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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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KMOJ has come home to North
Minneapolis in its new location, the 5
Points building on the corner of West
Broadway Avenue and Penn Avenue
North. KMOJ Radio will occupy 3,329
square feet of space in the newly
renovated building.
Tony Tolliver, KMOJ’s Board President
said, “We are absolutely thrilled about
the new location and this is one of
many wonderful upgrades planned for
the station. |
The 5 Points Building, built in 1907 had
been a landmark on the North side for
years until its doors closed in 1996.
The original structure of the building
was saved but reoriented to face the
five corners intersection of West
Broadway, Penn, and McNair Avenue.
The front will now open to a 2300
square foot plaza, with outdoor seating,
a transit stop and public art.
Welcome home, KMOJ |
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• Strengthen engagement of families to
support kids in school.
• Encourage families to use NAZ
Connect to establish an achievement
plan, facilitate connection to
opportu¬nities, and ensure alignment
between early education and
out-of-school time activities |
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NAZ is currently facilitating an
unprecedented collaboration of public,
charter, and contract alternative K-12
schools. Ten of the partnering schools
have committed to become NAZ Pilot
Schools, where promising and proven
strategies will be implemented, student
progress will be uniformly measured
and reported to the community, and
excuses for poor student achievement
will not tolerated. As the planning phase
for this initiative culminates, the
following strategies have been selected
as key focuses for the pilot schools:
• Develop strategies and leadership to
ensure that ALL students in pilot
schools have a common and rigorous
academic experience.
• Increase out-of-school time and early
childhood learning opportunities, and
solidify link with in-school.
• Report progress publicly to share
practices that work and ensure work
toward continuous improvement |
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The outcomes of this unprecedented
local school-based work through NAZ
will be movement toward our shared
goal of all kids college ready.
NorthWay Community Trust has
supported the efforts of Northside
Achievement Zone since its inception |
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April 2, 2010
With the urging of The Harrison Neighborhood Association the Minneapolis City Council struck language committing the City to sell land to Hennepin County for a commuter rail storage facility. The City Council directed staff to study joint development strategies instead. This issue is not settled. The Hennepin County Regional Rail Authority is studying the feasibility of multiple commuter rail storage sites. Their study should be completed by June, 2010. A rail storage workgroup will meet the 4th Monday of the month at 6:30 pm at the HNA offices, located at 503 Irving Avenue North.
Check http://www.hnampls.org/ for more information. |
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The vitality of any community is intrinsically linked to the participation of its residents. NorthWay Community Trust has been the foundation of a number of organizations in North Minneapolis that have fostered a cleaner, safer and more culturally enriched environment. We encourage your participation in any of them. You'll find how to get in touch with them here: http://www.northwaycom.org/get_involved.html |
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If you'd like to receive our printed newsletter to hear more in depth community news from time to time, send your name and address to info@northwaycom.org to be added to our mailing list. |
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Minnesota’s “First Lady of Song,”
Debbie Duncan, returns to the Capri
Theater stage with a fresh and vibrant
performance of songs from the Great
American Songbook for the final
concert of the 2009-2010 Legends
season: 7 p.m. Friday, June 4. For |
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many decades, songs such as: “Blue
Skies,” “Don’t Get Around Much
Anymore,” “Georgia on My Mind” and
“Honeysuckle Rose” (to mention a few),
have stood as gems on recordings by
Sinatra, Cole, Vaughan, Fitzgerald and
many other legendary performers. |
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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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