
evening that brings together some of
the most renowned Twin Cities
improvisational giants to perform and
record the compositions of world-wise
guitarist Jef Cierniak. |
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NorthWay Community Trust invests in collaborations and advocates systemic change to increase wealth in North Minneapolis.
Your feedback and suggestions for a feature idea are welcome. For more information or to be added to an email list, contact us at:
612.521.4500 — or — info@northwaycom.org
1200 West Broadway Avenue, Suite 210, Minneapolis, MN 55411 Wesley Walker, Executive Director
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